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The Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program gives Dallas ISD high school juniors and seniors real world experience in a professional field. The Hub is spotlighting some of these Dallas ISD students participating in the program. Today, meet Devany Morales, a student at Hillcrest High School who is an intern with Dallas ISD’s Career Education and Workforce Partnerships. What is your role as an intern? My role as an intern is basically to help out others and learn new things as I go. My role has ranged from creating field trip forms and calendars to simply cleaning out cabinets. What do you hope to accomplish through…

WFAA ran a great story on the Solar Preparatory School for Girls, a single-gender choice school opening this year. The school will be a socioeconomic and racially-diverse school campus, said Mike Koprowski, chief of transformation and innovation. Led by Principal Nancy Bernardino, the campus will open in August to nearly 200 female scholars in grades K-2 and will add one grade level, each year through eighth-grade. Go here for the full story.

About 40 interns from Protiviti, a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For award-winner, spent a recent afternoon painting walls at George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary School. Protiviti has plans to return to support the campus in reading activities this school year.

The Mayor’s Intern Fellows Program gives Dallas ISD high school juniors and seniors real world experience in a professional field. The Hub is spotlighting some of these Dallas ISD students participating in the program. Today, meet Taylor Griffin, a student at Skyline High School who is an intern with Dallas ISD’s Summer Learning and Extended Day Service Department. What is your role as an intern? To provide a helping hand to the summer learning and extended day services program. What do you hope to accomplish through the internship? I want to know more about the business environment and whether it’s for…