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…

If you asked Dallas ISD elementary student Genesis T. how she rates the lemon-lime soda she learned to make at summer camp, she would say it’s a 10 out of 10.  On Wednesdays, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Genesis’ day is packed with activities like making her own soda at Resource Center South, where she often visits with her older sister.  “This is my first time at this summer camp, but I’ve been to this center multiple times to do sports, yoga, math, reading, and art. I really like it,” she said. As part of the summer camp, chef…