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.
11 May 2001
Approximately 6,170 students are less than a month away from becoming graduates of the Dallas Independent School District. When these seniors entered the first grade in the 1989-90 school year, they became known as the Class of 2001. Those then first graders have journeyed from elementary to middle school to high school to reach this stage of their life: graduation.
By completing the academic requirements to qualify to graduate from DISD, these seniors now have a solid foundation as they begin to pursue other life goals, Mike Moses, general superintendent, said. "A community event, the graduation ceremony is a time to celebrate for parents, teachers and students," he added. "Though the celebration is centered around the single accomplishment of graduation, individuals in our community will have their own reasons to celebrate. For students, the walk across the graduation stage is a celebration of the completion of a life chapter devoted to learning to count, read and write. For the district, our graduation ceremonies are celebrations of appreciation of dedicated graduates and all of the community stakeholders who supported and encouraged the Class of 2001."
The district has 29 graduation ceremonies scheduled. The Class of 2001 at Justin Kimball High School will be the first ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 14, at Loos Fieldhouse (3815 Spring Valley). Sunset High School has scheduled the last graduation ceremony for the district at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, also at Loos Fieldhouse.
With more than 750 students set to graduate, Skyline High School will have the largest graduating class in DISD. A high school within a college, Middle College has DISD's smallest graduating class with 27 seniors. A complete list of the Dallas Independent School District high school graduation ceremonies follows:
May 14
• Justin Kimball, 7:30 p.m., Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
May 16
• James Madison, 7:30 p.m., Majestic Theater, 1925 Elm Street
May 17
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, 7 p.m., Majestic Theater, 1925 Elm Street
May 18
• Townview Center: Talented and Gifted, 5 p.m., Majestic Theater, 1925 Elm Street
• Townview Center: Education and Social Services, 7:30 pm, Majestic Theater, 1925 Elm Street
• Skyline, 7:30 p.m., Dallas Convention Center Arena, 650 S. Griffin Street
• L. G. Pinkston, 7:30 p.m., Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
May 19
• Woodrow Wilson, 4 p.m., Dallas Convention Center Arena, 650 S. Griffin Street
• H. Grady Spruce, 2 p.m., Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
• North Dallas, 1 p.m., Dallas Convention Center Arena, 650 S. Griffin Street
• Middle College, 2 p.m., El Centro College, 801 Main Street
• W. H. Adamson, 5:30 p.m., Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
• Bryan Adams, 10 a.m., Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
May 20
• W. T. White, 1 pm, Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
• Booker T. Washington, 7:30 pm, Meyerson Symphony Hall, 2301 Flora Street
• Townview Center: Health Professions,
7:30 p.m., McFarlin Auditorium, 6405 Boaz Lane• Townview Center: Business & Management, 4:30 p.m., McFarlin Auditorium, 6405 Boaz Lane
• South Oak Cliff, 4:30 p.m., Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
• Seagoville, 1:30 p.m., Moody Coliseum, 6024 Airline Road
• Lincoln, 1 p.m., Dallas Convention Center Arena, 650 S. Griffin Street
• Thomas Jefferson, 7 p.m., Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
• David W. Carter, 6 p.m., Dallas Convention Center Arena, 650 S. Griffin Street
• Hillcrest, 5:30 p.m., Moody Colisem, 6024 Airline Road
May 21
• Townview Center: Government, Law and Law Enforcement, 7 p.m., McFarlin Auditorium, 6405 Boaz Lane
• W. W. Samuell, 7 p.m., Moody Coliseum, 6405 Boaz Lane
May 22
• Townview Center: Science and Engineering, 7 pm, McFarlin Auditorium
• A. Maceo Smith, 7 p.m., Moody Coliseum, 6024 Airline Road
• Moisés Molina, 7 p.m., Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
May 23
• Sunset, 7:30 pm, Loos Fieldhouse, 3815 Spring Valley Road
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