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Under the leadership of Director Barbara Johnson, the STEM Health and Physical Education Department is likely the only one of its kind in the country. Johnson said it makes sense to combine STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, and Health and Physical Education since both are key components in growing students into strategic and creative problem solvers. Formerly known as the Urban School Wellness Department, the STEM Health and Physical Education Department is coordinating in-school initiatives such as kinesthetic classrooms, the digital media fair, Fitness Stars—which teaches STEM through hockey—and Read and Ride, which places stationary bike…

Robots, rocket launches, three-dimensional doodlers and so much more kept students and their families engaged on Thursday, Nov. 1, at Winnetka Elementary School. The evening, “Learning is a Walk in the Park” – playing off a Jurassic Park theme – featured all kinds of hands-on scientific projects. The Perot Museum took a couple TECH trucks (Tinker, Engineer, Create, Hack) and a bunch of other projects and gadgets. The projects demonstrated concepts of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics).

The Dallas ISD Racial Equity Office announced the ALAANA Multicultural Reading Initiative. ALAANA is an acronym for African, Latinx, Asian, Arab and Native American, and the initiative’s intent is to capture the voices of humanity that are sometimes silenced in history books and in popular literature. One of the goals of the Racial Equity Office is to ensure all student voices are heard through a variety of mediums. The office believes it’s imperative to value students’ lived experiences and recognize the importance of their voices being expressed in art, literature and film. The first engagement of this initiative will be…

W. H. Adamson High School was the set for Telemundo 39’s 4, 4:30 and 5 p.m. newscasts on Thursday, Oct. 25, as part of the station’s Contigo Primero en Tu Comunidad (With You in the Community First) campaign. Newscast anchors, led by anchors Nancy Leal and Carlos Zapata, hosted three shows from the school’s auditorium. The hour-and-a-half broadcast featured Adamson’s automobile cluster, the track and basketball teams, the Collegiate Academy, cheerleaders, dancing team, cast members from the Dracula play, recent academic gains and much more.