News Briefs

Greenville Avenue Area Business Association (GAABA) merchants this week presented $15,000 in scholarships to nine seniors from North Dallas, Conrad and Woodrow Wilson high schools. Former GAABA president Jorge Levy, owner of Desperado’s Restaurant on Greenville Avenue, spoke proudly of the association’s decision seven years ago to fund student scholarships with proceeds from its two annual fundraisers. “To me, education is very, very important,” Levy said. “I barely finished high school, but because of economic problems, I couldn’t continue. One of the most important things in life is education. I suggested supporting it when I was association president, and here we…

The Dallas Morning News recently featured an article on a new art piece that Skyline High School Jose Beltrán helped to create. Read about how the art design connects their community and draws from history here.

Melisa Simon, a senior at W.W. Samuell High School shares her story on how she’s making plans to be Dallas ISD’s youngest teacher by August 2017. Simon recently received her associate’s degree through the Early College High School program and partnership with the Dallas Count Community College District at Eastfield College. She will join the rest of her senior class at Samuell for graduation on June 2. Read her incredible journey as a Dallas ISD Proud student and soon-to-be teacher here.

Taught at a young age that his name was his most valuable asset, Aubrey Hooper, a 2001 Law Magnet (better known today as the Judge Barefoot Sanders Magnet Center) alum, has set out to live a life of service to others and build a reputation as a citizen leader who walks with integrity, putting himself on the line to make a difference. Today, Hooper serves as vice president of the DeSoto ISD Board of Trustees where he has been a member since 2011. He has spent much of his time working in the community, spearheading the development of national leadership…