Awards

Student, School and Faculty Awards

2006, 2009 Texas Education Agency Recognized Campus
2006-2007 Outstanding School Performance Award Recipient
2009 NCEA Higher Performing Campus Award - Science
Gardere-Wynn Law Firm's Citywide Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest Winner 2023 / Annual Participant
2011-2015 USDA Healthier US School Award Recipient
2015 Selected Campus to partner with KPMG's Literacy for Life Campaign - recipient of over 400 donated books for all students
Over 20% of professional staff have been awarded the Distinguished Teacher Designations for deserving master teachers
2016 TEA Recognized Campus - 4 Distinction Designations Awarded for Academic Achievement and Student Progress
2017 TEA Recognized Campus - All 6 Academic Distinctions awarded by the state received (#1 in Campus Cohort for Closing Achievement Gaps)
2018 TEA Recognized Campus - 3 Academic Distinctions awarded by the State of Texas
2019 TEA Recognized Campus - All 6 Academic Distinctions awarded by the State of Texas (#1 in Campus Cohort for Closing Achievement Gaps)
2019 DISD Neighborhood Innovation Grant Award ($50,000 towards our STEM activities)
2020 DISD Teacher of the Year Finalist - Francheska Asberry-Jackson
2020 DISD Innovation In Teaching Fellowship Awardee - Trinisha Hall
2020 Named a DISD Public School of Choice - STEM/STEAM Curriculum Design
2020 Selected as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Adopt-A-School participant campus
2021 DISD Breakthrough Campus
2022 DISD Breakthrough Campus / TEA "B" Rated Campus
2022 Common Cents District Winner - Student Council
2023 DISD Innovation in Teaching Fellowship Awardees - Tishunna Jones and Cecily Sellers