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Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson was a special guest speaker for the Class of 2016 at Dallas ISD’s W.W. Samuell High School. The Dallas Weekly has the full story on Johnson’s appearance here.

More than 250 students from J.L. Long Middle School tonight will provide an in-depth look at an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School education. The program will feature a fine arts presentation, followed by the option for parents to choose two showcases to attend from the school’s core subjects. Students have been hard at work preparing the showcases and getting ready to show off their great projects to the community, according to school leaders. “As our school continues to find a way to align district, state and IB MYP requirements, we have designed this event to bring our stakeholders into the school to experience,…

From playing on the basketball court at Bryan Adams High School to negotiating world title fights, Adrian Clark, Class of 2004, has found his niche inside the world of professional boxing. This young entrepreneur wasted no time jabbing his way to a successful career as a sports agent, and today, he has scored fights on HBO, Showtime, Fox Sports, ESPN and NBC Sports. AlumNow, The Hub feature that profiles Dallas ISD alumni, caught up with Clark just days before his February 27 book signing at Barnes and Nobles to promote A Guide for Young Entrepreneurs, the book he recently authored.…

African Americans have had immeasurable impact and contributed to the quality, progress and access of education to all races and creeds within the Dallas Independent School District and community. Read about some of our schools’ namesakes and their historical contributions to Dallas ISD. Paul L. Dunbar: Having served as his high school’s newspaper editor and writer of the school song, Paul Lawrence Dunbar was his school’s only African American in his graduating class. A published poet of two major collections, Dunbar was also an acclaimed “poet laureate” of the African-American race prior to his death.