News Briefs

Catch up on this week’s great news! Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more. Dad’s Day Skyline High School’s Bring Dads to School Day saw fathers enjoy a presentation and an inside look at the school (watch this). Destination Imagination Twenty-eight Dallas ISD Destination Imagination teams qualified for the state tournament (see photos). Partnership takes off The Adamson High School Collegiate Academy officially welcomed the American Airlines employees who will work out of the school (learn more). Performance at Conrad The only South Asian Qawwali group based in the US performed at Conrad High School (watch this). Stonewall expansion Stonewall Jackson Elementary School celebrated its new 12-classroom addition that…

The Dallas ISD United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Workplace Campaign kicked off on Feb. 15. The campaign is an opportunity for district employees to donate to scholarships to help deserving Dallas ISD seniors of all races attend college. Dallas ISD campus employees can donate to the campaign by contacting their campus or department’s UNCF Representative. This year’s UNCF Workplace Campaign theme is Ready. Set. Give!, and the goal this year is to raise $50,000. Funds raised by each campus will be used as scholarships for the graduating students of the high school within the feeder.  A running scoreboard on how…

The girls basketball regional quarterfinals and boys basketball bi-district games are this week! Here’s the schedule:

Jimmie Markham with the Naveen Jindal School of Management wrote this story.  Students, faculty and administrators from the Dallas Independent School District visited the Naveen Jindal School of Management at The University of Texas at Dallas on Dec. 5 to kick off the  Jindal Young Scholars Program, a new partnership between the school district and the Jindal School. Spearheaded by Dr. Hasan Pirkul, dean and Caruth Chair, the initiative was created to help “Stars Shine Brighter Here” by supporting the academic, social, and emotional development of Dallas ISD high school students and increase their chances of postsecondary success. Five Dallas ISD…