Kimball, Spruce among record number of Dallas ISD schools to be acceptable, recognized or exemplary

By Patrice J. Holmes

As many as 127 DISD schools will be rated either exemplary or recognized, up from 103 this school year.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Dallas ISD’s Spruce and Samuell High Schools improve TAKS scores

By Pegasus News wire

So maybe they won't have to be shut down after all.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Dallas ISD students to be honored by Dallas Bar Association and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

By Pegasus News wire

The students who will attend the banquets participate in the E-Mentoring, Esq. Program.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Dallas ISD to host first “academic signing day”, just like the jocks

By Pegasus News wire

The “signing day” model was inspired by the athletic ritual of high school students publicly announcing which college team they plan to play for.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Dallas ISD approves of plan to turn Samuell and Spruce high schools into magnet schools

By Pegasus News wire

Otherwise, the schools may be shut down altogether.

Monday, March 30, 2009

DISD’s Spruce and Samuell High Schools in trouble; face closure

By Pegasus News wire

... if student test scores don't come up by this May.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Dallas ISD “Parental Public School Choice” extends deadline to January 30

By Pegasus News wire

Students can choose to attend classes at high schools that focus not only on academics but also on preparing for a career.

Monday, Jan. 26, 2009

Orientation sessions have been scheduled for Dallas’ Grady Spruce high school students

By Pegasus News wire

Spruce 10th and 11th Graders will attend James Madison or Lincoln High Schools.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

New principal named for H. Grady Spruce High School in Dallas

By Pegasus News wire

Veteran educator Lucy Hakemack, who has more than 25 years of experience in education, most recently was principal of Early College High School.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Dallas ISD employees fired by auto-dialer

By Pegasus News wire

Spruce High School employees, who may be working at an empty school next year anyway, were the ones affected.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

UPDATED: Dallas ISD board to consider massive overhaul of Spruce High School

By Pegasus News wire

The proposal will truncate and uproot many young saplings. Get it? Spruce jokes.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Dallas Town Hall meetings scheduled

By Pegasus News wire

Spruce, Samuell and Comstock High School may be named Academically Unacceptable for fourth year.

Friday, June 13, 2008

Dallas ISD prepares six high schools for Dallas Achieves! redesign

By Amy Seslowsky

Bryan Adams, W.H. Adamson, David W. Carter, L.G. Pinkston, H. Grady Spruce and W.W. Samuell high schools are first in line to undergo the initiative in August 2008.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Recipients for the 2007-2008 Sulentic Family Foundation scholarship are selected

By Pegasus News wire

$20,000 will be awarded to each of 10 students.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Dallas ISD pilots parental public school choice

Only current eighth grade students may apply to the program for the 2008-2009 school year

By Pegasus News wire

Eighth graders can now decide which high school's classes they want to sleep through.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

DISD credit card scandal incriminates three principals

By Teresa Gubbins

Two asked to resign; third will be reassigned.

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007