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WFAA 8 profiled the changes happening at Zumwalt Middle School as part of the Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) initiative, which aims to boost student achievement by staffing identified schools with high-performing principals and teachers. The WFAA report talks with the high-performing teachers about the challenges and victories they have seen so far at the school. Click here to view the full story.

The small circular table appears like an island in a sea of books and literary materials in the library at Sarah Zumwalt Middle School. Its purpose is simple: to honor those who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom. As part of Veterans Day, librarian Amy Tucker dressed the table formally amidst the other unadorned study tables in the library. Each aspect of the table, traditionally dubbed “America’s White Table” or “The Missing Man’s Table” in similar celebrations across the nation, represents a specific purpose. “It represents a seat at the table for the soldiers who have fallen, POWs or…

Community Partners from the Dallas Fire Department (Asst. Chief Fernando Gray), The Senior Source and the 5th District Court came and read to Pre-K, Kinder and first-grade classes at Cesar Chavez Learning Center. Look below to enjoy photos from the event.

A special program created by a 17-year-old student has dozens of Dallas ISD students learning how to make their own video games. NBC DFW has the story here.