Embracing Community & Service: Buckner Preparatory Students Soar in F.L.A.G. Club
Cityscape Schools is excited to highlight Buckner Preparatory’s F.L.A.G. (Fly Lower And Gather) Club, which instills pride and respect for the United States flag. The club does this through an extensive education program for students. Students rush after school to find their teacher, Inez Marroquin, ready to teach them the importance of folding their country’s flag correctly while never letting it touch the ground. After answering questions and eating a light snack, students try out the experience for themselves. They chose a partner, unfold the flag, and memorize each fold
Building Community One Meal at a Time: Family Lunches at the Early Childhood Center
At Cityscape Schools, we believe that there is nothing better than sharing a meal with loved ones. Our Early Childhood Center hosts family lunches throughout the school year, where families have the opportunity to join their little ones for a special lunch time experience. Laughter, conversation, and heartwarming moments fill the room as families connect over their students’ favorite meals. These gatherings strengthen the home-school connection and create lasting memories for both parents and children. Cityscape Schools’ mission is to work in an educational partnership with families. Dr. Emmanuel Trevino,
AlphaBEST Unlocks Potential After the Bell for Cityscape Families
At Cityscape Schools, learning doesn’t stop after the bell rings. We partner with AlphaBEST, an afterschool program, to provide an enriching experience that goes beyond homework help. Students all throughout Cityscape meet for the extended day program after school until 6 p.m. They explore STEM, world languages & culture, arts & entertainment, fitness & wellness – all in a fun, hands-on environment. The program is offered at all Cityscape Schools. Dr. Emmanuel Trevino, principal of Cityscape’s Early Childhood Center, says AlphaBEST offers a safe, structured, and enriching environment for children
AVANCE Empowers Cityscape Parents to Grow With Their Early Aged Children
As part of Cityscape School’s mission to work in partnership with families, a collaboration between the AVANCE North Texas Program and Cityscape was recently created. The collaboration provides parents with classes, tools, and opportunities about early childhood education and will support them with parenting skills and child development. Parents of Cityscape’s Early Childhood Center students meet every Thursday morning at ECC to participate in AVANCE’s Parent-Child Education Program (PCEP). Parents can attend these classes to learn about the development of their infants and different sensory activities for their children. Jenny
Cityscape Students Earn Their Dual Language Super Power!
Cityscape Schools is excited to recognize for the first time students who completed five or more consecutive years of dual language instruction in elementary school. This student achievement is part of Cityscape’s commitment to growing global leaders, empowering them with the skill of learning two languages and being bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural. In 2023, The U.S. Department of Education launched the “ Being Bilingual is a Superpower” Initiative to promote and further the understanding of bilingualism and biliteracy as an educational and economic imperative for student success, global competitiveness, and
Cityscape Schools Empowers Teachers to Succeed!
Cityscape Schools is committed to growing staff, in order to provide a quality education to all students. For that reason, in 2022, district leadership created its own program to assist participants in obtaining their teacher certification, titled “Cityscape Empowering Rising Teachers (CERT). The CERT program was also a result of Cityscape facing a teacher shortage, as many other ISD’s and charter schools in the state and country were facing. The CERT program is a partnership between Cityscape Schools, TEACHWORTHY (an alternative teaching certification program) and Indiana Wesleyan University (for those
Cityscape Prepares Students to Excel in High School
Four EGP students get accepted into Townview Center. This year was not only the first year with most applicants from East Grand Preparatory at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, but it was also the first year with the most students accepted! Carlos Frias, Daisy Lopez, Johanna Rosas, and Diego Ramirez are the four EGP students who will begin high school this fall 2024 at Townview. Townview is known to be one of the most prestigious high schools in the country. The admission process is quite laborious and requires assessments, essays,
Partnership with Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center and Buckner Preparatory Brings New Opportunities for Students and Parents!
Buckner Preparatory partnered up with Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center, part of the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department, to offer an opportunity for our students to engage in sports, such as soccer and basketball. The Dallas Park and Recreation Department offers these youth sports scholarships to ensure that the students can participate in this program without bearing the financial burden of a registration fee. Thanks to this partnership, Pleasant Oaks Recreation Center offered 10 scholarships to students and also provided uniforms for game days. Buckner Preparatory was able to
TIA Newsletter January 2024: What is Cityscape’s TIA Spending Plan?
During the district’s TIA steering committee meetings, input was gathered on the development of the TIA spending plan. The steering committee is comprised of the superintendent, district chief officers, principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, and teachers, who all played an important role in decision-making processes. While each district makes its own determination on how to distribute TIA funds to teachers, Texas Education Code 48.112 specifies “at least 90 percent of each allotment be used for compensation of teachers employed at the campus at which the teacher for whom the district
