News Briefs

Every week during Hispanic Heritage Month we are spotlighting a notable namesake of a Dallas ISD school. Esperanza Medrano operated a small neighborhood grocery store near Sam Houston Elementary School. Through this store, she conducted her own community service, sharing an abundance of wisdom and encouragement to the children who stopped in every day after school. As the children would walk into the store, Mrs. Medrano would always ask, “Did you go to school?” or “What did you learn today?” and “Have you finished your homework?” She listened and helped every child and reminded them daily of the importance of an education. Medrano was…

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…