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Community Liaisons Monica Zumaya from W.W. Samuell High School and Elsa Cardenas from Ann Richards Middle School attended Judge Faith Johnson and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office–Family Violence Division’s annual open house on Friday, Oct. 6. During the open house, Ms. Zumaya and Ms. Cardenas were able to network with other organizations such as Genesis Women’s Shelter and Support, The Family Place, Catholic Charities, and Human Rights Initiative of North Texas to take back resources for their campus, parents, and community as well as bring about awareness of domestic violence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month.

Cualquier persona de 35 años o mayor puede registrarse para recibir una mamografía gratis durante el evento Vive tu Vida at Grovefest 2017 que se llevará a cabo en W.W. Samuell High School. Parkland Hospital estará presente en el evento que se realizará el sábado, 4 de noviembre. Si está interesado en recibir una mamografía gratis, debe registrarse con anterioridad llamando al número 214-670-4052. Deberá proporcionar su nombre, fecha de nacimiento, número de teléfono, fecha de cuando se realizó la más reciente mamografía, y su seguro médico. Nota: si no cuenta con seguro médico, no se le negará la mamografía y…

The Dallas Morning News ran a great story over the weekend about how family and community engagement at Robert T. Hill Middle School are making great thing happen. More and more families are embracing the school, which has a STEM program, among other offerings. As the Dallas Morning News points out, the school has “also added more courses for the general student population, such as Spanish, algebra and astronomy. And it introduced a program to help underrepresented high school students get into college.” Read the full Dallas Morning News story here.

Anyone ages 35 and up can sign up for a free mammogram at an event happening at W.W. Samuell High School. Parkland will be at the Vive tu Vida at Grovefest 2017 event happening Saturday, November 4, at Samuell High School. Anyone interested in receiving a free mammogram at the event must pre-register by calling the Parkland office at 214-670-4052. You will just need to provide your name, date of birth, phone number, date of last mammogram, and name of insurance provider. Note: if you do not have insurance, a mammogram will still be provided toyou at no cost. Oct. 20…

When you meet Yarlette Bryant, it’s immediately obvious that she loves her job. After all, it’s a position she’s held for nearly 40 years. Bryant is the cafeteria supervisor at Dallas ISD’s Piedmont Global Academy (formerly John Hood Middle School). She started working there in 1976, at age 20. “My work is everything to me!” she said. “I love the interaction I have with my students and seeing them eat a healthy and nutritious breakfast and lunch.” She started as a cashier, a job she worked for four years. “My specialist at that time approached me and asked if I…

Thanks to the Essilor Vision Foundation and in honor of World Sight Day on Thursday, Oct. 12, several students at George H. W. Bush Elementary School and Jerry R. Junkins Elementary School received eye exams and new eyeglasses at no cost to them. Watch students at Bush receive their glasses and listen to Principal Carol Crowling explain the program in the video above.

Rogelio Garcia, maestro de quinto grado en la escuela Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary, dice haberse convertido en maestro por suerte. Después de haber sido voluntario en una escuela, Garcia desarrolló una pasión por la educación y una motivación por ayudar a estudiantes. “Ser maestro no es un empleo para mi, es como ir a la escuela nuevamente”, dice Garcia. “Me pagan por hacer lo que más disfruto … ayudar a niños”. Tras 18 años de maestro, Garcia pronto verá a algunos de sus primeros estudiantes recibiéndose de la universidad a finales de este ciclo escolar. Al concluir nuestra celebración por…

Rogelio Garcia, a fifth-grade teacher at Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary, says he became a teacher by luck. After volunteering at a school, Garcia developed a passion for education and a motivation to impact students. “Teaching is not a job, it’s like going to school again,” said Garcia. “I get paid to do what I love the most … helping children.” After 18 years of teaching, he will get to see some of his first year students graduating from college at the end of this school year! As we conclude our observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, we salute Rogelio Garcia for…

Mata parents who attend open lunch this year will find a new addition in the cafeteria: Mata teachers. For the last three years, most teachers have eaten lunch separately during their students’ 30-minute lunch period, but this year all teachers are joining their classes at cafeteria tables as an extension of Montessori Grace and Courtesy lessons. These are “simply the common human pleasantries we often take for granted, assuming that children will acquire them as they grow,” says Mata Montessori instructional coach John Hutcheson, known around Mata as Mr. John. “[Maria] Montessori understood that unless these behaviors are appreciated, taught…

Students from Anne Frank Elementary School and Skyline High School played a big role in the groundbreaking for the new Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum that is scheduled to open in summer 2019. Skyline High School students provided music and Anne Frank Elementary students escorted holocaust survivors to the stage. “We are so thrilled to have these Dallas ISD students here helping escort our survivors in and providing the music, and we look forward to being able to have so many more students from Dallas ISD visit the museum,” said Mary Pat Higgins of the Dallas Holocaust and Human…