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Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Axsel’s journey to opportunity
0Imagine it’s 1 a.m. and pitch black outside. You wake up to start an 11-mile trek as you’ve done for the last six months – only stopping once the sun comes up. Last year, this was Axsel E.’s life. At 12 years old, Axsel accomplished a feat many kids his age could not imagine. Toting only a backpack, water and encouraging words from his mother, the pair walked from Tegucigalpa, Honduras to Dallas with purpose and determination, in the direction of hope. “No te preocupes; vamos a pasar bien,” his mother would reassure him. “Don’t worry; we’ll get through.” A…
Dallas ISD students continue to close achievement gap, outperform state, urban districts
0Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde, Ed.D. provided an update to Dallas ISD’s Board of Trustees reporting significant progress in closing achievement gaps among students in grades 3 through 8. In comparison to the state and other urban districts, remarkable gains were made in Approaches and Meets for reading and mathematics. Reading Achievements: Dallas ISD is above pre-pandemic levels in reading for grades 3 through 8 and narrows the achievement gap within seven points of the state at the Approaches level. At the Meets level, the district improved to 45% of students reading on grade level while the state was at 51%,…
Turning tragedy into triumph, Cowboys help TJ celebrate new football field
0“At the moment, I’m excited, happy, and ready to make history.” Jeremiah A., defensive back for Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ), steps onto the turf as he takes a moment to soak in the reconstructed, NFL-quality football field in front of him. He’s ready to get a few wins in for the season, and after that his game plan includes going to college. “Hopefully I’ll land at UTSA (The University of Texas at San Antonio) in the future.” After severe damage caused by an EF-3 tornado in 2019, the future was uncertain for all of TJ’s student-athletes, but thanks to…
Female kicker for Wilmer-Hutchins football team making most of opportunity
0By Todd Lamb Athletics Communication Coordinator The football team at Wilmer-Hutchins High School has won all three games so far this season, and while that is noteworthy, the team is getting attention for another reason. Junior Jacqueline A. is the team’s kicker, at least when it comes to points after touchdown or “P-A-Ts.” In the team’s first home game against Fort Worth Dunbar, she made all three of her attempts in the team’s 33-7 victory. She admitted she was nervous kicking a football in front of a big crowd, but those butterflies disappeared after connecting on her first kick. When…