News Briefs

Culinary students at Thomas Jefferson High School competed in a recipe demo on Oct. 25. The winner gets to have their recipe published in a Medical City Children’s Hospital kid-friendly recipe book that will go out to more than 300,000 elementary students in January. Learn more in the above video!

Kiest Elementary hosted a community garden and school spruce up on Oct. 22. The school was awarded a Lowe’s Toolbox for Education Grant for $2,000 to implement its Birds, Butterflies, Bees and Trees Garden. Teachers, students and volunteers installed a butterfly-shaped garden addition to the existing vegetable garden. The butterfly garden will grow plants that attract butterflies. Volunteers also planted trees, shrubs, and other plants that enhance the ecosystems to sustain butterflies, birds, and bees. Volunteers sowed wildflower seeds and prepped the vegetable garden beds. They will install five birdfeeders and birdhouses at a later date. The community came together…

As part of Character Counts week, teachers at H.I. Holland Elementary School at Lisbon shared with students why they come to work every day. Watch the above video to find out what they said!

Career certifications skyrocketing, a donation to help fund school field trips, and a Cowboys player serving as a Principal for a Day were among this week’s highlights. Watch the above video, or read below, to learn more! Career certifications skyrocket Recently released data shows that the number of career certifications received by Dallas ISD students through the CTE program has increased by more than 3,500 percent since 2009-2010. (Learn more) Eagle Scout project beautifies Franklin Middle Gio, an eighth-grader at Franklin Middle School, used his Eagle Scout Project to paint and beautify parts of his school. (Read this) Outdoor garden and…