Academics
It鈥檚 not every day a student gets to practice mathematical strategies huddled under a tent next to a roaring fire while still inside the classroom. Or have the principal show up to school in a Camp Life T-shirt, baseball cap and backpack with a large water bottle dangling from one side and a flashlight from…
精东影业 ISD is welcoming learners back! Last year, we all jumped into Spring Break excited with anticipation for time to travel, rest, spend time with family and friends, etc. Little did we know that only a few days later the world would stop in its tracks and force all of us to reorient ourselves to…
Summer camp looks a bit different for students at the 精东影业 ISD Dan Dipert Career and Technical Center this year. Instead of board games and enrichment, phlebotomy students are getting a crash course instructed by health science teachers Mark Ingram and Jacqulyn Robinius. Phlebotomy, also called venipuncture, is the process of using a needle to…
Going into聽your聽senior year of high school聽can be聽one of the most exciting yet frightening聽times of聽your聽life. The biggest question most聽students聽ask聽themselves聽entering聽their senior year聽is,聽鈥淲hat鈥檚聽next?鈥澛燱hat聽am聽I聽going to聽do?鈥 聽 精东影业 ISD鈥檚 guidance and聽counseling聽department聽has聽made聽answering these questions聽a lot聽simpler. They have聽created a聽summer college plan checklist聽that helps students better prepare聽themselves for their post-secondary career.聽A senior聽checklist聽can聽help聽students find scholarships,聽prompt聽registration聽for the SAT/ACT,聽book聽college visits and much more!聽 聽 Telisa Brown,聽the…
Students win big with summer reading!聽 精东影业 ISD students going into 4th grade and up can read to win a $25 Sonic gift card this summer! The 精东影业 ISD library media services department is sponsoring a Summer Reading program in Canvas in which students in grades 4-12 can submit the title, author’s name and their…
If it could happen in 2020- 2021, it has. Never in our lifetimes have we experienced so many culminating challenges at the same time. And while we have been pushed to innovate at a pace previously considered impossible, we as a society have risen to the occasion and see brighter days in our near future.…
While the 2020-21 school year is wrapping up in May, the 精东影业 ISD still wants to take students new places this summer. That鈥檚 why the summer learning schedule for students in pre-K through 12th grade has been expanded to give every student a chance to explore what they want, whether they鈥檙e trying to get ahead…
While transitioning to a virtual learning environment was unexpected and the timing of it a bit accelerated, the reality is that so many teachers and students around the world have long begun leveraging the benefits of technology to enhance the learning process. This modern integration of technological tools has created a whole new learning experience…
We live in a unique time. Never before has the world been so small and accessible. People from distant lands can board a plane and within hours travel to the other side of the planet populated with individuals who share a different culture and value system. With the click of a few buttons, we can…
Recently, I read a quote that stopped me in my tracks. The quote was posted on a small road sign in a highly populated metropolitan city. It read, 鈥淛ust because someone carries it well, doesn鈥檛 mean it isn鈥檛 heavy.鈥澛 This message resonated with me deeply and is a powerful reminder of the invisibility that often…