Denton ISD Our Impact In Your Community Magazine October 2016 | Page 21

A routine trip to the
local Dollar General
and a conversation
with a knowledgeable
cashier will soon result in
$3,500 in Chromebooks
for Caroline Renfro’s
English class at Ryan
High School. She
believes that the
portability of students
having their own
laptops creates more
ownership in individual
learning, and lends itself
to collaboration when
students work on group
assignments.
Photo by Julie Zwahr

On the first day of school at Hawk Elementary, Principal
Robin Brownell greets Daniel Gaines, 3rd grader, as he
returns from summer break. Gaines is a student in Ms.
Keri Vallejo’s class. Photo by Mario Zavala

Strickland Middle teachers
Susan Garrett, Destiney
Smith-Moreno, Baylie Nance,
Jennifer Murray, Tanya
Garcia, Steve Donaldson
and Jennifer Govan work on
lesson design that is learner
focused at a workshop led
by John Antonetti, author of,
“Writing as a Measure and
Model of Thinking.”
Photo by Mario Zavala

Kindergartner Oriah
Henshaw shares lunch
with her grandma
Anita Mata during
Grandparents Day at
Nelson Elementary.
Schools across the
district celebrated
National Grandparents Day by inviting
grandparents to eat
breakfast or lunch with
their students or read
to classes.
Photo by Courtney Martin

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