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The Dallas Cowboys face the Green Bay Packers on Sunday in a divisional playoff. Besides cheering for the hometown team, Skyline High School Principal Janice Lombardi wants to avoid becoming a Cheesehead for a day. Lombardi has a friendly wager with Rod Bohm, the principal of Southwest High School in the Green Bay Area Public School District. If the Cowboys win, Bohm will wear a cowboy hat possibly along with silver and blue. In the off chance the Packers win, Lombardi will don a Cheesehead hat and wear green and gold. The loser will pay up on Tuesday, Jan. 17,…

LL Hotchkiss Elementary School recently held a successful canned food drive. Students led the food drive that collected a total of 1,534 pounds of canned food, which will provide access to 1,278 meals for chronically hungry children, families and seniors in need in North Texas.

After two weeks off for winter break, students, teachers and staff returned this week and kicked off the semester on a high note! AP District Honor Roll Dallas ISD is one of 433 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 7th Annual AP® District Honor Roll. (Learn more) School Board Recognition Month January is a time to thank trustees for their dedication and willingness to serve as advocates for children and public schools. (Learn more) Bridging the gap About 30 Lincoln and Madison high school students recently had an informal…

Three Dallas ISD schools have been nominated for the national 2017 Blue Ribbon Schools award. The middle schools at both Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy (BOMLA) and Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, as well as the Dallas Environmental Science Academy (DESA), are the Dallas ISD nominees. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced that 26 Texas public schools have received nominations. The prestigious award is a program of the U.S. Department of Education and recognizes exemplary schools where students are performing at high levels. All schools that have been nominated for the 2017 honor were selected as exemplary high performing schools as measured by…

Trustee Dan Micciche’s efforts in education began well before serving on the Board of Trustees. Micciche spent several years leading a community partnership with James Fannin Elementary School and continues to drive his all-star District 3, which includes Northeast Dallas. Micciche is a partner at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. He has been recognized by D Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas, by Texas Monthly as a “SuperLawyer,” and as one of the “Best Lawyers in America.” He has lived in Dallas since 1981, and has been a resident of Dallas ISD…

The Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition is designed to highlight the cultural diversity of the community while recognizing and encouraging the writing and presentation skills of Dallas ISD students. The eight Dallas ISD finalists will compete in the finals on Friday, Jan. 13, at 11 a.m–12:30 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre downtown Dallas. For those who can’t make it in person, the competition will be live streamed at https://livestream.com/accounts/2916881. The finalists are: Lola West, K.B. Polk Center for the Academically Talented and Gifted Jace Roberson, J.P. Starks Math, Science & Technology Vanguard Ashley Patterson, Harry C. Withers Elementary Jordan Mays, T.L. Marsalis Elementary Asad…

Hillcrest High School junior Jose Diaz is excited about the $21 million facelift his school is receiving under the district’s 2015 Bond Program.  Diaz, who has attended Hillcrest since freshman year, says it’s a good thing for the school even as he concedes his class will be all but out the door by the completion of the work in December 2018. “We’ll be the last class to witness the old campus, but we’ll be proud alumni when we come back from college to visit,” said Diaz, who was the sole student in attendance at the Jan. 10 community meeting held to…

The Dallas ISD STEM Day has morphed into a mega event and is now, appropriately, called STEM Expo. The Feb. 4 event kicks off at 9 a.m. and will feature more than 150 fun-filled, hands-on activities and exhibits that will inspire, stimulate, and motivate students and parents alike to explore the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The 2017 STEM Expo will be the largest STEM Day event in the state of Texas—so large that it will be held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4. Scheduled sessions include: Aeronautics,…

Dustin Marshall fue elegido para formar parte de la Junta Escolar en junio de 2016 y le motiva seguir mejorando el Distrito 2. Marshall es muy activo en la comunidad de Dallas y Fort Worth, y como integrante de la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD, representa al norte y este de Dallas. Antes de ser elegido como representante en la Junta Escolar de Dallas ISD, Marshall fue parte de las juntas directivas de Reading Partners North Texas, Uplift Education, Dallas After School y Social Venture Partners Dallas. También sirvió en el Education Council of the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce,…

In December, about 30 Lincoln and Madison high school students participated in classroom instruction and interactions with Dallas Police officers to help bridge the gap between police and the community. The African American Success Initiative helped host the event. The collaboration was designed to foster positive dialogue between Dallas youth and law enforcement officers, including about how to respond in traffic and pedestrian stops.  Called “Together We Learn,” the project combined efforts of the Dallas Police Department, the Black Police Officers Association of Greater Dallas, Dallas ISD’s African American Success Initiative and St. Paul United Methodist Church. The project, part of a larger initiative…