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Woodrow Wilson’s Robotics team competed in the Dallas Regional B.E.S.T. Robotics competition this month, and their team was the top qualifying team to advance to the Texas UIL State competition. Woodrow was the only Dallas ISD team to advance in the large school category. Meanwhile, the School for the Talented and Gifted robotics team advanced in the second place spot to the small school category. The UIL State contest for B.E.S.T. Robotics is Dec. 8–10 in Frisco.
Dallas ISD will open its doors to veteran families during a unique career fair next week. Individuals interested in attending the Veterans and Spouses Career Expo are encouraged to register online in order to take advantage of the offerings. The expo, which is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at W.H. Adamson High School, will give veterans and their families a chance to learn about various employment opportunities in Dallas ISD. Ileana Morales Colón, a recruitment and selection coordinator for Dallas ISD, said the career expo will help veterans continue with their service, but in a different way. “It can be…
The First Annual Chili Cook Off kicked off at F.D. Roosevelt High School, where three Dallas ISD Culinary schools showed off their chili. “We are doing this to encourage students to come out and socialize with people from other campuses,” said Sarah Lewis, culinary and nutrition teacher at Roosevelt. Roosevelt High School ended up taking first place in the cook off.
The mission of the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) at James W. Fannin, one of Dallas ISD’s Public School Choice campuses, is to empower students to chart their own educational path through personalized learning. The school opened its doors on August 2015 with its first class of freshman and will grow into a full high school by 2018. IDEA is one of five Dallas ISD inaugural campuses for Personalized Learning and the only Personalized Learning high school. “The students get to make more choices about what they do and how they do it,” said Arelthia Phillips, digital design teacher at…