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52 Dallas ISD educators receive funding through Junior League of Dallas’s Grants for Innovative Teaching program
During a ceremony held September 15, the Junior League of Dallas and Texas Instruments awarded 52 Dallas ISD educators with grants of up to $2,500 each through the annual Grants for Innovative Teaching (GFIT) program.
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Friends find their home in Dallas ISD
First-grade teacher Katie Holt and instructional coordinator Natalie Cruz-Garcia of the Biomedical Preparatory at UT Southwestern had no idea that they would become such close friends and co-workers nine years ago when they were 2014 corps members in Teach for America and were placed in Dallas ISD.
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Two Dallas ISD schools selected for Exhibit of School Architecture
The Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) selected Jill Stone Elementary School at Vickery Meadow and Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School as projects for the 2022-23 Exhibit of School Architecture.
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Dallas ISD wins 2022 TAEA District of Distinction Award
The Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) awarded the 2022 District of Distinction Award to Dallas ISD for the second year in a row.
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Dallas ISD nurses connect families with immunization resources to keep students healthy
Keeping students healthy is a mission for Nancy Ramirez, a nurse at Henry B. Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy. As students and teachers get acclimated to the new school year, school nurses have the arduous task of making sure students have their immunization records up to date, a job Ramirez is committed to daily.
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First in Texas, Dallas ISD Commits to National Plastic-Free Lunch Day
The Dallas ISD Food and Child Nutrition Services is committed to participating in the inaugural National Plastic-Free School Lunch Day on November 2 as designated by the Urban School Food Alliance and Cafeteria Culture. In doing so, Dallas ISD becomes the first district in Texas to join this national movement.
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Bond 2020 update: Schools supporting schools
Students and staff at Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School are celebrating their first full school year at their new $26.5 million home, which was funded by the 2015 bond program, and they are not alone in their transition. About 450 students from John Quincy Adams Elementary School will be joining them as neighbors on the former Nathaniel Hawthorne campus for two years while their own school is under construction.
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Central staff go back to the classroom
Evelyn Lopez and Patricia Barroso were well into planning out their year as early learning specialists when the call came last week for Teaching and Learning staff to support students in a more direct way—as teachers of record in schools across the district.
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ESSER update: Taking college and career readiness to the next level
Dallas ISD is accelerating college and career readiness in most grades thanks to a $350,000 investment from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund for a tool that helps students find their career path and opportunities.
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Dallas ISD libraries to be reimagined through partnership with Apple
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Dallas ISD schools opt in to an alternative school year calendar to combat learning loss
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Dallas ISD all-girls teams win awards at VEX Robotics World Championship
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