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Is your school librarian doing amazing things to encourage literacy and a love of reading and learning through books, audio, digital and print resources? D Magazine needs your help in naming the Dallas School Librarian of the Year.   Do you know a librarian in Dallas Independent School District who: Advocates for literacy by helping people learn to read and encouraging everyone to find a good book? Increases access to digital and print information, as well as audio, because knowledge empowers? Enhances the library experience through innovative projects, service and ideas? Expands the role of the library in the community,…

Dallas ISD students love to read and want you to know it. #WhatAreYouReading, a district-wide reading campaign, features students and the current books they are reading. But we want to know, #WhatAreYouReading? Share with us by using the hashtag on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Six Dallas ISD teams have advanced to the state University Interscholastic League (UIL) Cross-Examination Debate Competition after emerging victorious in district-level competition on Jan. 22, at the Hulcy campus. The UIL Cross-Examination Debate State Competition is March 20-21 at The University of Texas in Austin. The advancing schools and their respective districts are listed below: UIL District 11-5A Woodrow Wilson High School: First and second place UIL District 13-5A Samuell High School: First place Seagoville High School: Second place UIL District 11-4A Pinkston High School: First place Roosevelt High School: Second place The UIL Cross-Examination Debate District Competition for 6A…

Students from the School of Science and Engineering at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center fought to a third-place finish in the Metroplex Mathematics Contest on Jan. 17.  Approximately 18 students from the School of Science and Engineering, or SEM, competed against students from six other public or private schools in Dallas. This was the second year SEM students competed in the contest. Students competed in tests ranging from geometry to calculus. If students had not completed the course, they participated in the closed division contest for that subject. Otherwise, students competed in the open division for a given subject.…