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Estudiantes de Conrad High School y Hillcrest High School se ofrecieron pasar un sábado reciente ayudando a recoger basura en el área de White Rock Creek. Los más de 70 estudiantes de las dos preparatorias, y 21 adultos voluntarios, lograron llenar 126 bolsas de basura de 30 galones con desechos. Los estudiantes de las dos escuelas también compitieron entre sí en la primera Copa de Conservación para ver quien recogía más basura. La asociación para la protección del medio ambiente de Conrad High School retó a los estudiantes de Hillcrest a la competencia. Los estudiantes de Conrad ganaron la competencia…

James Bowie Elementary counselor Aimey Cole was named the Dallas ISD 2017–2018 Counselor of the Year at a special ceremony on May 9. The other finalists for Counselor of the Year were: Jackie Villalobos of Young Women’s STEAM Academy at Balch Springs, KaShunda Davis of W.W. Samuell High School, and Rashunda Mendy of Thomas Tolbert Elementary. Dallas ISD Counseling Services Director Dr. Sylvia Lopez thanked the finalists, as well as all district counselors, for being the heartbeat of their campuses. “I know that as a counselor, your work is never done, and that you are constantly working to remove barriers…

Since it opened 20 years ago, Dallas ISD’s Anne Frank Elementary School became the biggest elementary school in Texas at one point, serving about 1,400 students. It was also the first school named after Anne Frank in the country, and the first named after a child in the state. Last month, current and former students, and staff and members of the community celebrated the school’s 20th anniversary in conjunction with its annual Cultural Diversity Night. The evening included a reenactment of the opening ceremony at the school 20 years ago, a world cultural parade, a diverse food court, cultural museum,…

Almost 200 Dallas ISD students are taking part in an innovative program that prepares them to be the next generation of Dallas leaders. The students, members of the Brewer Foundation Future Leaders Program (FLP), were recently honored at Southern Methodist University. During a special presentation on April 27 at SMU’s McFarlin Auditorium, FLP Recognition Ceremony keynote speaker and Emmy Award-winning CBS Dallas journalist Steve Pickett encouraged the “future leaders” to always stay committed to education – and to follow their dreams. “It has to start with you believing in yourself,” said Pickett, who was the first local TV reporter to air…

Dustin Marshall y Lori Kirkpatrick se enfrentarán en elección de desempate para el Distrito 2. Ningún candidato obtuvo la mayoría de votos en la elección que se llevó a cabo el 6 de mayo. Se realizará una segunda vuelta electoral el 10 de junio para definir a la persona que representará al Distrito 2 que cubre el norte de la ciudad y zonas del este de Dallas. Entretanto, la representante Joyce Foreman ganٕó la reelección para el Distrito 6, que abarca el suroeste de Dallas. Miguel Solís, quien no tuvo oposición, ganó su cargo para representar al Distrito 8, que…

Students from Conrad and Hillcrest high schools volunteered to spend a recent Saturday afternoon helping clean up the White Rock Creek area. More than 70 students from the two high schools and 21 adult volunteers filled up 126 30-gallon trash bags with garbage and debris. Students from the two schools also competed in a first-ever Conservation Cup to see who could pick up the most trash. The Conrad High School Environmental League challenged Hillcrest to the competition. Conrad won the Conservation Cup by collecting 23 bags of trash. The Conrad team members were: Hector Angeles Edgar Najera Moses Echavarria Julissa…

The SOLAR Preparatory School for Girls has turned lemons into a Project Based Learning experience. All students participated in the longterm project that taught them a variety of skills. The students helped build and paint lemonade stands and developed advertisements and sales techniques. Students also read fiction texts in which the main characters are selling lemonade. Parent volunteers helped the girls build the stands form scratch. SOLAR Prep is a Transformation School and part of the Public School Choice Imitative that opened in August 2016. SOLAR Prep also uses a blended learning model, in which lessons are taught in small groups. Students learn from the teacher and each…

Parents and volunteers provided breakfast and snacks every day last week to all staff at Urban Park Elementary School. Staff also enjoyed a specially decorated room where they could go and relax. The Urban Park Elementary community liaison helped coordinate the meals, which were in honor of Dallas ISD Teacher Appreciation Week, May 1–5.

Five seniors from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts have been accepted into one of the most prestigious performing universities in the nation. WFAA has the story on how of the 12 young men accepted worldwide into the Juilliard School’s dance program, five come from Dallas ISD. Go here to see the full WFAA story.

The T.C. Marsh Leadership Cadet Corps earned three championship titles at the 2017 Drill Battle of DFW competition last month in DeSoto. The Marsh cadets competed with schools from Red Oak, DeSoto, Glen Heights, Fort Worth and the Dallas area. They were evaluated on precision, overall appearance, command voice and military bearing. Marsh placed in five out of six categories, taking the top honors in three: Unarmed Regulation Drill    Second place Unarmed Color Guard            Second place Unarmed Exhibition Drill    2017 DRILL BATTLE CHAMPIONS Armed Regulation Drill        2017 DRILL BATTLE CHAMPIONS Armed Exhibition Drill         2017  DRILL BATTLE CHAMPIONS The Marsh Leadership Cadet Corps is led…