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Woodrow IB student’s art show to honor grandparents and help fight cancer
0Annabelle Furrh, a senior in Woodrow Wilson High School’s International Baccalaureate program, has lost both of her grandparents to pancreatic cancer within the past three years. As part of the IB program, Furrh needed to do a Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS) Project. Furrh wanted her project to honor her art-loving grandparents, and she came up with the perfect idea: host an art show that will raise money for the Lustgarten Foundation, which is working toward a cure for pancreatic cancer. “This seemed like a good way to honor my grandparents, who led amazing lives,” Furrh said. Furrh’s art show,…
Pigskin planning: See the schedule for upcoming football playoff games
0The UIL bi-district high school football playoffs kick off this week. Here is the schedule for the upcoming games: Bi – District Football Playoffs DAY DATE CLASS VISITOR HOME SITE TIME Thursday 11/16 5A-D2 Kimball Woodrow Wilson Forester Field 7:30pm Thursday 11/16 4A-D1 Carter Mineral Wells Farrington Field – Ft. Worth 7:00pm Friday 11/17 5A-D1 Molina Spruce Pleasant Grove Stadium 7:30pm Friday 11/17 4A-D2 Lincoln Melissa Tom Kimbrough Stadium – Plano 7:30pm Friday 11/17 5A-D2 Seagoville South Oak Cliff John Kincaide Stadium 7:30pm Saturday 11/18 5A-D1 Samuell Bryan Adams John Kincaide Stadium 1:00pm
Hundreds of students participate in annual Veterans Day Parade
0The 2017 Greater Dallas Veterans Parade rolled through downtown Dallas on Friday, Nov. 10, honoring all men and women who served in the U.S. military but specifically honoring veterans of the Gulf War: Desert Shield & Desert Storm. Veterans groups, organizations and businesses were represented, but as usual the largest contingent was composed of Dallas ISD students in JROTC, band, drill team/dance and cheerleading. District high schools represented in one way or another included Skyline, Justin F. Kimball, W.W. Samuell, Emmett J. Conrad, South Oak Cliff, L.G. Pinkston, W.H. Adamson, Woodrow Wilson, Seagoville, North Dallas and James Madison. Watch the…
Parents, students share ideas that could shape long-term future of Dallas ISD
0A W.T. White High School student who wants to run a business with her older brother. A teacher interested in how technology can shape teaching and learning. A group of parents excited to brainstorm ideas on the future of Dallas ISD. These were just a few of the stakeholders at Tuesday’s education summits who shared ideas that could help shape the long-term future for Dallas ISD learning, technology and facilities design. Dallas ISD is holding six of these education summits to kick off the strategic planning process. Parents, students, district staff, business leaders and community members are invited to the…