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Southern Methodist University will honor the jersey of all-time great Ira Terrell, a graduate of Roosevelt High School, during a halftime ceremony on Jan. 12 at Moody Coliseum. Terrell wore number 32 during his basketball career from 1972-76. His jersey will join those of Mustang legends Jim Krebs, Jon Koncak and Gene Phillips in being recognized by SMU. Terrell was inducted into the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012. Terrell was the 1976 Southwest Conference Player of the Year and was a three-time All-SWC first team honoree. He is the only Mustang to average a double-double for three seasons.…

Under the approved Dallas ISD 2019–2020 calendar, the school year will start for students on Aug. 19, include a full week off for Thanksgiving, and end for students on May 27. Important dates for the Dallas ISD calendar for 2019-2020 include: First Day For Students: Aug. 19 Staff/Student Holiday: Sept. 2 Elementary Fair Day/Secondary Professional Development Day: Oct. 11 Secondary Fair Day/Elementary Professional Development Day: Oct. 18 Dallas ISD Thanksgiving Break 2019: Nov. 25–29 Dallas ISD Winter Break 2019: Dec. 23-Jan. 3 Student/Staff Holiday: Jan. 20 Student/Staff Holiday: Feb. 17 Dallas ISD Spring Break 2020: March 16–20 Student/Staff Holiday: April…

Henry W. Longfellow Career Exploration Academy is a magnet middle school that challenges students academically while encouraging them to identify and explore career options. Longfellow offers the same middle school academic curriculum available in all Dallas ISD middle schools, and also helps students prepare for the future with pre-AP classes, courses for high school credit, career and technical opportunities, internships, project-based learning, computer science, and more.   The Longfellow staff invites families to bring their students and their questions to a special application open house from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 7, at the campus at 5314 Boaz…

The Margaret Hunt-Hill Bridge never tasted so good. Well, at least that’s possibly true of the miniature structure made out of gingerbread, marshmallows and icing by students at Dallas ISD’s Multiple Career Magnet Center (MCMC). It’s part of a baked and candy-bedazzled cityscape that includes a rendition of the school, a skyscraper and will eventually feature Big Tex and the Cotton Bowl. Chef Stephen Drake, who leads the culinary cluster at the school, has used the gingerbread-building lesson when he taught culinary arts at Roosevelt, Lincoln and Townview Center. Students bake the gingerbread, help plan the structures and then assemble…