News Briefs

We are so excited to have students back in class for the 2016-2017 school year! Watch the above video for a quick look at how new schools welcomed students, how teachers prepared for the new year, and to learn about some of the academic gains we will build on in the coming year. Welcome tunnel Male leaders from around the community formed a cheer squad to welcome students to the Young Men’s Leadership Academy at Fred F. Florence Middle School, a new single-gender campus. (Watch this) Great start at “Joe” May Elementary Students and staff got off to a smiling start…

Dallas ISD this year is offering the two-way dual-language program, which are bilingual classes that pair native English speakers with native Spanish speakers, at 24 additional schools. Al Dia reported on the program’s expansion and talked with parents excited by the opportunity to have bilingual children. Read the full story here.

CBS DFW reported on the new schools, programs and changes across Dallas ISD. Go here to see the full story.

Janet McDonald Fuller, a Dallas ISD teacher at the Environmental Education Center, had the opportunity to train at NASA’s Educator Professional Development Institute this summer. Fuller applied for the program after attending an Astronomy training through the district taught by Brandon Hargis of NASA. Hargis encouraged all participants to apply for EPDI. EPDI is a five-day program taught at Johnson Space Center in Houston, focusing on training teachers in the field of science. Fuller has always been intrigued by science. “My mother was a Life Science teacher and would bring home frogs, possums, and all kinds of marvelous things,” she said.…