News Briefs

The Dallas ISD Teen School Board has elected officers for the 2015-2016 school year. They are: Maya Farr-Henderson, president, School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center; Harris Miers, vice president, W.T. White High School; Lili Vi, secretary, Thomas Jefferson High School; and Alexa Sanchez, service project chairperson, Moises E. Molina High School. The young leadership group is a student advisory board that meets monthly to discuss issues impacting students and is comprised of the senior and junior class presidents from each Dallas ISD high school. The Teen Board gives students a voice in leadership decisions…

The Dallas Morning News reports how the Pentagon opening up all roles in the military to qualified women has encouraged students such as Yorleni Saravia, an eighth-grader at Marsh Preparatory Academy and leader for the school’s Leadership Cadet Corps. Click here to read the full story.

Members of the public and district employees were invited to provide input on some of the elements of Dallas ISD’s 2016-2017 school calendar. Through the calendar survey, the public and district employees weighed in on the winter break, bad weather make up days, and early release days. District administration incorporated the feedback from the more than 7,600 responders when creating the proposed calendar for next school year. The calendar survey results included: 52.99 percent of responders voted in favor of holding Winter Break from Dec. 23–Jan. 6; the other 47.01 percent of responders voted in favor of holding Winter Break…

The Seagoville High School Debate Team rose to the top of the heap in the junior varsity division of the Fall City Championships sponsored by the Dallas Urban Debate Alliance (DUDA). This marks the second fall championship title for the school, which competed in its first DUDA competition last year where they captured the top spot in the novice division. This year’s winning team includes Gisselt Estrada and Brandon Mather. They are coached by teachers Mark Harrington and Matthew Frost. Other winners include: Novice division co-champions – Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center (teammates:…