Dallas Kicks Off Education: Go Get it Week

16 Sep 2009

From Sept. 21–25, All Students Will Learn and Participate in Higher Education Themed Activities

DALLAS–Dallas Independent School District will host its Education: Go Get it Week from Monday, Sept. 21 through Friday, Sept. 25. The Education: Go Get it Week initiative is a new state requirement to have each school designate one week to promote college awareness and provide information to students regarding higher education.

During the Education: Go Get it Week, schools throughout Dallas ISD will host college awareness themed activities so students in all grades, elementary to high school, learn about the importance of continuing their education beyond high school and also about the available resources and services to pursue a college education.

Below are some of the events that will take place in Dallas ISD schools during Education: Go Get it Week:

• Students and teachers at Walnut Hill Elementary School, 10115 Midway, will have a College T-Shirt Day on Monday, Sept. 21. Also, students will attend one of two assemblies, scheduled at 8:15 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. to hear from the Mayor of Wylie, Eric Hogue, who will talk about the importance of pursuing a higher education.
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• Arthur Kramer Elementary will host a college door decoration contest on Monday, Sept. 21, which will be judged on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The school is located at 7131 Midbury Drive.
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• Also on Monday, Sept. 21, college banners will be decorated and displayed on the classroom doors at C. A. Tatum Jr., Elementary School, 3002 St. Augustine Road, and will be judged on Thursday. On Wednesday, Sept. 23, the school will have a college memorabilia display.
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• Students from Whitney Young Elementary School, 4601 Veterans Drive, will participate in the "Who Am I" activity on Tuesday, Sept. 22. As part of the "Who Am I" activity, students will dress up as a person who works in the professional field that they would like to pursue when they grow up.
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• Pre-kindergarten through second graders at Celestino Mauricio Soto Elementary, 4510 W. Jefferson Blvd. will color and wear a pre-made graduation hat on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Staff members will wear their college graduation hat with tassel and gown.
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• Teachers from Julius Dorsey Elementary School, 133 N. St. Augustine Road, will feature and talk about well-known educators who made a contribution to society during their classroom discussions with students on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Also, on Thursday, Sept 24, teachers and staff will bring their college memorabilia to display in the auditorium.
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• Parents, grandparents, and community members of John W. Carpenter Elementary, 2121 Tosca Lane, will read to the students on Wednesday, Sept. 23, starting at 8 a.m.
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• On Friday, Sept. 25, teachers at Highland Meadows Elementary School, 8939 Whitewing Lane, will wear their graduation attire. Students will sign their names on a banner displaying their year of graduation from high school.

During the Education: Go Get it Week, Dallas ISD 11th and 12th graders and their parents will be attending the third annual Districtwide College Fair at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Dallas Convention Center-Hall D, 650 S. Griffin St.

The free fair will provide students and their parents the opportunity to learn more about the college admission process. Students will also have an opportunity to meet college and university representatives.

"We believe that every student can perform at or above grade level and graduate college and workforce ready to compete in the global economy," is the first core belief adopted by the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees.

For a complete list of core beliefs, visit the Web site at http://www.dallasisd.org/about/vision.htm.