As the nation's eleventh largest school district, Dallas Independent School District serves more than 160,000 students who come from homes where 58 different languages are spoken. Operating with a $1 billion dollar budget, DISD employs 18,613 employees including 10,000 teachers in 220 schools.
23 Apr 2001
Feel the Flava! Offers Visiting Students Taste of Texas May 2-6
They are not out of high school yet, but they go to college everyday. DISD students enrolled at Middle College High School at El Centro College will welcome their peers from throughout the nation May 2-6 for the Feel the Flava! Middle College High School National Student Conference 2001.
DISD General Superintendent Mike Moses will bring greetings at the kick-off ceremony to be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, May 3, at El Centro College Performance Hall. Representatives from the Dallas County Community College District, the City of Dallas and the National Middle College Consortium also will be present.
"We are very proud to be chosen as the site for this conference," said Middle College Principal Richard Davis. "Our conference will combine academics with an overview of Texas culture and fun activities for the students." Conference presentations include Contrast the Myth and the Reality, Viva la Vida de Latinos and Corral the Cowboy Culture.
Middle College opened its doors in Dallas in 1989 at El Centro College. A high school within a college, and the only one of its kind in Texas, it meets the needs of students who face different educational and scheduling requirements. The students gain a valuable educational experience, earn college credit while still in high school and benefit from a nurturing environment.
Among the conference participants are Brooklyn College Academy at Brooklyn College; Middle College High School at Los Angeles Southwest College; Middle College High School at Southwest Tennessee Community College and The Academy at Illinois Central College.
For more information, call Richard Davis at 214-860-2356.