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The district’s 2018-19 school calendar is now available.

See the approved Dallas ISD calendar for 2018–2019 school year

Important dates for the Dallas ISD calendar include:

• First day for students: Aug. 20
• Two fair days for all students. Stone’s days: Elementary Fair Day is Friday, Oct. 12, and Professional development day (students off) on Secondary Fair Day Friday, Oct. 19.
• Thanksgiving Break the week of Nov. 19–23
• For Winter Break students are out Dec. 20–Jan. 8
• Spring break, March 11–15
• Staff/student holidays on Sept. 3, Jan. 21, Feb. 18 and May 27
• Inclement weather makeup days on April 19 and 22

HEB’s Excellence in Education Award nominations are open. An opportunity to recognize a teacher or other other public school professional you think is deserving. With our wonder school staff, there is bound to be someone you can think of worth a few minutes for a nomination.

Nominate an Outstanding Public School Professional! Do you know an extraordinary teacher, principal, school board, school district or early childhood facility that goes the extra mile to ensure students are successful? Nominate them now for H-E-B’s Excellence in Education Awards! For the past 15 years, H-E-B has honored outstanding public school professionals for their dedication and commitment. Through this program, H-E-B pays tribute to those educators who serve their students and communities and who inspire others to do the same. Visit the H-E-B website for more information.  The deadline for nominations is Sunday, October 22.

In a recent report on a set of studies involving IB, a number of positive results were reported, including indications “that a higher percentage of MYP students achieved proficient or advanced performance on mathematics and science assessments.”

A significant set of the results from observation conducted here in Texas supported IB as generally involving better student engagement.

Additionally, “teachers reported that on the whole they believed the MYP benefited students by encouraging higher order thinking and educating the whole child. ”

For more details, see the report on the IB web site: http://www.ibo.org/globalassets/publications/ib-research/mypkeyfindingssheetweb-3.pdf

Please join us this Thursday evening, 9/14/2017 @ 6 PM for the first PTA meeting for the year. We’ll have speakers in to discuss expectations from the various grade levels, and the current state of the school as we get this new school year going.