✏️📝 Writing is happening at Jill Stone Elementary today! Shoutout to our amazing teachers and students for putting ideas into words, strengthening writing skills, and bringing DISD’s writing focus to life! Keep up the great work! 👏📚 #DISDProud #RLA

🎉 DISD RLA Director Doug Frank representing DISD at the Council of Great City Schools in Boston! From our districtwide writing focus this morning to AI in education this afternoon, showcasing innovation in DISD! 👏 @Dallasacademics @Doug_Frank_RLA @DrElenaSHill #DISDProud #RLA

Our RLA teachers showed up and showed out at Flex Day! 📚From collaborative planning to meaningful conversations and hands-on practice, our teachers were engaged and focused on strengthening instruction for students! 💡👏
#RLARocks @Doug_Frank_RLA @DrElenaSHill @Dallasacademics

Equipping our teams for success! 🌟 Our RLA Elementary Coordinators had a great session training Early Learning Specialists on the PACE active reading strategy and the Writing Playbook. Strong instruction starts here! 📚✏️ @DrElenaSHill @DallasReads @Dallasacademics

Great things are happening @EdwardTitche 🌟Strong Instruction, intentional teaching, and a commitment to student success are all full display! 👏📚 @DrElenaSHill @Doug_Frank_RLA @Dallasacademics #studentsuccess

Deep dive into writing today! @DallasReads worked with Executive Directors to unpack prompts and calibrate on student work. EDs are equipped and energized to champion campus writing success! ✍️🚀 @DrElenaSHill @Dallasacademics

Pre-K 4 students @ELDegolyerES were working on the morning message and learning how to use appropriate directionality in their writing.
@DrElenaSHill @Dallasacademics @DallasReads

Kicked off our first principal meeting with the RLA team! We tackled common writing myths and dived into what truly effective writing instruction looks like for our students. 📝✨

@AngieGaylord @Dallasacademics @DrElenaSHill @DallasReads

Get ready! Our annual Read for Me summer kick-off is just weeks away! ☀️📖We’re giving away FREE books for students at all 5 of our library locations. Don't miss out on your summer favorites!
@Dallasacademics @DrElenaSHill @DallasReads

Major congrats to Yasmeen Harris-Youngblood (@HexterElem)—the 2026 @ScrippsBee Educator of the Year! 🏆 A true champion for @DallasISD literacy and student success. Way to go! 🐝👏bit.ly/4ep6zsV
@DrElenaSHill @DallasReads @Dallasacademics

Congratulations to all of our students who competed in Dallas ISD’s 8th annual Poetry Slam! Thank you to the Parrish Foundation for being a strong partner and giving back to our community in a real way.

Fifth grade students recited original poetry works using the theme . Our students are amazing! 🙌🏽

Today is the day! It’s Poetry Slam Day! We can’t wait to celebrate all of our campus finalists tonight and hear original poems from our top 1o finalists. Who will be the scholarship winners of tonight’s slam?

It's Poetry Slam Week! 5th grade students from over 30 Dallas ISD schools will compete for a chance to win up to $5000 in scholarship money! We hope to see you there!

Delivering swag bags to our Poetry Slam campus coordinators this week! Thank you for all the work you did with your students and congrats to our campus finalists.

Day 2 of Middle School RLA PD! 📚 Teaming with Early Learning to bridge the Science of Reading across grades. Strong Tier 1 & 2 support is the goal for our readers! @DallasReads @Dallasacademics @DrElenaSHill #ScienceOfReading #RLA #TieredInstruction

Vocab is our daily language! 🗣️ 1st graders are diving into habitats like deserts & savannas. We’re prompting students to use precise terms to build mastery 🌵🌳✨ @DrElenaSHill

✈️ The 3rd Annual PreK Conference is almost here! Join us for a full day of adventure as we explore instructional strategies that empower you to become the pilot of your own classroom. Scan the QR code to register!

🚀 Calling Grades 4–8! Honor "Queen of the Sky" Bessie Coleman in the 2026 BHM Essay Contest! ✍️
🗓️ Feb 20-21 @ 10AM 📍 National Aviation Education Center
🔗 Contest: bit.ly/45egnR0
🎟️ Event: flynaec.org/event/bhm26/

Huge thanks to our community partners for making this year’s Dallas ISD District Spelling Bee so special! 🐝📚
We’re grateful to The Gene & Jerry Jones Foundation, @innoutburger, @raisingcanes, and @fwssr for celebrating our spellers! 💛

Congrats to our 2026 district spelling stars! 🏆🐝
1st: Alex Blaydes (Sudie TAG) 2nd: Rocio Montano O’Hallaron (Solar Prep)
We are so proud of all our participants! Both winners now move on to the Dallas County Spelling Bee! 👏📖