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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! 👏📖

The District Spelling Bee finals are underway! 🐝 Stay tuned to find out our 1st place winner and runner-up who will advance to the Regional Bee! @DrElenaSHill @DallasReads

Incredibly proud of our 16 finalists competing in the District Spelling Bee today! 🐝✨ We are cheering you on as we crown our top two spellers to represent us at Regions. Good luck to these word wizards! 📖👏 @DrElenaSHill

Registration is happening now for the 9th annual Dallas ISD Poetry Slam brought to you by the RLA department and the Roland Parrish Foundation. This competition is for all 5th grade students! See flyer below for details.

Buzzing with excitement for our District Spelling Bee! 🐝 Jan 7-8, students from 138 campuses will showcase their incredible preparation and literacy skills. So proud of these scholars and their hard work! ✨ @Dallasacademics @DrElenaSHill

We are excited to spend our day with middle school teachers!

Great day of collaboration with library media services teaching them how to support students and teachers using our PACE active reading strategy.

This essential PD is a fantastic opportunity to close reading gaps and boost student growth! Register by November 7th!

Stepping into a new school year and “building a legacy” one student at a time! Our RLA team is ready to rise to the occasion. #backtoschool #legacy

Summer PD has started and our participants are working hard! Teachers have had time to plan for upcoming lessons and rehearse to be ready for next school year.

☀️SUMMER READING STARTS TODAY! Join Dallas ISD and the Dallas Public Library for our Summer Reading Kick-Off! Activities will take place from 10-12 at the Public Libraries listed below! Come grab some FREE BOOKS to add to your home library! 📚 All ages welcome! See you there! Location addresses can be found here ➡️ dallaslibrary2.org/hours.php

It’s Read for Me day! We love seeing the kids get so excited to grab free books for summer reading!

Our Poetry Slam was a success!! What a fun night celebrating the artistic talents of some amazing 5th grade students from all over Dallas ISD! Not to mention that our finalists took home $17,000 in scholarships thanks to the Parrish Foundation. #makeithappen

We cordially invite you to the event of the year! RLA, with the help of the Parrish foundation, will be hosting a Poetry Slam. Come and see 5th grade students perform their original poems for a chance to win scholarship money! Details below