News Briefs

Every Friday during lunchtime, Café 9400 in the Linus D. Wright Administration Building is providing free samples of food being served in cafeterias across the district. Recently, team members sampled Dallas ISD Food and Child Nutrition Services’ (FCNS) cheesy taco pasta recipe.  Dallas ISD employees at the administration building were pleasantly surprised by the taste and quality of foods being served in school cafeterias. Many expressed their excitement, saying they would like to see the same recipes served at Café 9400 for central team members. “It’s comfort food and it’s actually really tasty. I am sure the students love it,”…

Several Dallas ISD students will spend part of the Spring Break competing in the UIL Cross-Examination Debate State Meet at the University of Texas at Austin. By placing first or second in their respective UIL CX Debate District meets, 12 students from Jefferson, Law Magnet, Samuell, Skyline, and TAG high schools will travel to Austin on March 16 to compete in the UIL state competition, one of the largest debate tournaments in the United States. With the topic of Emerging Technologies, the debate teams will argue whether the US government should increase its security cooperation with NATO in the areas…

Sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Kennedy-Curry Middle School experienced a taste of the UniverSoul Circus in their school gymnasium. Thanks to a generous donation from Council Member Tennell Atkins, Kennedy-Curry received a sneak peak of several circus acts. UniverSoul Circus is a highly interactive combination of circus arts, theater, and music. The Circus will pop up their state-of-the art Big Top at Red Bird Mall from March 2 to March 19.  Check out this photo recap:

School libraries are meant to connect students to information, typically through written literature. The team at the School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove (STAG) is enhancing that notion during Black History Month by transforming their library into a pop-up museum. Photos, artifacts, mementos and pieces of history are on display for students to experience during the month of February. Each display depicts an important era in Black history and culture.  The idea for the museum originated from STAG team members who visited the Green Book Exhibition in Irving earlier this year. The visit inspired them to bring…