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Dallas ISD every day works with and helps students who are homeless. NBC DFW reports how despite the struggles the students face outside the classroom, many are excelling in it. Click here to read view the full report.

Dallas ISD Goes To College Week, which is happening Nov. 16–20, is part of a district effort to motivate all seniors to apply to at least one college. With the push to have seniors apply to college, it’s important to note that qualifying students can have their college application fee waived if they meet certain criteria. Each college has its own college application fee waiver, so it’s important for a student to check with the college they are applying to learn more. The most commonly accepted fee waivers are the College Board, ACT and NACAC waivers. Each fee waiver has…

Skyline High School alum Levatta Dean Levels (1982) knows firsthand the power of great teachers who invest in their students’ lives, pushing them to excel and expecting them to achieve. Levels, assistant superintendent at the DeSoto Independent School District, recalls caring teachers who helped give her the tools needed to succeed and a school that prepared her for a world of diversity. AlumNow, the Hub feature that profiles Dallas ISD alumni, checked in with Levels for an update. What are you doing now? [I am] Assistant Superintendent for DeSoto Independent School District. Briefly list a few of your career and/or…

The ravanhattha, an instrument played by the bhopas of Rajasthan as they sing and tell the stories of a deity, is best classified as a/an: Idiophone Membranophone Aerophone Electrophone Chordophone That was just one of many questions posed to high school students from 24 district campuses as they competed in the Super Quiz at the Dallas ISD District Academic Decathlon competition on Nov. 14 at Seagoville High School. The theme focused on India, with students engaged in friendly competition testing their knowledge in music, art, economics, math, language arts, science and social science. Schools competed in three divisions—small, medium or…