News Briefs

Thomas Jefferson High School will host the second Prep U Super Saturday event of the 2016-2017 school year on September 17 from 9 a.m–noon. Parents from throughout the Thomas Jefferson High School feeder pattern are encouraged to come out and take advantage of the available free resources. Prep U events are presented by the Dallas ISD Office of Family and Community Engagement, and are designed to help parents by providing a free, “one-stop-shop” where community organizations offer strategies and resources to support children academically, emotionally and socially. The event will include Dallas City Hall on the Go and over 40…

Dallas ISD Board of Trustees Vice President Edwin Flores is hosting a District 1 community forum at W.T. White High School. The community forum will be Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

NBC 5 has the story on how donorschoose.org is connecting teachers with donors who want to help. The story, which you can watch here, focuses on an eighth-grade A.V.I.D. classroom at W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy. A.V.I.D., which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a college readiness program that helps accelerate student learning. “What I like about this class is that it prepares me for college and it really shows me about leadership,” said Sierra Lauera, a student in the A.V.I.D. class Mrs. Hatcher, the A.V.I.D. teacher, is using donorschoose.org to help get supplies for her classroom. Go here…

Delaney Shiu, a student at Hillcrest High School and editor of the Hillcrest Hurricane, the school’s student-run newspaper, wrote this article. For the past eight years at Hillcrest High School, the senior class has participated in a tradition known as senior retreat, two days where seniors don’t go to classes and participate in a number of amusing activities. The activities vary but this year, the days consisted of community service, listening to speakers, swimming, and attending various breakout sessions designed to help students prepare for life after graduation. The first day of the retreat, Aug. 24, students boarded buses and…