School for the Talented and Gifted named nation’s best high school for 3rd consecutive year
The School for the Talented and Gifted has been named the best high school in the nation for the third consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report. Two other Dallas Independent School District campuses joined it in the top 10 of the annual rankings. Overall, nine Dallas ISD schools, including five based at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, are ranked among the top 1,660 high school schools in America and the top 200 in the state.
Each of the three schools earned the “gold medal” designation for demonstrating the highest college readiness, placing them among the top 500 in the nation. The following Dallas ISD schools also earned a gold medal:
• Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts – No. 139 in the nation (No. 21 in Texas)
• Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet** – No. 166 in the nation (No. 24 in Texas)
Four Dallas ISD campuses earned a “silver medal” for high performance with college readiness below the gold medal level:
• School of Health Professions** – No. 344 in the nation (No. 40 in Texas)
• School of Business and Management** – No. 426 in the nation (No. 49 in Texas)
• Trinidad “Trini” Garza Early College – No. 1,053 in the nation (No. 111 in Texas)
• Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate Academy – No. 1,656 in the nation (No. 160 in Texas)
Dallas ISD seniors to receive the Scovell Scholarship Foundation Award
Five college-bound seniors will receive $4,000 scholarships from the Scovell Scholarship Foundation during a reception May 12 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas. The Dallas ISD scholars are among 10 North Texas high school students to be awarded scholarships: Jared Juarez, Hillcrest High School, Maria Molina, Hillcrest High School, Andrea Reyes, Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, Azah Tabufor, Bryan Adams High School, Tyneisha Westbrook, David W. Carter High School.
Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries Award Grants to three schools
Robert T. Hill Middle School, A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School and T.W. Browne Middle School, were selected to receive grants from the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. Each school will receive a $5,000 grant to purchase new books for their library collection.
