Believe, Achieve, Succeed!

November 1, 2020 Volume I

“The Best in the U.S.A”

We are entering our final week of the first grading period. I have reflected on celebrations and areas of opportunity. One area to celebrate is that we are now 100% staffed! I would like to introduce Mrs. Kerri Marshall as our new 7th grade Reading teacher. I would also like to welcome Ms. Celene Cortes as our new Teacher’s Assistant. She will primarily be assigned to our Middle School Reading classes to assist our teachers in meeting our academic goals for reading. One area to improve will be student engagement. One of the goals will be to increase the time that students are talking with each other and with their teachers. We have a variety of resources and strategies to increase the time students are interacting with each other. This will be one of the areas that we focus on this grading period. Another area of focus is student participation. Teachers have had the freedom to choose how and when students are required to turn on their cameras. We will communicate new expectations for the 2nd grading period later this week. One of the ideas is to require all students to have their cameras on 100% of the time. Another idea is to require any brother who is not passing or who has not turned in all of their assignments to have their cameras on 100% of the time. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or input.

In the next couple of weeks, I will announce the procedure for how our PTA will conduct the elections or this school year. In order to vote, you must be a member. If you have not joined, please do so using this link: https://txpta.secure.force.com/JoinPTA/

The application process will begin November 7th. We have plans to recruit another great group of impactful leaders. I have attached a recruitment video below with helpful information for the application process. Please share it with the families of potential students interested in becoming impactful leaders. https://youtu.be/OSztYBtvjxE

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all students, parents and especially the staff for making these first 8 weeks of virtual learning the best that they could be. We are all impactful leaders at The Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy! What is your impact?

I am looking forward to another great week of learning! I speak with many parents and students daily to assist with anything that I can help with. As I have said before, don’t hesitate to contact me with any concerns or questions!

Sincerely,

Rashad Jackson

972-749-2100

Rajackson@dallasisd.org

3030 Stag Road

Dallas, TX 75241