News Briefs

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…

And now a video that will brighten anyone’s day. To celebrate being ready for the STAAR exams, students and staff at Martha Turner Reilly Elementary put together a fun “Pass the Test” music video. Watch it above! Please note: Dallas ISD recently made it easier for staff and students to access Youtube for professional and academic purposes. Here is how to view the above Youtube video: Staff signed into YouTube with their Google login (district email and EAD password) will have unrestricted access to YouTube. Staff signed into Chrome browser or a Chrome device will not be required to enter credentials…

The Dallas ISD Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Department has put out its first department newsletter, and it’s great! The newsletter, which you can see in full here, covers STEM Summer Camps, the Math Olympiad, the district science fair, robotics competition, and much more. Here’s what the front page looks like: The STEM Department will produce a newsletter next August and December. For more information on the STEM Department, go here.