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More than 550 students from 38 middle schools participated in the UIL A+ Spring Middle School @ Home Academic Competition held on Feb. 26. Academic events included in the online competition were calculator applications, chess, dictionary skills, listening, maps-graphs-charts, math, number sense, science, social studies, and spelling. Top students will receive ribbons for each event. The top-performing schools from each group are listed in the chart below.  The campuses with the most students ranked first or second on individual tests were identified as top-performing schools.   Top-Performing Schools   GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 WILLIAMS   ​ WALKER LONG STAG@PG FRANKLIN BROWNE   Several students received a…

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Last month, over 160 Dallas ISD middle school choir students competed at the Region 20 UIL Middle School All Region Choir contest with 70 students earning a spot in one of the choirs! This honor reflects the high-quality educational experiences taking place daily in the middle school visual and performing arts classrooms in Dallas ISD. The district’s Visual & Performing Arts Department offers a set of courses at the middle school level which delivers dynamic experiences for students interested in the visual and performing arts. These offerings include visual art, choir, modern band, traditional band, orchestra, mariachi, dance, and theater.…

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During Black History Month, The Hub is spotlighting former students of Dallas ISD in our Legacy of Learning series. How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because, someday in your life, you will have been all of these. ~ George Washington Carver Tell us about your journey as a Dallas ISD student.  My journey in DISD began at W.A. Blair Elementary School. From there I attended Maynard Holbrook Jackson Vanguard School, Oliver Wendell Holmes Honor Academy, and I…

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