Smith students are giving back and helping kids across the country get a good night’s sleep. They’re participating in a service learning project called Nickels for Nets. “I first heard about Nickels for Nets after being a camp counselor this summer,” explained teacher Lisa Treibly. “One of the speakers was from a company called Sweet [...]
From the printed page and into the gym at Merrifield Elementary, storybook characters came to life during the school’s annual book parade held before Winter Break. Several classes participated in creating costumes, floats, dances, and other visual illustrations to represent their texts. Parading in front of a panel of judges and their classmates, contestants competed [...]
Named the MVP of the 61st Annual Sandra Meadows Classic, Duncanville High School senior Empress Davenport has some serious basketball skills. It’s those skills that have earned her the attention of the University of Texas – she’s signed a letter of intent to play Longhorn basketball in the fall. But Davenport’s off-the-court skills have been [...]
For the third time in two years, Duncanville ISD has been nationally featured by two different magazines – twice by Education Executive and once by Business Review. Each spotlight centers on the district’s vision to transform classrooms into 21st Century Learning Environments. The most recent feature, titled “Top Priorities,” appears in the Winter 2012 issue of Education [...]
It was a lesson that turned into a life-changing experience. During their study of agriculture, Duncanville High School teacher David Williams showed his AP Human Geography classes a clip from Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. “It showed how little first graders in Huntington, West Virginia knew about vegetables,” he explained. “That got me thinking, ‘What should [...]
Duncanville High School’s Culinary Arts program was recently featured in an episode of NBC 5′s “Foodies,” which airs on their 5.2 cable channel. Efforts to help students carve out future careers can be seen in the segment above.
Continuing a tradition of excellence, congratulations are in order for the Duncanville ISD Band Program after recent All-Region Band auditions. Our district boasts 81 members in the three All-Region Bands. According to Director of Bands Jeff King, Duncanville ISD had more All-Region students than any other district in the South Zone Region. This year also [...]
At 900 career wins and counting, Duncanville High School’s Head Girls Basketball Coach Cathy Self-Morgan reached that milestone on Tuesday, January 10 with a 91-28 Pantherette victory over South Grand Prairie HS. She now joins the ranks of an elite group of high school basketball coaches – by some reports, there are only five existing [...]
New State Testing System Begins this Spring The state will transition to a new accountability and student testing system in March 2012 – the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR). Representing the fifth generation of state testing programs, STAAR replaces the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) that has been in place [...]