2023 State of the District

first course

Niçoise Salad

Local greens, haricots verts, roasted pepper and olive tapenade, pickled onions, potato confit and Champagne vinaigrette

main course

Grained Mustard Honey-Glazed Chicken Breast

Sweet corn risotto, vegetable jardinière and Madeira chicken jus

Vegetarian Tartelette with Red Pepper Coulis

Vegetable couscous and baby vegetables

vegetarian entr É e dessert

Turtle Cheesecake

program

“Friend Like Me”

Districtwide Student-Teacher Performance

Dallas ISD Students

Fudge sauce, Chantilly crème and chocolate crumble welcome recognitions

Justin Henry President, Dallas ISD Board of Trustees

Pamela Lear, Ed.D.

Deputy Superintendent of Staff and Racial Equity

DINNER

Entertainment provided by Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

introduction of superintendent

Tania Amos

South Oak Cliff High School

POWER OF US | PART I

Stephanie S. Elizalde, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools

Jon Dahlander

Chief of Partnerships and Intergovernmental Relations

Regina Montoya and Mita Havlick Dallas Education Foundation

Pamela Pope Lee

Linebarger Goggan Blair and Sampson, LLP | Presenting Sponsor

POWER OF US | PART II

Stephanie S. Elizalde, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools

Eric Hale

Teacher, David G. Burnet Elementary School 2021 Region 10 Elementary Teacher of the Year

Josue Torres

Master Teacher, César Chávez Learning Center Gubernatorial Appointee to the State Board of Educator Certification

Sara Gill

Teacher, Edward Titche Elementary School 2022 Secondary Category Teacher of the Year

Michael Jackson

Executive Director, School Leadership 2022 Choice/Magnet Principal of the Year

partnership and volunteer awards the power of support the power of us | part ii educator of the year awards power

Phillip Fite

Reliant | Educator of the Year Awards Sponsor

PRESENTATION OF FINALISTS AND WINNERS

Tiffany Huitt-Powell Chief of School Leadership

teacher of the year finalists

e lementary category

secondary category

Ebony Garrett Umphrey Lee Elementary School

cho I ce / magnet category

Mia Witt César Chávez Learning Center

Iván Medina Marcus Leadership Academy

Bobby Bailey Billy Earl Dade Middle School

Angela Burley Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School

Kayleigh Overman-Fassel Emmett J. Conrad High School

Nancy Salas Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy

Laura Treviño W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy

Jonatan Cruz School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove

p rincipal of the year finalists

e lementary category

Sandra Fernandez Nancy J. Cochran Elementary School

s econdary category

cho I ce / magnet category

Julie Singleton Central Elementary School

Vivian Chandler Fairley Emmett J. Conrad High School

Shadaria Foster Kennedy-Curry Middle School

Marquetta Masters Trinity Heights Talented and Gifted

Gayle Rodgers Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy

p artnership and

awar D f inalists

Nancy Lieberman Charities Superintendent’s Award Recipient

North Texas Food Bank

Jeanne Fagadau Leading the Charge Award Recipient

The Brewer Foundation Emmett J. Conrad Extra Mile Award Recipient

Lesley Barajas Volunteer of the Year Student Support

Kimtesha Strange Volunteer of the Year School Support

Desmond Carter Volunteer of the Year Classroom Support

Newman Park

c ampus teacher s of the year

Silvia Delgado

Alex Sanger Preparatory School

James Wood

Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy at A. Maceo

Smith

Kate Walker

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Lena Charles

Career Institute South

Quinn Holmes

Career Institute East

Brittany Toomer CityLab High School

Musa Haroon

Dallas Environmental Science Academy

Cynthia Cuesta-Ortiz

Downtown Montessori at Ida B. Wells Academy

Jacob Freiesleben

Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III Global Preparatory Academy at Paul Quinn College

Tiffany Walker

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Arts Academy

Gennell Murphy

Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School

Melody Singleton

Eduardo Mata Montessori School

Alejandra Martha Gonzalez

Gabe P. Allen New Tech Academy

David Piñon

Harry Stone Montessori Academy

Sumala Paidi

iLearn Virtual Academy at Dallas ISD

Thuy Nguyen

Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet at Yvonne A.

Ewell Townview Center

Jerquila Slaughter

Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy

Nancy Salas

Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy

Jennifer Sanders

Marvin E. Robinson School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center

Dianna Huerta

Montessori Academy at Onesimo Hernandez

Amanda Brown

New Tech High School at B.F. Darrell

Jeffrey Heiple

North Lake Early College High School

Tina Aguilar

Dr. L.G. Pinkston Sr. High School

D'Nea Stanley

K.B. Polk Center for Academically Talented and Gifted

Jenee Berry

Rosie M. Collins Sorrells School of Education and Social Services at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center

Jonatan Cruz

School for the Talented and Gifted In Pleasant Grove

Julie Tan

School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell

Townview Center

Christina Moore

J.P. Starks Math, Science and Technology Vanguard

Richard Quadri-Suiti

Sudie L. Williams Talented and Gifted Academy

Michael Mancini

School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell

Townview Center

Marcelo Migoni

School of Health Professions at Yvonne A. Ewell

Townview Center

Joshua Lopez

Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early College High School at Mountain View College

Pedro Bear Munoz

Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy

Dania Marrero

West Dallas STEM School Program at Pinkston

April Castillo

William B. Travis Academy/Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted

Raul Avila

Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary School

Shelby Thomas

Birdie Alexander Elementary School

Griselda Jimenez Ibarra

Anne Frank Elementary School

Cheneka Ward

Arcadia Park Elementary School

Yvette Henderson

Arlington Park Early Childhood Center

Yesenia Amador

Arturo Salazar Elementary School

Micaela Montoya

Bayles Elementary School

Pedro Romanelli

Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School

Shemyia Taylor

Biomedical Preparatory at UT Southwestern

Alma Garcia

Bishop Arts STEAM Academy

Natasha Giddens

William A. Blair Elementary School

Javier Eugenio Diaz

Annie Webb Blanton Elementary School

Gabriel Duarte

James Bowie Elementary School

Angel Henry

John Neely Bryan Elementary School

Cesar Reyes

Rufus C. Burleson Elementary School

Julia Rondon

David G. Burnet Elementary School

Makenzie Evans

C.A. Tatum Jr. Elementary School

Christina Chandler

Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr. Elementary School

Carmen Guevara

F.P. Caillet Elementary School

Stephanie Stephens

John W. Carpenter Elementary School

Nelida Morehead

C.F. Carr Elementary School

Estefania Reyes Garcia

Casa View Elementary School

Arturo Mata-Perez

Cedar Crest Elementary School

Maria Delgado

Central Elementary School

Candace Smith

Chapel Hill Preparatory School

Mia Witt

César Chávez Learning Center

Jonathan Ricado

Nancy J. Cochran Elementary School

Kimberley Rhea

S.S. Conner Elementary School

Laura Paredes Nieto

Leila P. Cowart Elementary School

Josue Garcia

Gilbert Cuellar Sr. Elementary School

Therese Blanks-Butler

Everette L. DeGolyer Elementary School

Rosa Hernandez

Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School

Victor Alvarado Ruiz

L.O. Donald Elementary School

Christy Cantwell

Frederick Douglass Elementary School

c ampus teacher s of the year

Pamlea Nelson

Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center

Oscar Morales

Ebby Halliday Elementary School

Evelyn Gallegos

Eddie Bernice Johnson STEM Academy

Elaytra Cole

J.N. Ervin Elementary School

Fatima Martinez

Felix G. Botello Personalized Learning Elementary School

Rosalina Martinez

Stephen C. Foster Elementary School

Alma Medina Gonzalez

Frank Guzick Elementary School

Brittnay Cox

Geneva Heights Elementary School

Paola Lavat

George Bannerman Dealey Montessori Academy

Sydney Booth

George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary School

Arely Cermeno

Charles A. Gill Elementary School

Evelyn Horna Loayza

Tom C. Gooch Elementary School

Demond Strickland

H.I. Holland Elementary School at Lisbon

Samantha Childs

H.S. Thompson Elementary School

Karla Perez Ronquillo

Lenore Kirk Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff

Talya Hammond

Harrell Budd Elementary School

Jaclyn Brustkern

Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School

Javier Alvarado

Margaret B. Henderson Elementary School

Lucia Espinoza

Henry B. Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy

Gloria Martin

Victor H. Hexter Elementary School

Mireya Hernandez

James S. Hogg New Tech Center

Paulina Gonzalez

Lida Hooe Elementary School

Timothy Eastman

L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary School

Amy Lewis

John Quincy Adams Elementary School

Doveisha Wright

Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School

Yessica Shaw

Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School

Kali Coffey

Jerry R. Junkins Elementary School

Adriana Diaz

Jesús Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard

Angel Sitiriche Torres

Jill Stone Elementary School at Vickery Meadow

Adrienne Martinez

Anson Jones Elementary School

Raymond Lewis Robles

Barbara Jordan Elementary School

Aaron Morales

José “Joe” May Elementary School

Erick Montiel

Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy

Jorge Renteria

Louise Wolff Kahn Elementary School

Beatriz Quiroz

Edwin J. Kiest Elementary School

Laura Silos

Kleberg Elementary School

Maircaidez Marzell McGill

Obadiah Knight Elementary School

Lorri Ward

Arthur Kramer Elementary School

Renae Christopher

Richard Lagow Elementary School

Sara Marx

Lakewood Elementary School

Martha Adriana Castellanos

Larry G. Smith Elementary School

Kirti Gajbhiye

Lee A. McShan Jr. Elementary School

Khobi Johnson

Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa, M.D. Elementary School

Zoraida Rodriguez Mata

William Lipscomb Elementary School

Maria Banda

B.H. Macon Elementary School

Rochelle Galloway

Maple Lawn Elementary School

Ivan Medina

Marcus Leadership Academy

Vanthony Harris

Maria Moreno STEAM Academy

Felicia Johnson

Eladio R. Martinez Learning Center

Alicia Armstrong

Ronald E. McNair Elementary School

Kathryn Rivera

Esperanza “Hope” Medrano Elementary School

Faith Sorenson

Ben Milam Elementary School

Ashley Nelson

William B. Miller Elementary School

Blanca Marquez

Mockingbird Elementary School

Jocelyn Robles

Nancy Moseley Elementary School

Luis Covarrubias

Mount Auburn STEAM Academy

Nicole Hilario Ramirez

N.W. Harllee Early Childhood Center

Claudia Bricker

Nathan Adams Elementary School

Pamela Lewis

Clara Oliver Elementary School

Paul Holmes

Otto M. Fridia Elementary School

Claudia Flores

George Peabody Elementary School

Jimmie Pickering

Elisha M. Pease Elementary School

Ashley Enriquez

John F. Peeler Elementary School

Amanda McCrum

John J. Pershing Elementary School

Lea Whitlow

Personalized Learning Academy at Highland

Meadows

Merced Fletcher

Personalized Learning Preparatory At Sam Houston

Danasia Devere

Pleasant Grove Elementary School

Billie Lara

Pre-K Partnership Center

Carlos Marroquin

Preston Hollow Elementary School

Anavictoria Braun

Prestonwood Montessori at E.D. Walker

Stephany Hale

Martha Turner Reilly Elementary School

LaCarol Johnson

Reinhardt Elementary School

c ampus teacher s of the year

Erick Salas

Joseph J. Rhoads Learning Center

Angela McNeil

Charles Rice Learning Center

Maya Goff

Oran M. Roberts Elementary School

Maria Miret Bofi

Dan D. Rogers Elementary School

Coral Castillo

Rosemont Lower – Chris V. Semos Building and Upper School

Laura Castellanos

Buckner Terrace Montessori

Frankie Boulden

John W. Runyon Elementary School

Isabel Bridges

Clinton P. Russell Elementary School

Lilia Guerra

Julian T. Saldivar Elementary School

Jose Loaiza Gaviria

San Jacinto Elementary School

Mayra Quinonez

Seagoville Elementary School

Dawana Marsh

Seagoville North Elementary School

German Herrera

Ascher Silberstein Elementary School

Angel Hernandez

Solar Preparatory School for Boys at

John F. Kennedy Learning Center

Christine Hernandez

Solar Preparatory School for Girls at James B.

Bonham

Claudia Ramirez

Leslie A. Stemmons Elementary School

Christina Barrera Reyna

Stevens Park Elementary School

Guadalupe Estrada

Sylvia Mendez CREW Leadership Academy

Zaira Rodriguez

T.G. Terry Elementary School

Samantha Harris

Thelma Elizabeth Page Richardson Elementary School

Jacintia Johnson

Thomas L. Marsalis Elementary School

Sandra Romero

Edward Titche Elementary School

Adrienne Hearn

Thomas Tolbert Elementary School

Rocio Cruz

Trinity Heights Talented and Gifted

Lecharia Scales

George W. Truett Elementary School

Rena Walker

Adelle Turner Elementary School

Owetta Carlisle

Mark Twain School for the Talented and Gifted

Ebony Garrett

Umphrey Lee Elementary School

Katiely Ramos-Key

Urban Park Elementary School

Bridget Robinson

Daniel Webster Elementary School

Dibreika Miller

Martin Weiss Elementary School

Victor Urbina

William Anderson Elementary School

Bridget Mathew

Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School

Maribel Duran

Winnetka Elementary School

Katherine Green

Harry C. Withers Elementary School

Susie Fisher

Whitney M. Young Jr. Elementary School

Laura Chavarri Leal

Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School

Juanita Knott

W.H. Adamson High School

Mia Ward

Ann Richards STEAM Academy

James Jackson

Barbara M. Manns High School and Middle School

DAEP

Mark Olateju

Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy

Bobby Bailey

Billy Earl Dade Middle School

Jose Rodriguez

Bryan Adams Leadership Academy

Leonardo Painevilo

Career Institute North

Rebekah Jean

D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School

Constance Adamu

David W. Carter High School

Jamie Linver

Dallas Hybrid Preparatory at Stephen J. Hay

Angela Burley

Dr. Frederick Douglass Todd Sr. Middle School

Jazzmine Reese

E.B. Comstock Middle School

Dionne Bryant

E.D. Walker Middle School

Kayleigh Overman-Fassel

Emmett J. Conrad High School

Keisha Edwards

Francisco F. “Pancho” Medrano Middle School

De'Ron Scott

Franklin D. Roosevelt High School of Innovation

Margaret McClain

W.H. Gaston Middle School

Laura Trevino

W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy

Shawn Youman

H. Grady Spruce High School

Tearra Thomas

Harold W. Lang Sr. Middle School

Karla Pagan-Colon

Hector P. Garcia Middle School

Amanda Stargell

Robert T. Hill Middle School

Adrianne Hanks

Hillcrest High School

Albert Harrah

Ignite Middle School

James "Brandon" Barrier

Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy at James W. Fannin

Estefany Luna

Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School

Estephanie Amaro

Justin F. Kimball High School

Christie Brooks

James Madison High School

Steven Strange

John Lewis Social Justice Academy at Oliver Wendell

Holmes

Curtiska Gibbs

Judge Louis A. Bedford Jr. Law Academy

Markita Tillman

Kennedy-Curry Middle School

Gwendolen Ensley

Lincoln High School and Humanities/Communinations

Magnet

Jennifer Garcia

J.L. Long Middle School

Brandon Barber

Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory Academy

c ampus teacher s of the year

Stephen Quander

Moisés E. Molina High School

Terry Stotts

Multiple Careers Magnet Center

Brittney Peace

North Dallas High School

Linette Allen

Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy

Frederick Hinton

Raul Quintanilla Sr. Middle School STEAM Academy

Maira Perez Sotelo

Rosemont Upper School

Carl Geiger

Thomas J. Rusk Middle School

Adrienne Henderson

Sam Tasby Middle School

Cindy Paredes

W.W. Samuell High School

Dennis Willich

Seagoville High School

Olufemi Oladimeji

Seagoville Middle School

Yesenia Alvarado

Skyline High School

Michael Traylor

South Oak Cliff High School

pr I nc I pal

Hector Martinez

Marissa Limon

Dr. Lakeisha Smith-Bluitt

Alpher Garrett-Jones

Sandra Fernandez

Ana Fernandez

campus

Alex Sanger Preparatory School

Dan D. Rogers Elementary School

Thomas Tolbert Elementary School

Paul L. Dunbar Learning Center

Nancy J. Cochran Elementary School

Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School

Julie Singleton Central Elementary School

Kiashan King

Marco Barker

Herschel Carter

Ryan Bott

Sandra Espinoza

David Lee

Yolanda Knight

Shondula Whitfield

Joseph Medaris

Vivian Chandler-Fairley

Douglas Burak

Benjamin Jones

Brittany Thompson

Chandra Barnett

S.S. Conner Elementary School

Rosemont Lower - Chris V. Semos Building

Everette L. DeGolyer Elementary School

Bryan Adams High School Leadership Academy

Felix G. Botello Personalized Learning Elementary

Hector P. Garcia Middle School

Umphrey Lee Elementary School

Judge Louis A. Bedford Jr. Law Academy

Lee McShan Jr. Elementary School

Emmett J. Conrad High School

Leonides Gonzalez Cigarroa, M.D. Elementary School

Thomas Jefferson High School

Lakewood Elementary School

Woodrow Wilson High School

Xochitl Escobar

Alex W. Spence Talented and Gifted Academy

Valnieshia Lister

L.V. Stockard Middle School

Nathaniel Mallery

Boude Storey Middle School

Justin George

Sunset High School

Shalexsis Willis

T.W. Browne Middle School

Laura Lyle

Thomas Jefferson High School

Ira Wilson

W.T. White High School

Khaliq Threlkeld

Wilmer-Hutchins High School

Theresa Benedetto

Woodrow Wilson High School

Eva Leal-Trevino

Young Men’s Leadership Academy at Fred F. Florence Middle School

Jeannette Duggan

Young Women's STEAM Academy at Balch Springs Middle School

Jarrod Williams

Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School

pr I nc I pal campus

Tangela Carter

Rockell Stewart

Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School

Billy Earl Dade Middle School

Marquetta Masters Trinity Heights Talented and Gifted

Nikki Hudson

Linda Olivarez

Gerardo Hernandez

Carlotta Hooks

Marlon Brooks

L.V. Stockard Middle School

Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School

Thomas J. Rusk Middle School

C. F. Carr Elementary School

Dr. L.G. Pinkston Sr. High School

Shadaria Foster Kennedy-Curry Middle School

Letrice Portley

Janie Carballo

Angela West

Kimberly Richardson

Willie Johnson

Samantha White

Piedmont G.L.O.B.A.L. Academy

Seagoville High School

Skyline High School

Thomas L. Marsalis Elementary School

South Oak Cliff High School

Richard Lagow Elementary School

Francine Taylor H. Grady Spruce High School

Jesus Martinez Sunset High School

Tomeka Middleton-Williams

Gayle Rodgers

Dawna Duke

Eduardo Mata Montessori School

Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy

Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory Academy

event sponsors

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acknowledgments

A special thank you to the members of the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees for their unwavering advocacy for the students, parents and employees of Dallas ISD.

Dallas ISD Board of Trustees

Special thanks to the following students, schools and departments for contributing to the success of this occasion.

Student Emcees

Student Emcees

June Bull

William B. Travis Academy/Vanguard for the Academically Talented and Gifted

Sebastian Castillo Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy

Zihair Douglas Thomas L. Marsalis Elementary School

Tania Amos South Oak Cliff High School

Schools

Schools

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Arts Academy

César Chávez Learning Center

Departments

Contributors

Teen School Board

Districtwide Student Initiatives

Communication Services

Partnership and Volunteer Services

School Leadership

Visual and Performing Arts

Dallas Education Foundation