News Briefs

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and this week is a great time to reinforce the GO, SLOW, WHOA message.  Have you embraced this message at home? Remember, CATCH Eat Right and Be Active! Each week the Dallas ISD Coordinated School Health initiative reminds you to check in for recipes, hints to being active and how your family can make small changes at home. This week’s tip is an easy one, get out and play! Keep moving for 60 minutes a day. Go for a run, play with friends or ride your bike! It’s that easy. Looking for more ways to help…

For today’s Throwback Thursday feature, we are taking you back down memory lane with one of our DallasISD alumni, Courtney Thomas. She is a proud graduate of the Bryan Adams High School, Class of 1984. She also attended George W. Truett Elementary School and W.H. Gaston Middle School. Her Dallas ISD pride is true because now, just 30 years later, she currently serves as a Dallas ISD principal at Thelma Richardson Elementary. Beyond the academic side of things, Principal Thomas was truly a social butterfly. As a student, she loved the social aspect of school because she met some of…

Josh Derrough-Harvey, a senior at W.H. Adamson High School was named Sports Illustrated’s High School Athlete of the Month presented by the U.S. Marine Corps. This year, Derrough-Harvey faced adversities many teens his age would never have to face. He along with his fellow teammates took pledges from men in the community, to help stop domestic violence, garnered national attention. For his efforts off the field, the national sports magazine sat down with the running back to learn about why he chose to push past the challenges in his personal life. Derrough-Harvey’s story was received by various media outlets, who wanted to capture a…