News Briefs

As part of World Sight Day, more than 400 students from Dallas ISD and Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD received free eye exams and glasses from Essilor Vision Foundation. The participating students had been pre-screened by their nurse for poor vision. The Dallas Morning News has the full story here. Photo courtesy Dallas Morning News. 

The Dallas Morning News recently visited Dallas ISD’s Victor H. Hexter Elementary School to find out what students think about the U.S. presidential race. Watch the video here.

At their October meeting, members of the Dallas ISD Teen School Board elected officers for the 2016-2017 year. The officers are: Alex Poscente, President, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Ontario Brown, Vice President, Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy Glenda Meyer, Secretary, Moisés E. Molina High School Kyra Ughulu, Service Project Chairperson, Seagoville High School The Teen Board is a student advisory group comprising the presidents of each high school’s junior and senior classes. The students meet monthly to discuss the issues and concerns of their schoolmates and present them to the superintendent and trustees.…

Several assistant principals and campus instructional coaches from Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) schools met at Annie Webb Blanton Elementary to hold the first Transformation Academy. The purpose of the gathering was to study best practices in teaching and learning and to observe Master Principals. “Our goal is to empower assistant principals and principals to learn from transformational leaders so they can continue to carry forth the work and have great results for students,” said Jolee Healey, Executive Director of ACE schools. Dallas ISD launched the ACE Plan, which stands for Accelerating Campus Excellence, as a way to provide strong leadership, effective teaching and…