News Briefs

In a new article for Dallas Innovates, Alan Cohen, Dallas ISD executive director for early childhood early education, talks with Angela Pittman, the previous Dallas ISD Executive Director of Special Education, about how the district is addressing teaching shortages. Specifically, the conversation touches on how Dallas ISD is partnering with the University of Texas at Dallas to train and staff speech language pathologists inside district classrooms. Click here to read the full article.

Students and teachers at two Dallas ISD elementary schools got a surprise visit from the season’s Man in Red, along with gifts of books and classroom materials on Monday, Dec. 14. Santa Claus stopped by Roger Q. Mills Elementary and H.I. Holland Elementary at Lisbon to spread cheer and – along with community volunteers – distribute the gifts to classrooms. Coordinated by the Commit! Partnership and funded by an anonymous donor, the items were distributed to 234 kindergarten-second grade teachers in the South Oak Cliff and Molina feeder patterns and ACE schools. “This donation presented to the Dallas ISD by…

The South Oak Cliff High School community came together again this holiday season to grant Christmas wishes to 72 elementary students from eight Dallas ISD schools. The Bear-y, Merry Christmas Party in a Winter Wonderland is an annual tradition that sees students and some staff at South Oak Cliff High School adopt elementary students and buy and collect presents on their Christmas wish list. Each elementary school in the South Oak Cliff feeder pattern was invited to nominate 10 deserving students to have their wish list come true. From bicycles and tablets to basketballs and games, the elementary students often…

Students at the Multiple Careers Magnet have been busy at work making reindeers, rocking horses, and other handmade crafts to donate as excellent Christmas presents. Neighborsgo has the details here. Photo courtesy Neighborsgo