News Briefs

Greg Fields, weather anchor for WFAA-TV’s Daybreak News, visited with students at Anne Frank Elementary School last week. Fields talked about his job and answered students’ enthusiastic questions about the weather!

The annual Dallas Veterans Day Parade featured JROTC units, marching bands, drill teams and cheerleaders from several Dallas ISD schools as the city honored the service of U.S. military veterans on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Watch the photo slideshow above to get a glimpse of the festivities.

From recognizing top teachers to honoring the hundreds of veterans in the district, it was another great, busy week in Dallas ISD. Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more! District Teachers of the Year Dallas ISD named the three 2016 Teachers of the Year at a celebration on Thursday. (See the teachers) Campus Teachers of the Year Meanwhile, each Dallas ISD school named its own Campus Teacher of the Year based on excellence in and out of the classroom. (Learn more) Day of the Dead Blanton Elementary hosted a Day of the Dead celebration to bring families…

Dallas ISD’s bi-district playoffs kick off tonight! The schedule is below:   DAY DATE CLASS HOME AWAY SITE TIME Thursday 11/10 5A-II Seagoville South Oak Cliff Seagoville Stadium 7:30pm Thursday 11/10 5A-I Bryan Adams Spruce Forester Field 7:30pm Thursday 11/10 5A-II Kimball Woodrow Wilson Kincaide Stadium 7:30pm Thursday 11/10 4A-II Lincoln Melissa Mesquite Memorial 7:00pm Thursday 11/10 3A-I Whitesboro Madison Little Elm 7:30pm   Friday 11/11 6A-I Garland Sachse Skyline Williams Stadium 7:00pm Friday 11/11 5A-I Samuell Molina Pleasant Grove 7:30pm Friday 11/11 4A-I Wilmer-Hutchins Kennedale Cedar Hill 7:30pm