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Schools all across Dallas ISD got into the holiday spirit this week thanks to generous donations from community partners. From a music legend donating coats to homeless students to “Santa’s Elves” beautifying a school, it was a week packed with heartwarming news. Watch this video, or read below, to catch up on everything that happened. ACE surprise More than 300 teachers and staff at the seven Dallas ISD ACE schools were surprised with $400 gift cards to Target. (Learn more) College field trip Fifth-graders from Preston Hollow Elementary got a close-up look at college thanks to a field trip to…

Dallas ISD Trustee Joyce Foreman joined 34 other school board members from across Texas Nov. 17-19 at the second session of the Leadership TASB class of 2017. Selected by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), the group is participating in a yearlong education leadership study program. These trustees represent school districts of all sizes, with student populations of 1,000 to 159,000, and reflect a similar range of property wealth. Participants who complete all required elements of the study will graduate next year by earning Master Trustee status. This is the highest designation recognized by TASB. Meeting in San Antonio, the…

The Lost Souls Rugby Football Club made a generous toy donation to Adelfa Botello Callejo Elementary on Tuesday. “It brought us great joy to see the smile on each kid’s face,” the rugby club wrote on its Facebook page. “We are truly happy and blessed to know these kids will not go without a gift this holiday season.” Callejo Elementary Principal Sandra Fernandez said parents had expressed a need for holiday toy assistance. “This was a true blessing for our kids,” Fernandez said. “The kids are going to be so excited to receive a new toy.”

Some 75 parents, students, community members and district staff recently attended a second community meeting devoted to construction improvements for David W. Carter High School. The project architect displayed drawings and walked the audience through an expanded plan of improvements that included several features beyond the originally proposed scope of work. The revised plan includes a total facility roof upgrade, new windows throughout the school, renovated science labs, a new school entry with expanded administrative offices, and upgrades to the auditorium and fine arts spaces. The expanded scope also calls for new landscaping at the front entrance of the building and…