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Teachers looking to explore some of the more innovative options in Dallas ISD are invited to the Public Choice School hiring event set for 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at Alfred J. Loos Field House. This will be a smaller, more targeted hiring event geared toward any campus that falls under the district’s Public School Choice umbrella. This includes Transformation and Innovation, Personalized Learning, Magnet, Montessori, Vanguard, Collegiate Academy and Choice programs. Dallas ISD is searching for educators who believe in the foundation that Public School Choice is built on: Kids are unique individuals. They learn in different ways; they…

Students brought their own flavor of awareness to the serious issue of bullying thanks to the district’s annual anti-bullying campaign. Sponsored by the Dallas ISD Counseling Services, students participated in a poster and video contest to empower students to encourage others to take a stand to end bullying. Students across the district expressed their most creative ideas about the devastating effects of bullying in four categories. Poster winners: K-2 | 1st place, Ava Whatley, Rosemont Primary School 2nd place, Naima Emmitt, Rosemont Primary School 3rd place, Jesenia Vasquez, Rosemont Primary School and Omar Pena, San Jacinto Elementary School Honorable Mention, Solomon…

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…