I was told children in poverty and from single parent families are more likely to end up unsuccessful in life…
#FirstGenerationStudent
now with a
M.Ed in Urban Educational Leadership - never earned a class grade lower than an A 🥳
To God be the glory.
#Breakthecycle
Cute little celebration of two of our students getting in to
@UMich
today! I’ve heard nothing but their dream of getting in for the last 2 years so this was a special moment 🥲💙💛
Feel honored to get to celebrate our Campus Teacher of the year
@coach_traylor
! Thank you so much for everything you so for our
@SOCHighSchool
community! 🐐🏆
What an honor it is to get to see these scholars see that they are CHAMPIONS!!! From the team to the trainers, the band and drill teams and all auxiliaries thank you for an amazing season !! 🤎🏆🐻
The sheer AUDACITY to talk down on SOC’s academics.
There’s not many people that can take the very scraps that this education system has to give and create an environment where the traditionally underserved can THRIVE.
The honor to get to work alongside such people 😭🤎
This video lives rent free in my head. The moment one of my scholars disrupted my class to tell me she got into her dream school, Spelman.
It’s funnier because I pushed her twin aside to give her a hug and now she calls me crying from Spelman because college is hard 🤣
#MyWhy
(His family asked me to remove my mask for the photo) Very proud of this young man for signing to a D1 school today pursuing his dream of a quality education AND playing at the collegiate level. This is just the beginning. 🏈💙
I made it to the end of my first year as Assistant Principal. Came straight out of the classroom last year after graduation from
@SMUEdLeader
, youngest HS AP in the district. God is good 😭😭
“Alexa, play never would have made it.”
Eternally grateful for my teams. I’m taking a leave next week to take care of some personal things so they decided to celebrate my birthday early with some gifts 😭😭😭
Last Day of my 1st semester as an AP. 🐻
Youngest HS Assistant Principal in the district proving once again that it’s not about what people say but staying committed to the plan God has for your life 😭
A Change is coming, education - stay ready !
I’ve always said this, extra-curricular activities bring our scholars into the schoolhouse, but academics is what changes their lives.
Blessed to learn from so many incredible Athletic Coaches on this journey 🏆
1st year as “AP Childress” has been incredible 😭🤎
Congratulations to our
@PanthersHHS
and
@dallasschools
PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR, Mr. Sotelo! I’ve been so blessed to have been led and mentored by his leadership, well deserved!
#GoPanthers
❤️
Speed, Speed, Seed
Nasir Reynolds
@TyriqNasir
brings
#GameChanging
speed out of Hillcrest HS in Dallas, TX
He amassed 4200 all purpose yards & 53 TD's in his record breaking HS career!
#21DUDOGS
SCREAMING IN EXCITEMENT TO ANNOUNCE OUR
@SOCHighSchool
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
@CollegeBoard
SCHOLAR!
I have the privilege of cheering LD on during our track season, too - exemplifying the meaning of Scholar - Athlete 🏃🏾♂️📚
We are building our golf program here at
@SOCHighSchool
and our ladies took home their first medal of the year, taking third in the team competition!! ⛳️ let’s go ladies!!
I cried many tears today leaving this place. It’s never easy leaving a community and commitment behind and educators we should not make it a habit!! My time is up at HHS, it’s been the best 4 years ❤️
This morning we had one of our
@SOCHighSchool
scholars bless our teachers with some donuts and juice to encourage them… on a random Thursday just because. 🥰
👏 Four Dallas ISD educators have been selected for The University of Chicago Outstanding Educator Award!
Cymone Lonon of the
@TagMagnet
Anaïs Childress of
@PanthersHHS
Claudia Simpkins of “Trini” Garza Early College HS
Nate Smith of
@BTWHSPVA
Don’t mind us. Just chilling in Italy learning about Cathedrals that started being constructed in 1376, then consuming carbs while talking about each other’s dreams.
Big shoutout to
@CFPExtraYard
! 🙌 Thanks to their dedication to education,
@TheRachLindsay
presented South Oak Cliff High School with an Inspirit Innovative Learning Hub. Plus, five teachers scored $1,000 DonorChoose gift cards to fund classroom projects and improvements!
9 years ago today, I moved to America on pure faith. Knew I didn’t have enough money to pay my way through college but I was following my convictions. It’s crazy that I was told I couldn’t register for classes and didn’t know if I’d be able to achieve my dreams yet here I am 🥹
Every year I ask my teachers for their fave snacks so I can spoil them because we cannot do this work without them and every teacher deserves to know that someone sees them and values them before they’ve done anything. 🤎
Finished a business trip in Paris at 8am. Flew to Vienna to surprise hubby by 12pm, watched him catch the game winning TD by 7pm 😭 if y’all only knewwwww how much we pray for the life we have now. So blessed.
Few more days till I’m back at SOC to help make dreams come true 🤎
I say time and time again that my favourite thing about being a high school educator is getting to be part of my scholars’ journey through life, if they let me 🤍
Congratulations to the
@iborganization
students who received their IB scores today! Remember that you are more than the score you receive in your subject areas and regardless of earning the Diploma, congratulations on choosing the path of advanced academics! 💙
My final dissertation was titled, “The reasons why black women have been neglected from the historical narrative of the Civil Rights Movement.” So naturally this month I will highlight some of the badass black women who paved the way for progress but that history seldom remembers
I get the honor of having 12 of these incredible teacher-coaches, and 6 band and auxiliary sponsors on my teams this year and I am ever amazed by their commitment to quality instruction and pushing our scholars academically. 🏈⚾️🏀🏃🏽♀️🏃🏾♂️🤼♀️ 👯♀️
(Shared with permission of the Dusek family) CONGRATULATIONS to my student for making the Texas all-state academic team for football! I love seeing student excel in our IB program and on the football field! 🏈🥳
Watching our
@SOCGoldenBearFB
have fun at a 5 hour long game yesterday due to weather.
Very on brand for our golden bears to make the best out of unfortunate circumstances 🐻🤩🤎
Welp. Today I had my final activity as a Hillcrest Teacher (well I guess graduation next week counts if you count crying for two hours as activity). What an honor the last 4 years have been to serve, love and grow here.
Thank you to my Panther Family ❤️❤️ (1/2)
You know you’re doing something right when it’s after 4:30pm on a Friday and scholars want to come to your office to do their work/say hello as they wait for their rides home.
My husband and I have re-prioritized dating because we refuse to let the demands of life sacrifice our marriage. You cannot pour from an empty cup y’all 🤎
Tania Amos is the first Golden Bear to punch her ticket the State Meet by winning the Gold Medal in the Discus with a toss of 135 feet!
#STATEBOUND2023
Up on the north side for my niece’s recital and I just HAD to stop by to see my favorite coach
@COACHJONES1973
! Thank you for allowing me to learn from your greatness!