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The Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce named Skyline High School Principal Dr. Janice Lombardi as its 2017 Principal of the Year. The Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce is a business organization that promotes, through its membership, growth and business development, civic responsibility, and community involvement and support. Go here to learn more about the organization.

Dallas ISD Trustee Joyce Foreman was among a group of school board members gathering in McAllen April 19–22 to continue learning the latest on 21st century challenges to leadership and the implications of those trends for educators. Session theme for this, the fourth of five training sessions of Leadership TASB (LTASB), was “Where Leadership Happens at the Wall.” Trustees began activities Thursday with a visit to Hidalgo ISD, including a tour of the district’s Early College High School. The day concluded with a tour and dinner at the Museum of South Texas History. Friday’s session focused on campus tours at…

A total of 102 graduating Dallas ISD seniors at Fair Park-area schools were awarded the State Fair of Texas Pete Schenkel Scholarship. More than $1.3 million in new scholarships were awarded to those students in the State Fair of Texas Youth Scholarship Program. along with 115 Youth Livestock Scholarship recipients from around Texas. The Dallas ISD winners are: • Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School: Nailah Blair, Alexandra Castillo, Lidia Engdaw, Sandra Escorza, Julissa Espinoza-Reyes, Z’Kijah Fleming, Destiny Jimenez, Victoria Lopez Hernandez, Brianda Macias Aguilar, Paola Martinez Lopez, Ariana Quirino, Michelle Ramirez, Leslie Ramos Hernandez, Gina Rattanakone, Melanie Rivera, Erika Sarmiento,…

Students and staff at Dallas ISD’s J.J. Rhoads Learning Center wrapped up the week on Friday, May 12, with a Career Day that had an outdoor component and also presenters in third- through fifth-grade classrooms. Outside, Dallas Police and Dallas Fire-Rescue brought vehicles for students to see and explore. Indoors, presenters from the U.S. Army, Dallas World Aquarium and many others talked about how they got into their careers and what it takes to be successful at their jobs.