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Fifth-graders from Preston Hollow Elementary School got an up-close look at college thanks to a field trip to Texas A&M University in College Station. The field trip was part of the school’s effort to ensure every student is college and career ready. “We thought it would be a great idea to take our students to a dynamic college campus so that they could begin looking at their options for college and career,” said Rhiannon Vejar, a counselor at Preston Hollow Elementary. “The students had a great time and got a lot out of the visit.”

Congratulations to our outstanding Dallas ISD Principals of the Year who were recognized and honored this morning! Today’s celebration brings to a close an especially busy week, which started with representatives from all schools participating in the Discover Dallas ISD Fair. Watch the above video, or read below, to catch up on all the great Dallas ISD news from this week. Principals of the Year These campus leaders were named today as the Dallas ISD Principals of the Year. Also, the 12 Principal of the Year finalists were honored for their incredible work. (Learn more) Discovering Dallas ISD Representatives from all 228 schools…

Elementary students from all across the Dallas Independent School District converged at Adamson High to compete in the Fall UIL A+ Academic Competition on Saturday, Dec. 3. With 95 schools in attendance, more than 1,700 students in third-, fourth- and fifth-grades competed in nine UIL academic competitions: Ready Writing; Maps, Graphs & Charts; Dictionary Skills, Number Sense; Storytelling; Spelling; Chess; Social Studies; and Listening. Sponsored by the Dallas ISD Student Activities Department, the schools were divided into seven groups to accommodate the large number of students vying to rank in the top 10 places of each event. “The incredible number of…

Dallas ISD schools will have early release days in December, with a shorter day on Dec. 22 for elementary schools and shorter days Dec. 20-22 for secondary schools. The ending times for the those days are listed below. Elementary schools and vanguards, 11:55 a.m. Exceptions: Rosemont Primary, 12:15 p.m.; Solar Prep, 12:15 p.m. Middle schools, academies and Montessori, 12:35 p.m. Exceptions: Hulcy STEAM, 12:10 p.m.; Obama, 12 p.m. High schools, magnets and early colleges, 1:15 p.m. Exceptions: Bryan Adams, 1 p.m.; Garza ECHS, 1 p.m.; Gilliam, 12 p.m.; Patton, 1 p.m.; A. Maceo Smith, 1:15 p.m.; IDEA, 12 p.m.; Woodrow…