BOMLA news
Believe, Achieve, Succeed
The Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy
3030 Stag Rd, Dallas, TX 75241
Office Hours
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Communication: Please allow 48-72 school hours for our staff members to return any correspondence to you.
Principal's Note
Hello BOMLA family!
We have enjoyed a warm up outside and brothers are beginning to thaw out as they continue to work towards excellence on the campus. They are being showcased in the classroom, on the stage, and outside of the campus as well. Our debate team, band and choir have had big performances and brought back multiple awards from their performances. We also have a group of 40 brothers that were ambassadors for a District sponsored event put on by the Racial Equity Office. Our brothers are truly beginning to embody the words of our creed. We believe that success is brought about by perseverance, not chance.
I am so proud of the work that they have put in and they continue to put in. Thank you parents for your support and I am excited about our collaboration to ensure that our brothers are successful.
Have a great weekend and we will see you all on Monday!
BELIEVE! ACHIEVE! SUCCEED!
Nota del Director
¡Hola familia BOMLA!
Hemos disfrutado de un calentamiento afuera y los hermanos están comenzando a relajarse mientras continúan trabajando hacia la excelencia en el campus. Se exhiben en el aula, en el escenario y también fuera del campus. Nuestro equipo de debate, banda y coro han tenido grandes actuaciones y han obtenido múltiples premios por sus actuaciones. También tenemos un grupo de 40 hermanos que fueron embajadores de un evento patrocinado por el Distrito y organizado por la Oficina de Equidad Racial. Nuestros hermanos realmente están comenzando a encarnar las palabras de nuestro credo. Creemos que el éxito se logra con la perseverancia, no con la casualidad.
Estoy muy orgulloso del trabajo que han realizado y continúan haciendo. Gracias a los padres por su apoyo y estoy entusiasmado con nuestra colaboración para garantizar que nuestros hermanos tengan éxito.
¡Que tengáis un buen fin de semana y nos vemos a todos el lunes!
¡CREER! ¡LOGRAR! ¡TENER ÉXITO!
What's Happening!
Parent Survey
The annual Parent Survey will open on Monday, March 17, 2025, and run through Friday, April 4, 2025.
VOTE NOW!!!
Our very own Mr. Barksdale has been nominated as America's Teacher of the Year. Please click on any image to go vote for Mr. Barksdale. You may also click here to vote. Thank you for making sure that our educators are recognized for the hard work that they do.
This weeks HABIT OF MIND is managing impulsivity.
Coffee with the Principal Questions
If you have any questions or topics that you would like to have addressed during the Coffee with the Principal, please click here to fill out the google form. We will address them during the last 15 minutes of the meeting. Thank you.
Student Code of Conduct 2024-25
Please click the image to get access to the student code of conduct that we will follow.
Upcoming Events
February 28th - BOMLA Fine Arts Showcase @BOMLA Auditorium from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
March 1st - Dallas ISD Jazz festival @Townview Magnet Center from 7:00 am - 11:00 am
March 3rd - Coffee with the Principal
In-person 10:00 am - 11:00m
Virtual 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Meeting ID: 287 147 179 382
Passcode: ws3Er9mq
March 6th - Parent Shadow Day - Please sign up
March 7th - Harvard AI presentation for the brothers during the school day
March 7th - End of the 9 weeks
March 10th - 14th - Spring Break
March 22nd - Fam Jam @ Balch Springs Women STEAM Academy from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Counselor | (972) 892-7112 | spowe@dallasisd.org
Click here for counselor corner information
Click here for the BOMLA website information
Counselor Notes
DISD Scholarship page can be found on our website and Counselor Corner.
On February 24th, the Executive Director of the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation recognized the receipt of the scholarship applications from two eighth grade brothers. Job well done to those two brothers, middle school ELAR teachers, Ms. M. Williams of Friends of BOMLA, and the Junior-Senior selection committee for their help in the selection process.
Counselor is currently "cleaning" the 2025-26 course requests for Rising 7th through 12th grades. Cleaning is a process to which the counselor reviews historical grades/transcripts, TEA policies and graduation requirements, endorsement sequences, and current schedules and compare them with their requests to make sure each student has what he needs for graduation. This is process began February 24th and will continue throughout the month of March.
Senior dates for success and completions are quickly approaching. Their final dates are around mid-May. Make sure your seniors are maintaining averages of 85% or higher in all classes, all assigned Reconnect classes are mastered by the end of March if applicable, and that attendance is PERFECT.
Congratulations to the brothers who have internship interviews with Pepsi Co. on February 26th through March 4th . This is the first year that Obama was selected to participate in this event, AND BOMLA had the most selected interns.
If your child received the Leaps and Bounds permission slip but is slated to take the TELPAS test, he must remain on campus to test March 4th and 5th.
Counselor activities
March 4th and April 4th : Texas Southern University @ BOMLA for one-on-one meetings
March 5th: Leaps and Bounds Aviation and STEM field trip makeup date
March 7th : Texas Scholars College Fair Field Trip for the Top 10% Juniors and Harvard AI Presentation & Sessions
Derek Thomas
Principal
Email: derethomas@dallasisd.org
Website: obama.dallasisd.org
Location: 3030 Stag Rd. Dallas, TX. 75241
Phone: 972-749-2100