News Briefs

Students and staff at Ebby Halliday Elementary School dressed as their favorite storybook characters on Friday, Oct. 28, for the school’s “Book-A-Con” event. Business and community volunteers visited the school to read to students, from the Dallas Police Department, Dallas Public Library, Ebby Halliday Realty and more.

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…