People gather under a canopy for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the building entrance, decorated with a pink "Grand Opening" banner, celebrating the EmpowHER Latina Expo.

EmpowHER Latina Expo at Buckner Preparatory Launches First in DFW Event to Educate, Connect Families to Local Services

On July 26, Cityscape hosted the first nationally known EmpowHER Latina Expo in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, designed to connect the Latina community with vital resources and empower area families. The event, led by Chicago-based Cesar Rolon, founder and lead producer of The Latina Expo and EmpowHER Latina Summit, brought together more than 50 local vendors and featured a dozen sessions and panels covering topics from healthy meals to launching a business

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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