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On Friday, Aug. 24, students from seven Dallas ISD elementary schools celebrated a donation of uniforms to their schools by Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities and JCPenney with a pep rally-style event at Ellis Davis Field House. John Quincy Adams, James Bowie, J.N. Ervin, Tom Field, Martin Luther King Jr., Umphrey Lee and Herbert Marcus elementary schools are among campuses that together received a total of 3,000 donated uniforms valued at $150,000. To showcase the donations, students from each school modeled examples of the uniforms on a raised runway. They also carried signs declaring how many uniforms their particular schools…

Jiv Daya has donated kindles to grades 3–5 in six feeder patterns! At Camp Kindle, several teachers from each network learned how to best use kindles as a learning tool. The training was done by Jiv Daya, Dallas ISD IT, Personalized Learning and the Blended Learning Coaches from School Leadership. Watch the above video for a spooky fun look into the camp.

Dallas ISD is now accepting nominations for students in first- through fifth-grade to be screened for the Dallas ISD Gifted and Talented Education Program. The nomination window is open Aug. 27–Sept. 7. Parents, guardians and community members may nominate students for consideration. Students may also nominate themselves. Information packets are available at local campuses from the school’s Gifted and Talented Education Program teacher. Students must be enrolled in Dallas ISD to be tested. For more information, visit the Advanced Academic Services homepage.

Built on the success of a “peace pantry” stocked with canned food that benefits students and their families at Woodrow Wilson High School, a new one has started this school year at nearby Geneva Heights Elementary School. Teachers help identify students whose families would benefit from a gift of food, and on Friday the students take home bags filled with food, prepared by volunteers. The community has embraced the idea, with children collecting canned goods for the pantry. Check out the full story from CBS 11 here. Geneva Heights, formerly Robert E. Lee Elementary, is also officially becoming an International Baccalaureate…