News Briefs

Instead of sitting around watching TV, Joshua Deandra, a student at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School, spent his summer at debate camp, math camp, and an internship at a tech company. WFAA profiled Deandra, who has overcome a bumpy road and now wants to win debate nations, graduate, and attend Harvard University. Click here to read the full story.

On Monday, students will for the first time attend the STEAM Middle School at D.A. Hulcy, which is a student-centered, community-based school that anchors teaching and learning under a science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics model. The school is part of the district’s effort to launch a total of 35 new Choice Schools by the year 2020. The Hub caught up with Jonica Lockwood, principal of STEAM Middle School at D.A. Hulcy, as the school prepares to open its doors. Watch the above video to learn more about what parents and students have to look forward to this year.

On Thursday, The Dallas Morning News profiled the two new choice schools opening in Dallas ISD on Monday, Aug. 24: The IDEA High School at Fannin and Hulcy STEAM Middle School. Click here to read the full article. Photo courtesy of The Dallas Morning News. Learn more about Dallas ISD’s public school choice here.

Schools in the Thomas Jefferson Feeder Pattern have multiple Back to School events on the horizon. Learn more below: