News Briefs

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.

Spend the next 149 seconds catching up on many of the great things that happened across the district this week! Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more. Blast from the past Students who were eighth-graders at Quintinilla Middle School in 2007 returned to the school to pick up and read letters they wrote to themselves 10 years ago. Some students cried; some students laughed; and many students did both. (Watch a video) Heartbeat of a campus National School Nurse Day was Wednesday, and it was an opportunity to thank the Dallas ISD nurses on the front lines of student health. (Learn…

Dallas ISD students in grades 7–10 are invited to register for a free summer PSAT prep class this summer. All sessions will be held Tuesday–Thursday from 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Students can register here. The sessions are scheduled for: Session A: July 11 – 13, 2017 and July 18 – 20, 2017: Emmett J. Conrad High School Moises E. Molina High School Spruce High School Session B: July 25 – 27, 2017 and August 1 – 3, 2017: Bryan Adams High School Justin F. Kimball High School Skyline High School

Four Dallas ISD seniors are winners in the Dallas Reads College Essay Contest, earning them each a $250 gift card to Target. The students are: Brent Martinez from Skyline High School Lauryn King from Skyline High School Leah Davis from Booker T. Washington HSPVA Frances Garnett from Booker T. Washington HSPVA The contest was open to all 12th-graders districtwide. Students could choose a prompt from either the Common Application or Apply Texas and write an essay. Go here to learn more about Dallas Reads.