The school prioritizes a rigorous STEM-focused curriculum, leadership training, and college preparation.
Dallas ISD has more than a dozen schools named for area Latino leaders. For Hispanic Heritage Month, The Dallas Morning News profiles four schools and their namesakes.
The Rangel School was established in 2004 and named for Irma Lerma Rangel, the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives. The institution is the state’s first public all-girls school. “To be named after a female with the power to help make decisions at the state level makes a very positive impact on our girls,” Principal Yvonne Rojas said. “They have a lot of pride in Irma Rangel, not just as an individual, but also what she represented.”
The school’s faculty is predominantly composed of women of color, mirroring the population of the student body at large. “I’m very excited, it’s cool to be the first Latina to take over a campus named after a Hispanic namesake that has majority Hispanic girls,” Rojas said. “I met with parents in August, and they all felt so welcoming.”The school heavily involves its students in fundraising and advocating for breast cancer awareness in minority communities. Irma Rangel died of breast cancer in 2003, and the Rangel School participates in the annual Susan G. Komen “More Than Pink” Walk in her honor.
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