News Briefs

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) launches October 1, 2017 for high school seniors. National and local reports show that students who complete the FAFSA are more likely to attend college, and the sooner they complete the application the better their chances are for receiving all eligible aid. To help build momentum around the FAFSA launch date, the district’s college access partners and high school counselors will wear green FAFSA T-shirts on Friday, Sept. 29. Students and parents can turn to these campus staff members for assistance with financial aid applications for college. There are several myths about…

Woodrow Wilson High School student Mary Holt and Amari DeFrance, a student at the Seagoville Pathways to Technology Early College High School, appeared on Good Day Texas to talk about their accomplishments as entrepreneurs. The students will compete in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship National Business Competition in October in New York City. Go here to see the full story!

Two chess clubs at Dallas ISD elementary schools are having winning ways under the direction of coach Yolanda Peña at Louise Wolff Kahn and Arcadia Park. In April, both clubs competed in the UIL chess puzzle competition. The Kahn fifth-graders took first and second place, and fourth-graders placed third and fourth. Third-graders, who were new to chess club last year, placed first, second and third. Arcadia Park’s fifth-graders placed fourth and second. A chess puzzle requires players to know the chess pieces and rules to solve chess-related problems, often finding the very best move or series of moves as a…

The STEM Department partnered with Ten80 Education to provide an opportunity for eight schools to participate in the STEM Innovators-in-Training Experience. Hands-on workshops included work with model race cars, coding, gaming and flying/powering paper airplanes, among other experiences. After the event, participants can submit entries into challenges ranging rom game concepts to an innovative business pitch to earn cash prizes to further project development. District schools participating included David W. Carter High School, Hillcrest High School, Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, James Madison High School, Justin F. Kimball High School, Lincoln High School Collegiate Academy, Skyline High School and…