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Activating the belief that students aren’t just the leaders of tomorrow, they’re the leaders of today, NXT Fest on Friday helped empower high school graduating seniors to build the future they want, while addressing their current needs. The State Fair of Texas, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, and several other community partners held the event for seniors attending Dallas ISD high schools in southern Dallas. Students met with industry leaders and executives, expanded their financial knowledge at informative workshops, gained job-readiness through exposure to potential employers, and learned how to amplify their personal branding to figure out what comes next.…

Through Feb. 15, all Reading Language Arts (RLA) teachers for grades K–8 can vote on the instructional materials they think the district should purchase. This voting process only happens once in every 10 years, so all K-8 RLA teachers are encouraged to vote. Go here to learn more and click the link to vote by the Feb. 15 deadline.

The Mock Trial team from the Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet took first at the recent 2019 Dallas Regional Mock Trial competition. The Law Magnet advances to the state competition with teams from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and Skyline High School. Twenty-six high schools participated in the Dallas Regional Mock Trial competition. The state contest is set for Feb. 28-March 2 at the George Allen Court House in Dallas. Sponsored by the Dallas Bar Association and the Dallas ISD Social Studies Department, Mock Trial gives participating students basic knowledge of the law, legal…

Geneva Heights Elementary School recently kicked off its second annual Reading Challenge with Room to Read during a special IB Literacy Night event. Students and families visited the school at the evening event in their pajamas and were read to by volunteers. Students are challenged to read or be read to for at least 20 minutes every night in February. If students accomplish the goal – representing 3,500 hours of reading schoolwide – a donation of $2,500 will be made in the school’s name to Room to Read. Students met the goal last year and are expected to reach…