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Representatives from MoneyGram stopped by Dallas ISD’s James Hogg Elementary on Tuesday, May 3, to present a donation that will help provide books to school libraries across the district. The $20,000 donation to First Book was exciting, but students were really pumped about meeting two players from the FC Dallas professional soccer team – midfielder Victor Ulloa and goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez. MoneyGram chairman and CEO Pamela Patsley read the book, “It’s Okay to Be Different” by Todd Parr to students; Ulloa and Gonzalez took turns reading “My Pet Book” by Bob Staake. Then, the players shared some soccer skills with…

Cynthia Izaguirre, a Dallas ISD graduate and co-anchor on WFAA, celebrated National Teacher Appreciation Day by thanking Mr. Woody, who worked as band director when she attended Thomas Jefferson High School. “Mr. Woody fought for his students, he fought for those of us who couldn’t afford uniforms, he fought for the people who couldn’t afford instruments,” Izaguirre said. “Just as much as we respected you, you respected us.” Watch Izaguirre’s full video above.

As part of National Teacher Appreciation Day, “The Real,” a nationally broadcast daytime talk show on Fox, featured Stephanie Dixson, a Dallas ISD kindergarten dual-language teacher at F.P. Caillet Elementary. The TV show’s hosts praised Dixson for being a “high-energy inspiration” for her students. The show then gave Dixson $10,000 from Lakeshore to purchase supplies a for her classroom. Watch the entire segment above.

Do you know a current sixth-grade student looking for a fun introduction to STEM careers? Encourage them to apply to the six week Dallas Texas Prefreshman Engineering Program (TexPREP)! Held June 13 to July 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., TexPREP gives students the opportunity to meet new friends, develop problem solving and critical thinking skills, and connect with professionals and professors from a variety of STEM backgrounds. Most importantly, the program curriculum was designed to increase participant’s potential for careers in these areas. The academic enrichment program is presented over the course of four summers, and each year…