Thousands of Denison ISD students continue to reap huge benefits from classroom grants awarded twice yearly by the Denison Education Foundation, including $8,760 in 2019 Spring Grants that brought the grand total to over $800,000. “Our generous DEF patrons and supporters have made this possible through event sponsorships, memorials, estate planning, annual giving and many other generous contributions… and we’re so grateful for that,” said DEF Executive Director Lisa Crawley w

Parents of Denison children who are eligible for Denison ISD’s 2019-2020 Pre-K and Head Start programs can pre-register their children on April 15th and 16th between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the Denison ISD Administration Building, located at 1201 S. Rusk Avenue in Denison. According to Regina Prigge, the district’s Director of Special Programs and Assessments, children must be three or four years old on or before September 1, 2019 to qualify for enrollment in Pre-K or Head St

With another round of STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) and EOC (End of Course) tests on the horizon, Denison ISD school officials and teachers say students are once again well-prepared and eager to succeed. What drives the optimism and continued success? According to Shonda Cannon, DISD’s Director of Instruction, it’s an ever-changing mix of best practices that is 100% student-focused: collaboration among educators and aligned instruction on all nine D

Denison ISD’s energetic students and staff members recently took a short break from STAAR preparation to celebrate one of the district’s favorite milestones: 100 days of successful learning. “It is definitely one of our year’s most deserved and fun celebrations, one that we ALL look forward to after so many days of hard work and study,” said Mayes Principal Natalie. “Our teachers and staff use many years of experience, collaboration, creativity and state-of-the-art methodolog