Summer is usually synonymous with travel, leisure, and outdoor activities. Why not use this summer to beef up your backswing in preparation for the 2012 Champions for Children Golf Tournament? The Duncanville ISD Education Foundation’s annual event will be held at Thorntree Country Club on Monday, August 13. Registration costs $150 per person, and includes [...]
This year, over 890 students in the district participated in the GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) program. This program is designed to challenge students identified as “gifted” in one or more of the following areas: creativity, leadership, artistic ability, intellectual ability, or ability in a specific academic area. GATE students in first through eighth grades [...]
Innovative Grants Reach More than 300 Students On May 30, the Duncanville ISD Education Foundation awarded three Innovative Teaching Grants totaling nearly $7,500 that will benefit more than 300 students at two schools. The Education Foundation generates and distributes resources to Duncanville ISD teachers for programs and projects that enhance the quality of education and [...]
Staff and students at Merrifield Elementary are getting back to their roots. The school held its first Heritage Day on May 17. In a campus-wide ceremony, students learned about Thomas Alexander Merrifield, a founding member of the family for which the school was named (read more about Mr. Merrifield and his family here). A time [...]
It’s responsible for a drop in disciplinary referral rates at Duncanville High School, and now the campus Peer Mediation program is being recognized nationally by paxUnited. The national mediation center’s Peers Making Peace program recognized DHS as one of two Model School award winners on May 17. “The selection of model schools is based upon [...]
They’re only out of school for the summer, but two Duncanville ISD students are already getting a preview of the working world. Sophomore Priscilla Leal-Arizpe and junior Jonathan Cothern have started their own businesses – Arizpe runs an online bakery, while Cothern offers website building and design. Opening her business during the summer of 2010, [...]
Beginning this summer, all Duncanville ISD families will now go online, using their Home Access Center (HAC) accounts, to complete back to school forms for students in all grades. Don’t have a HAC account yet? Twelve HAC sign-up events for parents are scheduled during June and July, and interpreters will be onsite to assist Spanish-speaking [...]
Summer Break begins June 1, but that doesn’t mean we’re shutting our doors – Duncanville ISD is offering several programs during the months of June and July. You can find a complete list below and more information by clicking here Credit Recovery for grades 7-12 Pre-K and Kindergarten Bilingual Summer School Extended School Year (ESY) [...]
Duncanville ISD held its annual Field Day event for students in grades 4-8 on May 11. Congratulations to all who participated! You can see some photos from the event in our photo gallery below.
Summer is usually synonymous with travel, leisure, and outdoor activities. Why not use this summer to beef up your backswing in preparation for the 2012 Champions for Children Golf Tournament? The Duncanville ISD Education Foundation’s annual event will be held at Thorntree Country Club on Monday, August 13. Registration costs $150 per person, and includes [...]