Inside Dallas ISD

When the Carter High School boys basketball team takes on Seminole High School in San Antonio on Friday in the state tournament semifinals, five seniors will be leading the way. These Carter seniors watched from the bench two years ago when the team lost in the playoffs to Lincoln, who then went on to win the state tournament. After that game, the Carter players pledged to do everything possible to earn the school its first state basketball championship. “We’ve always been known as the underdog, so I feel like right now, especially since this school has never won state in…

Clothes, food and household essentials provided by Buckner International fill a normally empty room at Stephen Foster Elementary School. The room was twice as full earlier this week, but students and families have steadily taken and used these essentials while their homes remain without gas or water due to the recent gas leaks in the area. And while it’s otherwise been business as usual at Foster Elementary thanks to tanks of natural gas provided by Atmos Energy, the donated items have been crucial for the school’s families. “The students and their families obviously didn’t expect to have their gas shut…

On your mark, get set, stack! The Urban School Wellness Department hosted the annual Intra-District Sport Stacking event on March 3, with students from across the district competing to see who could stack—and unstack—sport stacking cups in the shortest period of time. In addition to the individual and relay events, the tournament featured parent-child teams. Sport stacking is part of a broader district goal to get every student involved in at least one extracurricular activity.

The Rotary Club of Dallas invites nominations from all district schools for its annual Service Above Self Teacher Awards. To call attention to the importance of service contributed by teachers, the organization will award up to $10,000 in cash awards and gifts to the selected teachers. The award is designed to recognize teachers who: perform over and above their job descriptions in ways that benefit the community, at-risk and disadvantaged students; demonstrate selfless conduct for the benefit of others; plan classroom instruction that reflects innovation and creativity; The deadline to apply is Mon., April 16, 2018. Honorees will be notified Mon.,…