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Aiden Ross from George Bannerman Dealey International Academy has won the Hero Two Doors Down Essay Contest sponsored by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. The essay contest, which is based on the book “The Hero Two Doors Down” by Sharon Robinson, asked students what hero they would want to live down the street. For his winning essay, Ross explained why CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer is his personal hero. Ross and the other essay contest winners were honored this week at a breakfast ceremony AT&T Stadium. Read Ross’ full essay below: Wolf Blitzer Two Doors Down by Aiden Ross…

You Only Live Once – #YOLO – is the theme behind this year’s National Red Ribbon Week, October 23-31. The initiative was started by the National Family Partnership (NFP, formerly the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth) in 1986 to give people and communities a visible way to take a stand against illegal drugs. As the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the country, each year Red Ribbon Week reaches millions of young people and starts the conversation about the dangers of drugs. The NFP encourages schools to incorporate drug-free messages into their morning announcements, create theme…

The United Way Metropolitan of Dallas and several businesses teamed up with Dallas ISD to celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, or STEM for short. E. B. Comstock Middle School hosted this spectacular event, with more than 75 volunteers setting up six different stations that peaked the students’ interest in a variety of STEM subjects. The experiments ranged from the Balloon Brain Wonder Kit to Catapult Science. “This is very important that we pique our students’ interest into the STEM vocations,” Comstock Middle School Principal Willie Johnson said.

Culinary students at Thomas Jefferson High School competed in a recipe demo on Oct. 25. The winner gets to have their recipe published in a Medical City Children’s Hospital kid-friendly recipe book that will go out to more than 300,000 elementary students in January. Learn more in the above video!

The script got flipped at Conrad High School by having students teach their teachers about healthy relationships, dating abuse and domestic violence. Loveisrespect, a project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, has created toolkits designed to help schools educate Texas students about healthy relationships and recognizing the signs of abuse. At the workshops, students discussed their recommendations and experiences to help educators learn how to best utilize the toolkits and resources at loveisrespect.org to support their students. “We know that domestic violence and dating abuse is preventable, and the earlier we get younger people talking about healthy relationships, the sooner…

Students from the Pinkston Prep Collegiate Academy participated in a service learning and network/leadership building project at Art Walk West. The West Dallas Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event. Two Pinkston Prep advisory board members, Shawn Scott and Richard Mauldin, currently serve as chamber board members. The students were in charge of the Fabrication Yard, which is a graffiti friendly zone in West Dallas. Students passed out flyers, water, paint, and cleaned up after the artists. They witnessed how the artists’ social media accounts were designed to promote the event. “This experience provided our IT pathway students with networking and…

The Hillcrest High School Alumni Association recently honored its newest class of distinguished alumni, which includes a tenured professor, accomplished attorneys, a published author, and community leaders. The alumni association recognized these distinguished Hillcrest grads at the third annual Platinum Panther Celebration on Oct. 19. Distinguished Service Award Recipient Betsy Brown Nelson (Class of 1968) With extensive volunteer leadership credentials and a background in classroom teaching, Betsy has demonstrated a passion for supporting her alma mater, serving as Alumni Association President since 2014, working on the 75th Anniversary Host and Steering Committees, and serving on the founding Board of the HHS…

Kiest Elementary hosted a community garden and school spruce up on Oct. 22. The school was awarded a Lowe’s Toolbox for Education Grant for $2,000 to implement its Birds, Butterflies, Bees and Trees Garden. Teachers, students and volunteers installed a butterfly-shaped garden addition to the existing vegetable garden. The butterfly garden will grow plants that attract butterflies. Volunteers also planted trees, shrubs, and other plants that enhance the ecosystems to sustain butterflies, birds, and bees. Volunteers sowed wildflower seeds and prepped the vegetable garden beds. They will install five birdfeeders and birdhouses at a later date. The community came together…

A school for girls to imagine, explore and create: the future is happening now at one of Dallas ISD’s Public School Choice campuses. Solar Preparatory School for Girls at James B. Bonham opened its doors in August 2016 with 198 scholars in grades K–2. Solar Prep will be add one grade level each year until reaching eighth-grade and will serve more 1,100 girls. Solar Prep embraces performance-based learning, which allows students to explore their learning in a different variety of ways. Solar Prep also uses a blended learning model, in which lessons are taught in small groups. Students learn from…

As part of Character Counts week, teachers at H.I. Holland Elementary School at Lisbon shared with students why they come to work every day. Watch the above video to find out what they said!