Salazar Elementary receives new playground, trees and mural as part of ‘Cool School’ program
Six schools in Dallas received outdoor upgrades including a new playground, loop trail, outdoor classroom, art mural and up to 100 newly planted trees.
Exterior view of the Dallas ISD Administration Building on Monday, April 6, 2020, in Dallas.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
Oak Cliff’s Salazar Elementary is one of six Dallas schools that has received outdoor upgrades.
As part of its Cool Schools program, Texas Trees Foundation partnered with Dallas ISD, Dallas Parks and Recreation and other organizations to build new community outdoor spaces at six elementary schools located in the nonprofit’s designated Cool School neighborhoods.
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‘I hate the dark’: For Texas kids dealing with COVID-19 losses, isolation and food insecurity, the winter storm is another blow
Talia Richman and Corbett Smith, The Dallas Morning News, (TNS)
DALLAS The 100th Day of School is a big event at Frank Guzick Elementary. Kids sprinkle baby powder in their hair to look as if they’re centenarians. They decorate T-shirts with rows of safety pins or Cheerios, adding more and more until they hit triple digits.
This year’s celebration was supposed to be on Friday, and it had taken on a special meaning among some in the East Dallas community.
‘I hate the dark’: For Texas kids dealing with COVID-19 losses, isolation and food insecurity, the winter storm is another blow
The long-lasting effects of this traumatic year could “change a generation.”
Rosa Mendoza and son David Sanroman, 7, smile as the power comes back on while she was preparing him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich following a power outage at their Piedmont Addition apartment in Dallas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Mendoza s pipes burst Tuesday and hasn t had consistent power. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff photographer)
The 100th Day of School is a big event at Frank Guzick Elementary. Kids sprinkle baby powder in their hair to look as if they’re centenarians. They decorate T-shirts with rows of safety pins or Cheerios, adding more and more until they hit triple digits.