The Dallas Education Foundation is celebrating the first book vending machines of the school year.<\/p>\n
Thanks to the Dallas Education Foundation and the generosity of our community partners, more Dallas ISD students will experience the excitement of selecting and owning books. Additional recipients will be selected throughout the school year, bringing even more opportunities to inspire lifelong readers across the district.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor many of our students, school is where they have the greatest access to books,\u201d said Aaron Shannon, principal of Birdie Alexander Elementary School. \u201cGiving them the opportunity to earn and choose a book of their own is about so much more than a reward. It\u2019s about creating excitement around reading, building confidence, and helping every child see themselves as a reader.\u201d<\/p>\n
Birdie Alexander is just one of a handful of campuses that will be receiving a book vending machine this semester.<\/p>\n
A complete list of ribbon cuttings is below:<\/p>\n
\tHogg New Tech Center: 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 1; made possible by Pizza Hut\u00a0
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\n\tThomas Tolbert Elementary School: 9 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30; made possible by Pilot\/Flying J<\/p>\n
\tStevens Park Elementary School: 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 15; made possible by Atmos Energy<\/p>\n
\tJames Bowie Elementary School: 9:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 19; made possible by GPD Employee\u2019s Foundation<\/p>\n
\tCasa View Elementary School; made possible by NEC<\/p>\n
\tBirdie Alexander Elementary School; made possible by Joe V.\u2019s Smart Shop<\/p>\n
\tSchool for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove; made possible by Atmos Energy\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe book vending machine will become a cornerstone of Casa View\u2019s Blueprint for Excellence, helping us build a culture where reading is celebrated and every child is valued,\u201d said Moises Mercado, principal. \u201cEach book earned becomes a permanent addition to a student\u2019s home library, encouraging reading beyond the school day and fostering family engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Education Foundation is celebrating the first book vending machines of the school year. Thanks to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[140691,102,104,140688,140687,140689,103,140690],"class_list":["post-446668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-campus-news","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-isd-news","tag-dallas-isd-news-post-page","tag-dallas-isd-stories","tag-dallas-news","tag-district-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}