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Editor’s note: During the Thanksgiving holiday, The Hub will take a look back at some of the best and most popular stories from our first semester. This story was originally published on Oct. 9, 2014. The Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School welcomed veteran anchor John Seigenthaler and Executive Producer Mary Caraccioli of the network Al Jazeera America on Oct.2 as part of its Speakers Forum series. The forum features professionals and community leaders who inform and expose students to new ideas and perspectives to broaden their understanding of the world. Seigenthaler and Caraccioli shared their views on journalism and helped the students understand…

This video is courtesy of KERA As principal of Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, Nakia Douglas doesn’t just focus on academics. “What we really look at in success is how our students are becoming better sons, better siblings, what type of stewards they are to the community,” he says. This special is part of KERA’s American Graduate Initiative.

Today’s Dallas ISD interesting personality for Throwback Thursday is Laura Santos, Executive Administrative Assistant in the Chief of Staff Office. She has been employed by Dallas ISD since 2006 and is a proud graduate of Dallas ISD, having attended Jefferson Davis Elementary (now Barbara Jordan), Atwell Middle, and Skyline High. She enjoys hiking and time with her family. Character traits she most admires in people are determination, sincerity and devotion. Ice cream and cereal are her faves, but cookies, cakes, pies and muffins are serious contenders. Laura doesn’t like to start out her day with wrinkles – ironing is an…

Schools are generally named for people who have attained prominence locally or nationally in the fields of education, science, art, statesmanship, political science, or the military; who were early pioneers of Dallas or Texas; or who were outstanding U.S. presidents. Nathan Adams Elementary (built in 1969) was named for an innovative banker who was an early leader of the First National Bank of Dallas (now part of Bank of America). He was also an innovator in the field of oil and gas financing