News Briefs

More than 2,200 students and their parents attended the 2019 Dallas ISD Districtwide College Fair on Sept. 19 to learn about opportunities available after high school graduation. Hundreds of representatives from colleges across the country met face-to-face with students about potential opportunities at their campuses. Dallas ISD Counseling Services organized the annual event that also offered free college immunizations. Meanwhile, the Dallas ISD Racial Equity Office hosted the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Experience across the street at D.A. Hulcy STEAM Middle School. The event exposed students to the educational and exciting experience of college life at an HBCU…

Dallas ISD is hosting a meeting to discuss the future plans of the Patton Academic Center located at Nolan Estes Plaza. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 23 from 6–8 p.m. at the campus located at 3313 S. Beckley Ave.

As the captain of the girls volleyball team, Hillcrest High School senior Skyy Owens was ecstatic to see the school’s newly completed competition gym when she returned from summer break. The new gym was financed by the 2015 bond, which voters approved and is bringing $1.6 billion in facility improvements to district schools. “Before we didn’t have the right equipment or space to help us meet our full potential,” Owens said. “This makes us students feel like we are worth it and matter to other people.” Parts of Hillcrest High School are still under construction as crews work on other…

The Dallas ISD, Family & Community Engagement Office is hosting a Saturday Fam Jam event for all Dallas ISD families in the Conrad, Hillcrest, W.T. White, and Thomas Jefferson high school feeder patterns. The Fam Jam is happening 8 a.m.–12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14 at Conrad High School. The Saturday Fam Jam will offer free interactive parent workshops on topics such as bullying and college and career readiness. In addition, there will be free food and drinks, a variety of fun activities for kids, student entertainment, tons of door prizes, as well as many other giveaways and resources. Childcare…