News Briefs

Spend the next 109 seconds catching up on many of the great things that happened across the district this week! Watch this video, or read below, to learn more. Pinning ceremony A pinning ceremony recognized the 36 students in the Samuell Early College High School program who are graduating high school with an associate degree. (Learn more) Going for Gold Dallas ISD competed in the 2017 UIL State Track and Field Championships and ran away with 28 medals. (Learn more) Shark Tank contestant visits Donald Elementary Shark Tank contestant Doug Marshall, who now runs a multi-million-dollar business, visited L.O. Donald Elementary School to challenge…

On May 18,  Edwin J. Kiest Elementary hosted their first-ever College, Career and Health Fair. More than 30 vendors attended, ranging from colleges, hospitals and various careers.  The event was a huge success by allowing students to visit each table with their families in hopes of sparking the conversation at home about the students’ future.  The event was organized by school counselor Keich Willis, nurse Adrian Johnson, and teacher assistant Celeste Ruiz.

The MoneyGram Foundation and the nonprofit First Book teamed up to award Dallas ISD schools with a $25,5000 grant to purchase culturally relevant books to improve reading programs for schools. John F. Peeler Elementary School celebrated the grant with an interactive reading event that included appearances from FC Dallas soccer players, a futbolero performance, and a book reading by MoneyGram chairman Pam Patsley. Peeler Elementary will receive $3,500 from the grant to go toward the library. “This unique partnership between Money Gram, First Books, FC Dallas and the Dallas ISD is a perfect example of Business, Education, and Professional Sports…

Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Brice Butler kicked off his Summer Reading Challenge this week by challenging students at Dallas ISD’s David G. Burnet Elementary School to read. The Reading Challenge, presented by the Rashad Jennings Foundation, serves more than 20,000 students across the country by partnering with NFL players who serve as Reading Challenge Ambassadors from all 32 NFL teams. In the challenge, students will read as many books as they can during summer break and answer reading comprehension questions. Each time a student reads a book and demonstrates an understanding of the text, they are entered into a drawing…