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Multiple Careers Magnet Center

4528 Rusk Ave., Dallas, TX 75204

Phone: (972) 925-2200
Fax: (972) 925-2201
billquinones@dallasisd.org

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Bill Quinones
Principal

Grade levels:
9-12

Motto/Mission:
To provide students with training in standards of work performance and acquisition of specific occupational skills for successful transition to community life and employment. "Building tomorrow's careers today." "Constryuendo del carreras del mañana hoi."

School colors: Blue and White

Enrollment: 140 students in clusters;100 in two-week CACE

Number of teachers: 6

Hours/Bell schedule: Teachers: 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m.; Morning Vocational Cluster Labs: 9 a.m.-noon; Afternoon Career Cluster Labs: 1-4 p.m.

Trustee district: District 8

Learning Community:
East Secondary -
Regina Jones

Counselor:
Dr. Michael Ayoob (972) 925-2217

Clinic:
Verda Grantham (972) 925-2228

Special programs:
Career clusters include Building Maintenance, Business, Building Trades, Food Services, and Hospitality, and Institutional Maintenance (to be introduced). In addition, the Career Assessment and Cluster Exploration (C.A.C.E.)project provides a two-week extended field trip five times a year for students to explore career clusters at Multiple Careers and participate in functional vocational evaluations.

Extracurricular activities:
Students serve on the Site-Based Decision Making Student Sub Committee (SBDM-SCC). Students participate in the school's Career Exploration Post (CEEP), providing opportunities to participate in schoolwide activities related to their vocational cluster.

Parent Involvement

Parents serve on the school's Site-Based Decision Making Committee. September is Parent Involvement Month at MCM. All parents are interviewed by teachers regarding their perceptions of their son's or daughter's readiness for employment.

Major Awards and Honors

Tenth year of receiving DISD Safety Award. Recognized in the Rylander Report as an outstanding best practices model.

Dedicated in 1951, the William B. Carrell School opened in 1952. "The facility met every need for the orthopedically handicapped, and the teachers were able to expand the curriculum. There were therapy rooms as well as classrooms. Dr. William B. Carrell was an orthopedic surgeon who gave so much of his time and money to crippled children in Dallas. After his death, Mrs. Carrell continued on as a strong support of this school." (Quote from Rose-Mary Rumbley, A Century of Class, 1984). In 1978, the facility was remodeled and renamed the Multiple Careers Magnet Center at Wm. B. Carrell, and it provided vocational programs for students with special needs.