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Dallas ISD is seeking great employees to fill custodial and cafeteria staff jobs for the 2016-2017 school year. A Job Fair will be conducted 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at Emmett J. Conrad High School to interview applicants. Those interested must bring a copy of their resumes and job history, as well as a state-issued photo ID. Jobs will be offered on the spot at the fair. To reduce wait time for interviews, applicants may complete an online application before the close of business on June 3. To apply, visit the Dallas ISD Careers page and click on “Non-Instructional.” Round-trip…

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts held a book dedication ceremony on Thursday in honor of the nearly 3,000 books donated by KPMG LLP accounting firm for their library. KPMG LLC provides audit, tax and advisory services. KPMG LLP employs more than 29,000 people across the country and approximately 1,700 people in Dallas.

As an alumnus of the Science and Engineering Magnet at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, Clinton Blackburn, Class of 2004, found himself with an advantage over some of his peers at MIT thanks to SEM’s tremendous effort to prepare and challenge students to excel. Today, Blackburn is a senior software engineer at edX/MIT who’s not afraid of new adventures as is evident when he’s involved in a favorite, yet daring, pastime. AlumNow, The Hub feature that profiles district alumni, connected with Blackburn who shared advice for students to push themselves beyond their comfort zones and embrace new adventures. What…

Sarah Strother not only made a mark among her peers, by graduating at the top of her class over the weekend, but she also completed a trend her brothers started in 2012. On Saturday, May 28, she was the the last of three siblings to graduate from W.T. White High School, each named valedictorian of their class. The Dallas Morning News recently caught up with Strother and her family on how this tradition became one. An excerpt from that article reads: “I was kind of thinking that Luke could be one, John could be two and I could be three,” she said…