News Briefs

Students from Wilmer-Hutchins, Lincoln, James Madison, and Franklin D. Roosevelt were given the opportunity to learn first-hand about Florida A&M University’s academic and extracurricular offerings through the FAMU: Next Generation Connect with Dallas ISD Day. Dallas ISD Trustee Lew Blackburn and the Dallas/Fort Worth FAMU Alumni Association hosted the event. This information session was a way of bringing the college experience to the high school level. FAMU faculty and alumni were available to provide students with information about academic qualifications for admission, prerequisites for academic programs, and professional career paths. Armed with such knowledge, students will be able to make…

The Dallas ISD Office of Racial Equity has been established to eliminate inequitable practices that inherently negatively impact student achievement. The goal of this office is the management, execution and facilitation of the programmatic ideology expressed in the Board of Trustees approved Racial, Socio-Economic and Educational Equity Resolution. Dallas ISD Office of Racial Equity hosted its inaugural meeting with School Leadership, which included Executive Directors, Principals, Instructional Coaches and Academic Facilitators. The goal of the meeting included the following: Provide opportunities for school leaders to offer input regarding goals of the Office of Racial Equity Begin the collaborative process of…

Nelly Carreño, a meteorologist for Univision 23 Dallas, visited Jose “Joe” May Elementary School on Tuesday, April 24, to encourage students to make small changes in their lives to help the environment. The visit was part of Univision’s “Vive Verde” initiative, or “Live Green.” Some of those small changes, Carreño said, could be turning off the faucet while brushing teeth and recycling. She also answered students’ questions about weather-related phenomena, from blizzards and rainstorms to tsunamis and earthquakes. After her presentation, students helped plant a tree near the school’s new playground.

Pro football player Brandon Carr and children’s author Michelle Staubach Grimes visited Dallas ISD’s Clara Oliver Elementary School on Wednesday, April 18. The two read to second- and third-graders in the school’s reading program, as well as helped honor the late Barbara Bush. Grimes donated autographed copies of her books, “Where is Pidge?” and “Pidge Takes the Stage” to the school. Clara Oliver Elementary and South Oak Cliff High School are matched in the Carr Cares Foundation/Barbara Bush Foundation Teen Trendsetters reading mentoring program. The foundation created by Carr, a former Dallas Cowboys player, has benefitted several Dallas ISD schools.…