News Briefs

Students who help maintain the Multiple Careers Magnet Center’s greenhouse garden will host their annual Spring Plant Sale, Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21. The Dallas Independent School District has been in partnership, now in its 20th year, with the Dallas County Master County Gardener Association, Inc. who helps run the magnet school’s garden. This year the plant sale will include herbs, perennials and vegetables to be sold. The gardener association will then donate all proceeds from the sale back to the garden. Money will also be used to purchase garden supplies, like, soil, plants and other items needed for…

Great things happen every week across Dallas ISD. This Week In Dallas ISD showcases some of the great things that happen in our schools every week. Enjoy! Collegiate Academies change the higher-ed game for students Quote of the week: “It’s a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of money.” Jose Lopez, a senior at W.W. Samuell Early College High School, on how much money a Dallas ISD student can save in an early college high school program. This week kicked off in a big way with an event celebrating the eight collegiate academies opening next school year. The…

Dallas ISD is providing summer enrichment camps through its Summer Achievers Academy, a Dallas ISD partnership with Dallas City of Learning and Big Thought. Summer Achievers is a tuition-free, full day enrichment summer camp designed to provide creative, extra-curricular opportunities to district students to support their interests beyond the traditional classroom setting. Students accepted to the program are eligible for tuition from their home campuses and will receive free breakfast, lunch and dinner. Apply to Dallas ISD’s Summer Achievers Academy, a Dallas City of Learning Program — Dallas ISD’s free, full-day summer camps designed for elementary students in grades K-5…

At a news conference earlier this week, Dallas ISD announced the expansion of the Early College High School model, and it was nothing short of amazing with great media coverage! In the fall, eight collegiate academies will be offered throughout the district. Each will be housed at comprehensive high schools and are considered, “schools within schools”.  During the press event at Eastfield College, WFAA-TV (Ch. 8), KTVT-TV (Ch. 11) and KDFW-TV (Ch. 4) all caught up with seniors from Samuell High School0. These students are among the first to graduate from the school within a school concept, and will graduate with…