Author: The Hub

On Saturday, Sept. 26, alumni celebrated Sunset High School’s 90th anniversary with a commemorative program, refreshments, and plenty of conversations remembering how the high school was way back when. The ceremony also celebrated the school’s historic designation from the City of Dallas and State of Texas. “No matter if you were a class in the ‘40s, a class in the ‘60s, like me, or the kids today, we just have a bond that makes us family,” said Carol Brown, who graduated Sunset in ’67. “I’m glad to come back to Sunset and see that bond still exists.” Watch the above…

Students at James Madison High School enjoyed a surprise motivational speaker on Monday afternoon: Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., the Platinum-selling rapper and actor better known as T.I. Harris told students how three pieces of advice— stay in school, stay out of trouble, and say no to drugs—can seriously impact their futures. “In your day-to-day to life, these things can determine whether or not you are living the way you’d like to live, or if you’re living the way you’re forced to live,” Harris said. Harris told students that to be successful, they have to work harder and with more focus than…

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme at Harry Stone Montessori Academy is student-centered and teachers students to make connections from what their learning in the classroom and the real world. They learn to reflect and work better. The IB program also encourages students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, even with their differences, can also be right.

With the Nov. 3 election less than a month away, The Hub is breaking down how proceeds from the proposed $1.6 billion bond, which is not expected to raise tax rates, could impact each of Dallas ISD’s nine trustee districts. Please note: All bond projects, project amounts, and program allocations are estimates, and could change in the future. This is a guide to District 3. Click here for an interactive map detailing the proposed bond projects for District 3. New elementary school Proceeds from the proposed bond package are anticipated to create a new elementary school in District 3 to replace Stone Elementary…

With the Nov. 3 election less than a month away, The Hub is breaking down how proceeds from the proposed $1.6 billion bond, which is not expected to raise tax rates, could impact each of Dallas ISD’s nine trustee districts. Please note: All bond projects, project amounts, and program allocations are estimates, and could change in the future. This is a guide to District 2. Click here for an interactive map detailing the proposed bond projects for District 2. New classrooms Proceeds from the proposed bond are anticipated to create 80 new classrooms in District 2 at the following schools: Woodrow…

With the Nov. 3 election less than a month away, The Hub is breaking down how proceeds from the proposed $1.6 billion bond, which is not expected to raise tax rates, could impact each of Dallas ISD’s nine trustee districts. Please note: All bond projects, project amounts, and program allocations are estimates that remain subject to district discretion. This is a guide to District 1. Click here for an interactive map detailing the proposed bond projects for District 1. New pre-K–8 school Proceeds from the proposed bond are anticipated to create a new elementary in the Far North Dallas area. The school’s exact…

On Sept. 26, at George H.W. Bush Elementary, Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities and DECA Dental Group kicked off a new partnership to provide underserved children in Dallas with free dental care. More than 300 third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade Bush students received a free dental screening in the school gym, which the group converted to a “dental lab” for the event. Dentists conducted the screenings, and the students can receive ongoing dental treatments at three DECA Dental locations over the next six months, free of charge. NBC DFW went the dental screening, and click here to view the news station’s full report.

In its annual Best of Dallas issue, the Dallas Observer named Mata Elementary as the Best Dallas ISD Innovation. The article, which you can read in full here, states: “Teachers and administrators there are passionate, energetic and wholly committed to students’ success. A-plus.”

Dallas ISD provides an annual $200 stipend to district teachers and staff in their September paychecks to help them purchase supplies and materials for the school year. In total, 10,767 employees received $2,153,400 in September. The Hub asked Maria, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School, to interview teachers at Robert E. Lee Elementary School about how they planned to use their stipend. Watch the above video to see what the teachers said.

At a high-energy pep rally on Friday that was equal parts rock concert and lesson on healthy living, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) launched its statewide Farm Fresh Fridays initiative in front of 500 students at Margaret B. Henderson Elementary School. The TDA is offering the “Jump With Jill” show at no cost to select Texas schools in Dallas, Austin, Houston and San Antonio. Henderson students learned a few things about respecting their bodies through healthy choices, eating breakfast, enjoying fruit (“Nature’s Candy”), snacking on the superpowers of vegetables, exercising and drinking plenty of water. After the hour-long program,…