News Briefs

A Design Your World event for 4th- and 5th-grade girls was conducted Saturday, March 28, at Zan Wesley Holmes Jr. Middle School. The event was coordinated by the Dallas chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, SMU and the Dallas ISD STEM Department. Hands-on activities featured demonstrations of mechanical energy, computer science, biomedical, chemical engineering, aerospace and electrical engineering.

For its “Class Act of the Week,” CW33 selected Jamie Lerman, a junior at Booker T. Washington High School, whose design will be featured on gift wrap packages in this year’s Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. The Christmas Book will be sent to more than 250,000 people. To view the CW33 report, click here

To celebrate that they are ready for the STAAR exams that begin today, students and staff at Martha Turner Reilly Elementary put together a fun “Pass the Test” music video last week. The music video is a take off on the song “Shake it Off” by Taylor Swift. Martha Turner Reilly Elementary is located at 11230 Lippitt Ave. Enjoy the music video above!

The Dallas ISD Board of Trustees honored accomplishments of students and staff at its regular meeting on March 26, 2015. • Seagoville High School’s Academic Decathlon team took first place in the Region XII Medium School Division Academic Decathlon Competition and represented Dallas ISD at the state competition earlier this year in San Antonio. • The School of Science and Engineering’s Academic Decathlon team took first place in the Region XII Large School Division Academic Decathlon Competition and represented Dallas ISD at the state competition earlier this year in San Antonio. • Skyline High School’s Mock Trial team won first place in the 36th…