

The Mustang Connection
Parent and Community Newsletter
Be the Wild Card that Changes the Game for Students!
Shenika Nelson
Office Manager
Geraldine Martinez Navarro
Data Controller, CRC
Denise Leffall
Counselor
Dismissal Map/Car Line Info /Mapa de salida/InformaciĂ³n de la lĂnea del coche
Welcome to the 2023-2024 School Year!! We are so excited to see each of our scholars for the first day of school! Below you will find links to the individual dismissal locations by grade level and teacher. Please pay close attention to the dismissal location based on your student's grade level as well as their teacher. Also, please remember that older siblings will go to their younger sibling's classroom so that there will be one dismissal location. Please do not drive into the Faculty/Staff parking lot to pick up scholars.
Elementary students will enter the building using the front entrance. All students will be directed to the auditorium prior to breakfast. Elementary car line students will exit the building with their teachers who will dismiss them to your car.
Middle school students will enter the building via the sidewalk on Lone Oak so that they come in on their designated hallway. All middle school students who arrive after the tardy bell (8:05am) must enter the building using the front entrance.
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Do you have questions about a route?
Contact the Student Transportation Services Customer Care Team. They are available to answer transportation inquiries from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
To reach one of the professional customer care team members, please use the Let's Talk Platform or for more immediate response, call 972-925-4287.
Thank you Trustee Foreman for your support!
Thank you Amy Witherite for supporting our scholars and our teachers!
Education Go Get It!
September 18 - September 22
September 2023
September is Suicide Prevention Month and College Savings Month
9/15 - 10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month
9/5 - NWEA MAP Growth Testing begins (1st-7th)
9/5 - NWEA MAP Reading Fluency begins (1st-2nd ONLY)
9/8 - International Literacy Day
9/10 - National Grandparents Day
9/11 - 911 Remembrance Day
9/13 - Primarily Parrots Program (On campus Field Trip)
9/15 - NWEA MAP Growth Testing ends (1st-7th)
9/18 - International IT Professionals Day
9/18 - 9/22 Education Go Get It Week! (See the flyer for each day's event)
9/20 - National School Backpack Awareness Day
9/21 - PTO Meeting 6pm
9/22 - STEAMporium (Clubs) Kickoff 2pm-3pm
9/25 - NWEA MAP Reading Fluency Testing begins (Kinder)
9/28 - Craft Night hosted by PTO
9/29 - NWEA MAP Reading Fluency ends (1st-2nd ONLY)
Mark Twain's Afterschool Program is now accepting applications
Parent Communication
ComunicaciĂ³n con los padres
Parent Resources
Recursos para padres
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New Volunteers
Helpful Tip: Please use Chrome, Firefox or Edge when completing your application, background check request, and orientation.
- Visit https://dallasisd.voly.org.
- Create a Voly account.
- Complete an application, background check request, and orientation (e-signature required).
- Await volunteer clearance email notification.
- Once cleared, sign up for volunteer opportunities!
Returning Volunteers
- Log in using your Voly account.
- Update application, submit a new background check request, and orientation (e-signature required)
- Await volunteer clearance email notification. (This can take up to 72 hours.)
- Once cleared, sign up for volunteer opportunities!
Helpful VOLY Tips:
- Make sure your birthdate is entered correctly.
- Be sure to e-sign your application.
- Volunteers must be cleared via background check annually. It can take up to 3 days before a background check is completed. Check your Spam inbox for your clearance email if it’s been longer than 72 hours.
2023 - 2024 Uniform Requirements (UPDATED)
Requisitos uniformes 2023 - 2024 (ACTUALIZADO)
7th Grade Beginner Band
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Mark Twain School for the Talented and Gifted
Grade Levels: Kinder-7th
Trustee District: Ms. Joyce Foreman, District 6
School Division/Feeder Pattern:
Region V Magnet and OTI Network
Uniform Colors:
- Elementary
- Top: White or Red
- Bottoms: Black, Khaki, Blue
- Middle School
- 6th Grade
- Top: Gray
- Bottoms: Black, Khaki, Blue
- 7th Grade
- Top: Light Blue
- Bottoms: Black, Khaki, Blue
School Colors: Red and White
Mascot: Mustang
Website: www.dallasisd.org/twain
Location: 724 Green Cove Lane, Dallas, TX, USA
Phone: 972-749-3000
Facebook: facebook.com/marktwaintag
Twitter: @MarkTwain_TAG