News Briefs

Trustee Joyce Foreman represents District 6, which includes Southwest Dallas. Trustee Foreman says teachers and community coming together is a recipe for helping students soar. Below is an excerpt from her monthly column which appears in the North Dallas Gazette in which she shares success in her district schools.  Let’s keep this momentum rolling! As with any new beginning, the 2017-2018 school year offered a chance to reset and renew as we continue our efforts to do what’s best for children. This year is particularly exciting for me because of all the great accomplishments District 6 experienced last year. As…

Seagoville Middle School students have a much better shot of staying healthy after Albertsons recently donated and administered more than 100 flu vaccines at the campus. “With the current flu epidemic, it’s great having one of our most dedicated partners, Albertsons, step up to the plate to offer protection to the students of Seagoville Middle School,” said Tom Hayden of the Dallas ISD Strategic Initiatives and External Relations Partnership Office. Albertsons has previously helped Dallas ISD students by being a part of the Pat & Emmitt Smith Charities Back to School event. Albertsons and Tom Thumb spokesperson Connie Yates said the…

Recognition for outstanding teachers and students was just one highlight this week. Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more! Teachers of the year Three outstanding educators were named the Dallas ISD Teachers of the Year at a special reception on Wednesday (learn more). The next day, those teachers were presented with cake and balloons in their classrooms (see photos). They have a dream Withers Elementary School fourth-grader Wesley Stoker took the top honors in the 26th Annual Gardere MLK Oratory Competition. Eight finalists competed at Adamson High School (learn more). We’re Lovin’ It Lincoln High School Girls Basketball…

Students in Emmett J. Conrad High School’s NAF Academy of Finance aren’t simply studying money in an abstract way. Instead, they are learning practical ways to earn, manage and save money. That’s especially important as many Conrad students help contribute to their families’ incomes. Read and listen to a great story from KERA on the academy and its students. The NAF Academy of Finance is just one of many Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in Dallas ISD that teach students real-world skills in a variety of disciplines that they can carry with them into careers and life after school.