Inside Dallas ISD

Dallas ISD varsity football teams from across the district had playoff games last Thursday and Friday. Here are the scores, with the Dallas ISD teams in bold: Skyline vs. Lake Highlands: 21-10 Alvarado vs. Wilmer Hutchins: 33-12 Kennedale vs. Carter: 65-26 Anna vs. Madison: 50-16 Forney vs. Bryan Adams: 77-44 Terrell vs. Woodrow Wilson: 49-14 South Oak Cliff vs. Mansfield Timberview: 17-14 Mansfield Summit vs. Kimball: 35-7 Lancaster vs. Seagoville: 50-3 Mansfield Lake Ridge vs. Samuell: 63-12 In the next round of playoffs, Skyline will play Rowlett on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mesquite Memorial Stadium, and South Oak Cliff…

Officials from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Ford Motor Company, City of Dallas and Dallas ISD helped celebrate Tim Brown Day on Friday, Nov. 6, with three events throughout the day. Brown won the Heisman Trophy while playing football at Notre Dame University, and went on to have a distinguished career for the Los Angeles Raiders in the NFL. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame earlier this fall. Get an inside look at Tim Brown Day in the above video.

Leading up to the observance of Veterans Day, Dallas ISD is saluting district employees who are veterans of military service. Each day, the series features a video produced by Dallas Schools Television focusing on a veteran from one of the military’s five branches. Today’s video features U.S. Air Force veteran Fay Matthews-Bridges. Go here to see the fifth story in the series: Honoring Our Veterans: U.S.Navy veteran Kathleen Woodruff. Go here to see the fourth story in the series: Honoring Our Veterans: U.S. Marine Corps veteran Willie Nimer. Go here to see the third story in the series: Honoring Our…

Samantha Zuniga always knew she wanted to help people in some way, she just wasn’t sure how. As a sophomore in the School of Health Professions at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, Zuniga found the answer when she learned about the school’s Therapy Careers Cluster, which focuses on various types of therapeutic careers, including Athletic Training. “When we went over what athletic trainers do and how they help athletes, I fell in love,” said Zuniga, now a senior in the program. “I love the idea of being able to be part of an athlete’s career. If they get hurt, I…