Your summer plans
Whether teaching summer school or going on learning trips themselves or traveling with family, Dallas ISD team members are planning for a great summer. Some are undergoing procedures for their health or holding summer jobs different from their regular work. Here are a few team members’ plans:
This summer, I am planning to take a trip to New York and Destin, Flo., with my family. City lights and beach days ahead!
Briana Garraway
Ed Tech Enterprise Support Services
June and July, I shall be in Kärnten, Austria, the homeland of my heart, as I am every summer.
Catherine Knight Duncan
Charmaine and Robert Price Career Institute
Most excited about visiting Washington, D.C., for the museums and historical landmarks. Attending The Caring For Every Mind conference and enjoying the long summer days with friends and family.
Shakirae Ajaga
George W. Truett Elementary School
This summer, we plan to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary with a romantic cruise through Fiji and Tahiti.
John Fore and Julie Fore
Young Women’s STEAM Academy
I’ll be attending a workshop event at the University of Iowa called Frogamans Printmaking for a week. I am very excited about building on my experience and hope to learn a new trick or two.
Jessica Raff
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Traveling to see Harry Styles in Europe, going to see the World Cup in Dallas and Kansas City, and taking the Sue Rose Summer Institute course at Southern Methodist University.
Marian Porras
Hogg New Tech
I will be traveling quite a lot this summer with my husband and friends. The first trip is Spain and Scotland with my husband. Next, it’s Los Angeles to visit my childhood best friend. Last is Tulum, Mexico, with a few friends. I will also periodically be going to Houston to visit my family.
Nataly Rodriguez
David G. Burnet Elementary School
I am among fifteen U.S. high school teachers who have been selected to participate in the 2026 GenEd Teacher Fellowship Program. The Fellows receive intensive, specialized GenEd training in Armenia this summer.
Mirshish Boyd
W.H. Adamson High School
I’m looking forward to a summer filled with sisterhood, travel, and quality time with family. My mom and I—both proud Dallas ISD employees—are planning a girls’ trip to Las Vegas to attend the 72nd Boule for Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® We’re excited for a week of connection, service, leadership development, and all things pink and green! Between conference events, inspirational sessions, and a little Vegas fun, we’re making the most of our summer break while celebrating the impact of education, sisterhood, and service. It’s the perfect way to recharge before another amazing school year begins.
Natalie Richards
School Leadership-LEAD
I’m guiding a wilderness therapy retreat at Lake Tahoe. The retreat title is “Digital Detox.”
Tami Gilmore
Mental Health Services
I was awarded a $5,000 Fund for Teachers fellowship. I will travel through Indonesia to study volcanic succession, island biogeography, and biodiversity across the Wallace Line. By documenting forests and land use from Krakatoa to Maluku, I will create place-based AP Environmental Science case studies that deepen students’ understanding of evolution, succession, and conservation.
David McLoda
School of Science and Engineering
I will be offering a workshop to Dallas ISD art teachers and one to adults in the community in June. Then, my husband and I will go to Italy for the month of July. I will take long walks to the port, drink Americano, eat the greatest pizza, and visit with friends and family.
Stacy Cianciulli
L.O. Donald Elementary School
I won a grant from the National Education Association to travel to Spain to participate in professional learning while preparing bilingual literacy and STEM resources.
Katharine Joss
Gabe P. Allen New Tech Academy
