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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…

Update: The Dallas ISD Homeless Education program released the following statement in appreciation of those who donated: ” The Dallas ISD Homeless Education Program would like to thank everyone who donated to our program and those who helped coordinate the receipt of the donations. We received numerous items that included blankets, sleeping bags, pillows, socks, coats, uniforms, school supplies, and much more. We appreciate everyone’s support in ensuring that our homeless students and their families were taken care of this holiday.” Dallas ISD is collecting holiday donations to give to the district’s homeless students and their families. The Dallas ISD…

Congratulations to Dallas ISD Police Department Sergeants Tammy Jamerson and Lawrence Strange for graduating from the University of North Texas Caruth Police Institute today. Assistant Police Chief Jason Rodriguez and the Leadership Dallas Class of 2017 made a video from Dallas City Hall congratulating their accomplishment. The CPI is a four-week leadership development program for Dallas ISD Police and Dallas Police supervisors, providing extensive training for new law enforcement leaders.