🥰 Love Holiday Traditions 🥰 deZavala MS StuCo kids visit John Haley Elementary to spread 🎄holiday cheer🎅🏽 through the ✨magic✨ of reading 📖

When all of the Spanish holiday books are checked out, it’s Sora, by OverDrive Education to the rescue! 🖥️ 📚 Mrs. Martinez, the counselor deZavala MS, jumped in on the fun and read to John Haley Elementary bilingual PreK & flexed those 🗣️bilingual vocabulary skills🗣️! 🎅🏽 🍪 🧝 📚

. deZavala MS, success can be seen through their collaborative, inclusive-driven ❤️🤝 environment and student involvement across campus. Learn more about DZ's culture from Principal Tiffany Williams. 🔗IrvingISD.net/SuccessIs

We are 💥T H R I L L E D💥 to welcome Kat Fajardo, author of Miss Quinces to some of our @irvingisd middle schools next week to talk about being an author 📖 & illustrator ✍🏼 👀 Check out Kat’s special message for our students!

Writing workshop that grouped GT, Honors, and OL students for an ECR. At one point, we had over 75 students working in small groups at one time, but they were ROCKING it! Students learned from each other and had the most amazing conversations about writing. GROWTH in progress!

Having a fantastic first week welcoming classes to the de Zavala library! Excited to help students find great reads, learn about our esports and book clubs, and discover all the amazing opportunities coming up this year. #DZHawks 🦅📚🎮

So excited to celebrate Irving ISD’s latest HeartCore recipient 🇺🇦🌻💙💛Judy Boone is always learning ! Those of us in IISD libraries already know Judy as one of the kindest, most supportive, humble, and hardworking people you could work with. Congratulations, Judy - you truly deserve it!

Last week, after-school library clubs kicked off at de Zavala MS! We had our first esports and book club meetings, and it was great seeing so many students stay after to be part of these awesome groups! Looking forward to more exciting sessions ahead!

First six weeks at DZ in the books!

It was a good week in the DZ Library. Got to help classes select books, present an SEL activity to the life class, give book talks to Ms. Walther’s classes, and host about 70 students in after-school library clubs. Grateful for these connections and excited for what’s next!

Last week in the DZ Library was packed with learning! 8th graders explored The Outsiders through interactive stations on music, fashion, and culture, building key background knowledge. Later, 6th graders developed new research skills in an engaging escape room challenge!

Check out what’s been happening in the DZ library this past six weeks! From book clubs and esports to research skills and book talks, it’s been a great few weeks of learning and engagement!

Spanish Spelling Bees were kicked off today at deZavala MS. These two young ladies had us on the edge of our seats! IISDBIL/ESL can't wait to see you represent your school at the District Spanish Spelling Bee in January!

🎉 Congratulations to our 24-25 DZ Spanish & English Spelling bee Champions! 🎉 Shout out to our incredible Instructional Leadership Team for making this an amazing experience for our students!

The DZ Library book fair is in full swing this morning!

It’s De Zavala’s Student Council’s favorite time of the year. Thank you to Lively Elementary for having us today. 🎄🎁

Hour of code continued last week at de Zavala! Some 6th grade classes worked to code Ozobot Evos to “the moon”, while others met the snow plow coding challenge. Plus I got the privilege of showing library resources to parents with our amazing parent liaison, Mrs. Huerta!

It was a busy third six weeks in the JMS and DZ libraries! There were research, writing, and STEAM lessons. There were parent training sessions. There were book fairs. And students were at the heart of it all, exploring and learning every step of the way!

I ❤️ book club! The book clubs at both of my schools are filled with some of the smartest, funniest, most amazing kids I could ever ask for. Today, the DZ Book Club is excited to dive into their next read: Scary Stories for Young Foxes!

What if history had taken a different turn? 🕰️📚 8th graders deZavala MS reimagined pivotal U.S. events using Canva Education AI image generator to create alternate outcomes—complete with voiceovers! A creative blend of inquiry, tech, and storytelling. DZ Library Tiffany Williams