Now on Facebook, Twitter...
Dickinson ISD expands communication efforts through social media posts and tweets
Dickinson ISD is always looking for new and better ways to keep parents and the community informed about what is going on within the district. DISD has now joined over 900 million people and created Facebook and Twitter fan pages so people all over can keep up with what is going on within the district.
On Facebook, just go to www.facebook.com/dickinsonschools and "Like" us. On Twitter, follow us at #dickinsonisd and you will receive the latest information, the moment it happens from around the district.
"Social media is the quickest way to receive information right now, Communications Specialist Robby Robertson said. "We have some great ways to keep people informed here in Dickinson ISD and this will just add to that. I will be posting almost daily to Twitter and Facebook, if not multiple times a day, with the most up to date information."
If you have any questions about Dickinson ISD's social media efforts, contact Robertson at rrobertson@dickinsonisd.org.
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Free and reduced meal application
is now available online
The free and reduced meal application is now available from the District homepage. Go to www.dickinsonisd.org and look for the green oval box entitled meal application on the left hand side of the page. Click on the green oval to view and fill out the application. If you received a letter in the mail already stating that your student was approved for free lunch, please do not fill out an application. For more information, contact Crystal Bryson at 281-229-6184 or 281-229-6012.
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| School hours changing at Silbernagel
Students at Silbernagel Elementary will be starting and ending the school day 15 minutes earlier in 2012-2013. The new hours are 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The change now means all six Dickinson ISD elementary schools will be on this same schedule. Secondary campus hours are all still 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
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| More than 90 new teachers join Dickinson ISD
 Students will be greeted by more than 90 new teachers when they return for the 2012-2013 school year. The new "Gators" went through new teacher training this week to be ready to go on Monday, August 20 when all teachers return for a week
of staff development and
preparation days.
Welcome New "Gators!"
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Administrators settling into new
roles for 2012-2013 school year
As students and staff return for the new school year, they will see some familiar faces in new roles, as well as some new faces to Dickinson ISD.
Billye Smith joined Dickinson High School this summer as principal. She comes from Pasadena ISD, where she served as Associate Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for grades 7-12 the past three years. Before heading into administration at Pasadena, Smith served as Principal at Pasadena Memorial High School for nine years.
Also at Dickinson High School, students and staff welcomed Julie Abram this past May as an Assistant Principal. She comes to DISD from the Clear Creek ISD, where she served as a Teacher Development Administrator.
Traci Goodwin, former principal at McAdams Junior High, has moved to the Education Support Center to serve as Director of Professional Development and Advanced Academics. In this position, she will focus on training and workshops for employees and look into ways to fully develop the district's Gifted and Talented programs, dual credit and advanced academics.
Promoted to Principal at McAdams Junior High is Jeff Pack, who previously served as Associate Principal at McAdams. Kim Wilson will be moving over from her Assistant Principal position at Barber Middle School to serve as Associate Principal at McAdams.
McAdams Assistant Principal Wendy Chide accepted the position of Site Manager at the Dickinson Alternative Learning Center and Dickinson Continuation Center, which will be housed together at the DCC campus, 2805 Oak Park, beginning this school year. Replacing Chide as Assistant Principal at McAdams is Jaime Williams, the former TTIPS English Specialist, at Dickinson High School.
At other Dickinson ISD campuses, Calder Road Elementary Assistant Principal Amy Smith and Bay Colony Elementary Assistant Principal Hayde Lopez will be switching places with Smith headed to Bay Colony and Lopez moving to Calder Road.
Lindsey Mims, a fifth and sixth grade language arts teacher at Barber Middle School, has been promoted to Assistant Principal. She takes the place of Wilson, who moved to McAdams.
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