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Each November, Dallas ISD employees join with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas to positively impact families across the area by participating in an employee giving campaign. Through payroll deductions or one-time donations, employees help support programs that make a difference in the lives of parents and children by providing much-needed assistance that can be life-changing. The funds raised help support programs in Dallas ISD schools such as the Academic Success Project Learn, where after-school activities reinforce skills and knowledge learned during class; Mercy Street Mentoring Program, a long-term effort designed to place caring mentors in the life of every student…

They’re cute, they’re funny and they look like guest cast members on The Muppet Show. But their message to young students today was no laughing matter. “Play safe and play smart.” BrainMinders is a puppet program for children put on by the Pilot Club of Dallas. Through the club’s BrainMinders Safety Program, kindergarteners and first-graders at George W. Truett Elementary School learned about the do’s and don’ts of bike-rider safety. But the highlight of the day came when the students were told they would each receive a helmet. Lori Raso, president-elect of the Pilot Club of Dallas, says helmets are essential to…

WFAA-TV Channel 8 spent a few moments with members of the Sunset High School Bisonettes drill team, as they turn to the community to help raise funds for an upcoming performance in Hawaii. The 27 member squad has been invited to perform during the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade, Dec. 7. See view that broadcast, click here. The Bisonette’s have set up a GoFundMe account that any one may donate toward. The team needs to raise $50,000 in order to perform and represent the only school from Texas in the parade. Their deadline to collect all money is Nov. 14. Want to donate? Click…

Spurred by a strong response from the community, the Dallas Independent School District will extend the deadline for its Public School Choice Community Survey through midnight Wednesday, Nov. 12. More than 3,000 responses have been received in the last month about potential choice schools and programs through a survey offered by the Dallas Independent School District. Meanwhile, the district is gearing up for its next big push toward opening 35 additional public choice schools and programs by 2020. Since Sept. 24, there have been more than 2,400 responses in English, and another 800 in Spanish to Dallas ISD’s first-ever Public…

Several Dallas ISD volleyball teams qualified for UIL high school volleyball playoffs this week. District 9-6A was a fight to the finish with two Dallas ISD fighting to live another day in the transition to playoff action. Skyline and W.T. White, tied at 5-7, will face off at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, at W.T White High School to close the race for the fourth place spot for playoff qualification. Carter led District 11-4A into playoff contention undefeated at 10-0 to take first place ahead of Lincoln (7-3), Wilmer-Hutchins (6-4) and Madison (4-6) to round out the four playoff sports…

At the age of 14, Luis Juarez never imagined he would be a teacher in the United States. Having just arrived to the country, learning a new language and entering a new school, Juarez admits, “the odds were against me.”   Throughout the years, Juarez found his momentum. With the support of dedicated teachers graduated from W.T. White High School, went on to attend the University of Texas at Austin and now teaches bilingual math and science at William Lipscomb Elementary. Juarez’s story, while particular to him, is not all that different from many Dallas ISD alumni who find themselves…

Spooktacular students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts joined WFAA-TV Channel 8 during their Party on the Plaza. Click the video below to see them perform the zombie dance routine from “Thriller.” http://www.wfaa.com/story/life/2014/10/31/daybreak-halloween-special/18233367/

Parents are taking over the role of learners at L.G. Pinkston High School on Nov. 1 as they gather to participate in the PREP U Academic Rally Super Saturday and Resource Fair, featuring a half day of workshops, resources and fun activities to encourage them to participate more fully in education. Hundreds of parents and students are expected to take part in the Parent Resource and Empowerment Program University Super Saturday, which is free and open to all Dallas ISD families. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and includes refreshments, free health screenings, more than 30 resource booths, demonstration tables,…

This school year, the Dallas Independent School District is piloting a program to ensure more than 3,000 special education students travel on the right bus to the right location, every time. The new Dallas Pass, also known as D-Pass for short, program is specifically geared toward students with disabilities who receive transportation services via special education bus routes. Each student is provided a specially designed electronic card that will be scanned by a card reader as they enter or exit the school bus. That data will be maintained by the district’s transportation provider, Dallas County Schools, and accessed to verify…

Watch out NASA, more future science and engineer field leaders are heading your way! Woodrow Wilson High School’s RoboCats competed in the Dallas BEST Regional Robotics Competition, Oct. 18 at Eastfield College. They were one of two teams from North Texas to advance to state, after this year’s competition. “There are two ranking systems and the overall ranking includes the team’s marketing, record keeping lab books showing their design process and other things,” said Marc Hairston, Woodrow’s University of Texas at Dallas sponsor. Brandon Carver, Woodrow Wilson STEM Academy head, also won the outstanding teacher award at the competition, based…