News Briefs

With the school year getting close to the halfway mark, here are the important remaining dates in the Dallas ISD 2018-19 calendar. Dallas ISD Winter Break: Dec. 20–Jan. 8 (students), Dec. 21–Jan. 4 (staff) Dallas ISD Spring Break: March 11–15 Student/Staff Holidays: Jan. 21, Feb. 18, May 27 Inclement Weather Makeup Dates: April 19 and 22 A pdf of the 2018–2019 approved school year calendar is available from www.dallasisd.org/calendars.

Thomas C. Marsh Preparatory’ Academy’s Leadership Cadet Corps (LCC) participated in a special Veterans Day event as part of the school’s Preview Night on Thursday, Nov. 8, to showcase the programs available at the school. The LCC Military Museum was open for tours and a reception for families honoring veterans was conducted in the LCC classroom. Special guest Command Sergeant Major Robert B. Breck of the 807th Medical Command based in Fort Douglas, Utah, spoke in LCC classes during the day and also spoke during the evening reception, where he was introduced by his daughter Jamee Jones, a teacher at…

An annual Fall Conference for K-12 Reading Language Arts, Social Studies and World Languages teachers is set for 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at W.H. Adamson High School. The theme of the Language, Literacy and Social Studies Conference is “Supporting Diverse Learners.” About 40 teachers will be presenting in the sessions. Hundreds of teachers have already registered to attend, so spots are limited. Register today via this link.

Dallas ISD’s Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School yielded a $1,300 bounty from a barbecue-filled Spirit Night this fall. The Spring Creek Barbecue restaurant at 2827 W. Wheatland Road played host to the Sept. 19 Spirit Night, with 20 percent of the net proceeds collected between 5 and 9 p.m. that night donated to the school. At least 12 percent of the students have to attend the Spirit Night to qualify for the donation, and with Brashear there were 116 ready to help out (and eat). Spring Creek Barbecue partners with elementary schools (serving grades pre-K to sixth grade) within five…