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Residents of the Buckner Terrace neighborhood in southeast Dallas may be doing double-takes when they pass Edna Rowe Elementary School on Hovenkamp Drive thanks to a recent face-lift that has given the school new curb appeal. Rowe received $16 million in construction upgrades funded by the district’s 2015 Bond Program. On Nov. 1, Principal Sharon Crockett-Alexander welcomed Dallas ISD leaders, city officials and neighbors of the southeast Dallas school to a ribbon-cutting held to mark the formal unveiling of the school’s construction improvements. The Skyline High School JROTC Color Guard opened the program accompanied by a pair of fifth-graders who…
Winnetka Elementary School kicked off a week-long celebration of the building’s 80th year anniversary and 106 years of providing exemplary education to children from Oak Cliff and surrounding communities. The anniversary started Nov. 1 with a Fall Carnival where Trustee Ben Mackey and State Representative Jessica Gonzalez presented a special recognition to students, coaches and the building. The W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy mariachi band performed and ROTC presented the colors. This week’s anniversary events include an alumni mixer, dance, movie night and time capsule ceremony. Winnetka Elementary first opened in 1913 as a four-room frame structure on pasture land…
As she won a national entrepreneurship competition in New York City this month at the age of 18, Jasmine Benton–a recent graduate of Dallas ISD’s Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) at James W. Fannin– thought of those who helped set her on her path. At age 11, Benton started her business–Precious Designs–that today refurbishes and reupholsters housewares. In addition to the strong influence of her grandmother and mother, Benton credits her education at IDEA for helping set her on the path toward becoming a successful entrepreneur. “My teachers at IDEA invested in me and made sure I was able to…
Dallas ISD Stories is a new Hub series where district students, teachers and staff share their own stories. “I like my school because it gives me a head start on my future, and I get the college experience while I’m in high school. I should graduate high school with 60 hours of college credit, which is good, because I want to be an OBGYN, which requires a lot of school. I want to be an OBGYN because I like helping people, and when I heard what my sister went through when she delivered her child, I wanted to be in…