Written by Communications Services junior associate, Chandler Flowers Investing in health and knowledge of the human body is important for the future, and no one believes this more than Health and Physical Education. This summer, the Health and Physical Education Department and their interns are working to spread knowledge of health throughout Dallas ISD. “We had a project manager who pitched the idea to our division and all of the departments who were able to participate signed up,” said Lisa Whitaker, director of the Health and Physical Education Department. “It was our first year doing this program and I think…

Written by Communications Services junior associate, Chandler Flowers When students walk on campus for their first day, the air is clean, the ceilings have no broken tiles, and not a single door is broken. This is all thanks to the hard work of the Maintenance and Facility Service Department, and this summer, interns learned how to clean and fix everything a school needs to operate. “Maintenance and Facility Services has had student interns in the past, but this is the first year we have collaborated with Workforce Development and Employer Relations,” said Katherine Murdock, manager of maintenance in the Maintenance…

In a classroom set up like a science lab, with the distinct scent of formaldehyde and scalpels in hand, students in Dallas ISD’s Future Doctors Summer Camp prepared pig hearts for dissection. “I want to be a pediatrician, so it doesn’t really have to do with surgery, but now that I’ve cut into a heart, and seen all the different rooms of the heart, I think I want to do something with surgery in the future,” Ileana R., a rising junior at Bryan Adams High School Leadership Academy said. More than dissections, the camp provided an immersive look into the…