Kindness, civility and respect make DISD schools special DISD Signs and banners on walls throughout Denison ISD are constant reminders that kindness is important. Teacher Amy Goggan’s framed picture at Houston Elementary appears alongside a Mark Train quote: “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” Mother Teresa’s words grace another hallway with an equally powerful message, “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” At Lamar Elementary, a hallway banner challenges students to be “the kid who can get along, the kid who is generous and happy for other people, the kid who does the right thing…the NICE kid!” Across town at Scott Middle School, hallway banners remind students and staff of what really matters in life: Kindness…Compassion…Accountability… and YOU!”