DISD
For the February Advocate, fresh off the press this week, we wrote about Potter Art Metal Studios, the 90-year-old family-owned company that is restoring antique lights at Woodrow [...]
27 Jan 2012
The DISD Board of Trustees voted Thursday night to close 10 elementary schools, including James B. Bonham. Bonham holds the highest possible Texas Education Agency rating of exempl[...]
27 Jan 2012
As part of renovations at Woodrow Wilson High and J.L. Long Middle, Potter Art is refurbishing the light fixtures they installed in the 1930s.[...]
26 Jan 2012
Mount Auburn Elementary celebrated its 90th anniversary Jan. 6. The school originally opened on Jan. 2, 1921, with 12 teachers and 375 students.[...]
26 Jan 2012
Tag Scene & heard
Last month, Lakewood Elementary School counselor Lydia Dickson invited about a dozen Lakewood alumni to visit fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms. The Lakewood students asked a lot [...]
26 Jan 2012
I have it on good authority, since my wife is one of the sponsors of Woodrow Wilson High School’s Class of 2012, that Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings will be the keynote speaker a[...]
24 Jan 2012
At a community meeting Monday night regarding a Dallas ISD plan to close Bonham Elementary School, parents were asked to write their questions on 3-by-5 note cards. Northeast Learn[...]
24 Jan 2012
The DISD board of trustees has scheduled hearings regarding plans to close 11 elementary schools. The meeting regarding Bonham Elementary School is at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23 at [...]
17 Jan 2012
About 100 students and parents attended Welcome to Woodrow Jan. 12. Most of them were private school students interested in the International Baccalaureate program at Woodrow, acco[...]
16 Jan 2012
Mount Auburn Elementary School first opened on Jan. 2, 1921, with 12 teachers and 375 students. The school held its first flag-raising ceremony on Jan. 8 of that year. Teachers and[...]
10 Jan 2012
The Dallas school district’s board of trustees is expected to discuss its plan to close 11 schools during a briefing this Thursday, Jan. 12. After that, the school district w[...]
10 Jan 2012
J.L. Long teacher Jeremy Turner is coaching the school’s first Future City team. So far, the team has designed a city plan using Sim City 4, and now they are building a model[...]
05 Jan 2012
