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The Dallas Morning News has an article on Adamson High School winning a $100,000 grant from Farmers Insurance Thank America’s Teachers Program. The money will go toward new band equipment. Click here for the full story.

Great things are happening in Dallas ISD schools every day. Show and Tell is a weekly feature on The Hub that rounds up some of the news happening across the district into one place. If you have any story ideas for Show and Tell, email thehub@dallasisd.org. Dictionaries donated to Hotchkiss students The Rotary Club of Dallas recently donated more than 130 dictionaries to third-grade students at Hotchkiss Elementary. A member of the Rotary Club of Dallas said the club donates dictionaries to 15-20 Dallas ISD schools every year to encourage students to learn new words. KDFW weatherman visits Anne Frank Elementary Evan…

Families searching for a best-fit school for their students should make definite plans to attend this Saturday’s Magnet and School Choice Fair showcasing the full spectrum of magnet and school choice options. The fair is set from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sat., Dec. 5, at Ellis Davis Field House, 9191 S. Polk St. Magnets and school choice programs have specially designed curriculums fashioned to respond to students’ aptitudes, career interests and learning styles. From middle schools that offer instruction in the arts and STEM to early college programs where students can take college classes while still in high school,…

There are magnet schools and special programs across Dallas ISD to help satisfy almost any career goal, passion or interest students have. One such school is Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard, which gives elementary school students a taste of the arts. Lanier band teacher Shunnesse Allen said that fourth-graders at the school attend various classes on a rotation. They hold and play a variety of instruments to find the one that suits them, then they make the choice. “When they go to middle school, they are usually at an advanced level,” she said of the budding musicians. The school also…

For Sherril English, a graduate of Lincoln High School, 1972, a band director’s life lessons taught her the importance of making good decisions. Coupled with the memories of an incredible mother who instilled in her a strong work ethic, English continues to push toward her goals.  AlumNow, The Hub series that profiles district alumni, connected with English for an update on what she’s been doing. What are you doing now? Since leaving St. Philip’s School and Community Center in 2008 after serving eight years as principal, I have been employed with Southern Methodist University in the Annette Caldwell Simmons School…

W.H. Adamson High School head drum major David Reynoso was about to help lead a marching band performance last year when his marimba literally fell apart seconds before he was scheduled to perform. Reynoso barely put the marimba back together in time for the performance, which he then spent worrying whether his instrument would fall apart again. But now, thanks to the $100,000 Farmers Insurance Thank America’s Teachers grant the Adamson band received yesterday, broken instruments will be a problem of the past. And for students such as Reynoso, new instruments for the school band means focusing on what matters…

Corporations and civic organizations collaborated to provide on-the-job learning last summer to more than 300 Dallas students as part of the Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program. Thanks to a $175,000 donation from JPMorgan Chase & Co., at least 50 additional opportunities will be available this summer. A host of dignitaries, along with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, participated in a special kick-off event on Nov. 30 at North Dallas High School. The goal of the event was to encourage qualified students to register for the 2016 edition of the Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program. Hinojosa, in a…

In addition to recognizing the nominees and finalists for 2015 Teacher of the Year at a recent ceremony, the district honored the Top 100 Dallas ISD teachers who help students succeed every day in the classroom. Below is a list of the Top 100 teachers (technically 102 teachers) recognized and honored by the district.

The week before Thanksgiving, more than 200 students took home backpacks full of donated food for their families. The distribution was just one of the types of projects the Peace Pantry at Woodrow Wilson High School does during the school year. The Church of the Incarnation Academy in Uptown Dallas donated the backpacks, and families took them home and returned them full of food. Some of the bags were filled from stock at the Peace Pantry. In just its second year, the pantry’s reach is growing through work by parents and students who have gotten involved. Brooke Varner, a science…

The Dallas Morning News reports on a new pilot program in five Dallas ISD schools that rethinks how to discipline students. The restorative discipline program is designed to proactively address disciplinary and behavioral issues before they escalate. Click here to read the story from the Dallas Morning News. Photo courtesy Dallas Morning News.