19 Feb 2010
The Fair Will Provide Information About Advanced Placement, AVID, and Dual Credit Programs
DALLAS–The Dallas Independent School District's College and Career Readiness and Athletics Department, will host an information fair about how to earn college credit while still in high school from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, in the LBJ Auditorium at Nolan Estes Plaza, 3434 S. R.L. Thornton Freeway.
The session will offer information about the district's Advanced Placement, AVID, and dual credit programs, for students in grades eight through 11 and their parents. A breakout session will provide student athletes with NCAA guidelines.
The keynote speaker will be Torrence Robinson of Texas Instruments. Program representatives from the departments hosting the fair will be available to talk with parents and students following the general session.
"Dallas ISD principals and their teachers are no longer focusing on teaching to the test but rather creating academically challenging assignments that will better prepare students for college and the world of work. Dallas ISD has become an exemplar for urban schools as an effort based district that focuses on high achievement for all students."
Institute for Learning
University of Pittsburgh
June 2009