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Schools to offer free meals during spring break
0The Dallas ISD Food and Child Nutrition Services Department will offer free meals at select campuses during spring break. The meals are available for all students up to 18 years-old and special needs students up to age 21. The goal is to provide students nutritious meals even during their vacation. Meals will be served Monday, March 12, through Thursday, March 15, including a morning snack from 8 to 9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m. to noon. To view a list of participating school, visit www.dallasisd.org/fcns.
‘You Can Do Anything’: Dallas Police Chief inspires at Kimball’s all-girl assembly
0Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall inspired Kimball High School students at an all-girls assembly to achieve their full potential. As the first female chief of police in the city’s 139-year history, Hall told the female students they can do anything they set their minds to if they work hard and persevere. “I am so excited to speak to Dallas ISD students,” Hall said after the assembly. “This community is wonderful, and we want them to know how important they are to us in the law enforcement community.” The assembly’s theme was “#Me Too: Being a Lady in Today’s Society,”…
The Cat in the Hat is Back: Schools celebrate Dr. Seuss Day (video)
0The Cat in the Hat broke loose across Dallas ISD schools to celebrate the legacy of late children’s author Dr. Seuss. To honor what would have been the iconic author’s 114th birthday, volunteers visited campuses to read to students and help with Seuss-themed activities. Over at Jill Stone Elementary School, KPMG, Central Market and Texas Instruments enchanted students with stories and poems from Dr. Seuss. As a bonus, KPMG donated books to all students at Stone and Elisha M. Pease Elementary School. Meanwhile, United Way volunteers read and gave out books at numerous other schools, and NFL player Brandon Carr…
Students lead conversation on how to prevent and address gun violence (video)
0Dallas ISD students led honest, respectful conversations on how the district, greater community and entire country can address threats of gun violence and threats in schools. Students from almost every high school attended the Course Correction Conversation: Student Edition event held at Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center at Fair Park. Bishop Omar Jahwar, CEO of Urban Specialists, Inc., moderated the event. “The students are having conversations about what to do in the event that they see something suspicious, that they need to say something, and then what can we as a group do together to correct the issues that students are seeing,”…