Congratulations & Felicidades to @deZavalaMS Stem Academy! Earned the HIGHEST Attendance Trophy for 6th Six Weeks and Of The 25-26 school Year!! 🏆💚🖤Fabulous!Thank you families for bringing your students to school every day! #AttendanceMatters🎓 #ExcellenceInAction #CampusOps

One final library reflection for the year. I always want the library to be a happy space where students can learn, explore, and connect. Thank you to our students, staff, and families for filling the library with curiosity, creativity, and community all year long.

She’s selfless. She’s caring. Shes’s loving. She’s hard-working. She’s no-nonsense. She’s dedicated. She’s smart. She’s funny. She’s OUR Dean of Students and today was HER DAY! @JMS_DeanWalker we love and celebrate you and all you do for JMS! @IrvingISD

It was quite a week! At DZ, students explored summer reading opportunities, while Mr Garcia’s class paired their novel study of Esperanza Rising with a STEM challenge. And to top it all off I got to spend DZ Career Day with two of my favorite people in the world.

It was a week full of research in the JMS library! 8th grade science dug into human drivers of climate change, 8th grade RLA examined shifts in technology, and 7th RLA researched inspiring change makers. The focus was reading to learn, using reliable resources, and giving credit!

During the fifth six weeks, the library focused on helping students get STAAR-ready. From inference with creepy short texts, hands-on practice using transition words, to editing/revision escape rooms, students strengthened the literacy skills they'll use on testing day and beyond

Congratulations to Johnson Middle School Outdoor Education teacher Joe O'Dell for being named the Outdoor Adventures Educator of the Year by the Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation! 🏹 For nearly two decades, O’Dell has helped Irving ISD students build confidence and lifelong outdoor skills through the Outdoor Adventures program. From archery and fishing to outdoor cooking and conservation, students gain hands on experiences that extend learning far beyond the classroom. Read more about this Excellence In Action here: sites.irvingisd.net/insider/…

The JMS GT Department would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s GT Research for Discovery projects! These students demonstrated outstanding research, creativity, and presentation skills while exploring important topics and sharing their ideas with others. 💚🦅💙

Another great year at #NTTBfest It’s always a special thing to see kids excited about books and getting to see their favorite authors. It’s a long day, but it’s one that they remember. And a big thanks to the DZ and Lady Bird staff that gave up their Saturday to make it possible.

The power of #ReadAcrossAmerica when @irvingisd community comes together for literacy! 📚✨ 📚505 books shared with students & teachers 📖75 classes read to 👩🏻‍🏫76 district leaders volunteering their time Grateful for everyone who helped model the joy and importance of reading💙📚

We kicked off #ReadAcrossAmerica Week @irvingisd with an inspiring visit from author Leticia Ordaz! 📚✨ She met with our 6th grade girls @LamarMS & @netzeroJMS to talk about the power of finding your sister circle—lifting each other up with support, kindness, & empowerment💞🫶🏽

It was such a pleasure to welcome author @LeticiaOrdazTV to Lady Bird today as she shared her book The Power of a Sister Circle / El Poder del Circulo de Hermanas! Our sixth grade girls discussed lifting one another up, building community, and using their voices with courage.

I love this!! So glad your students enjoyed the books!

Six weeks of hands-on library learning at Lady Bird and de Zavala! Students tackled STAAR escape rooms, explored STEM projects, wrote letters in Language Lounge, and jumped into book clubs and research. Learning, curiosity, and creativity are alive in Irving ISD libraries!

Two weeks, two book clubs, and new reads! We launched the graphic novel of Refugee by Alan Gratz - and yes there were Little Debbies and pickles. Strong reading requires strong snack choices

This week in the library was STAAR revision and editing….but make it an escape room! Students collaborated to revise sentences, improve transitions, and fix punctuation, tense, and spelling errors - racing to crack the code without earning strikes

Congratulations to LB Johnson Teacher of the Year Cinthia Wenninger! An honor well deserved!

Gearing up for #NTTBF this year! Today in the library, students previewed books by authors who will be attending the festival and started narrowing down which authors they are most excited to see! @IrvingLibraries

It's hard to believe we're already halfway through the school year! I'm proud of the work students have done in the library at both campuses - from reading to research to coding - and looking forward to what's ahead. #irvingisdlibraries

Today in the DZ Library, Ms. Haynes’ classes created silhouette designs in Canva and turned them into ornaments on the Glowforge, putting their tech skills, problem solving, and creativity to work!