As the nation's eleventh largest school district, Dallas Independent School District serves more than 164,500 students who come from homes where 58 different languages are spoken. Operating with a $1 billion dollar budget, DISD employs 19,234 employees including 10,500 teachers in 218 schools.
7 Nov 2001
Students Donate $68,177.87 To American Red Cross, Others
DALLAS–Since September 11, Dallas Independent School District students have put their classroom lessons into action. As of October 31, they have raised $68,177.87 to show their American spirit and support to the families of the victims of the national tragedy.
Even before the September 11 tragedy, Dallas schoolchildren were learning character education in their classrooms. As a part of the everyday curriculum, students learn how to be good and caring citizens. On character education, Superintendent Mike Moses said: "We are trying to build good citizens for Dallas. We are trying to build good citizens for Texas. We are teaching our students to be good citizens for America."
From elementary to secondary, 83 schools have participated in some type of fundraiser in which most of the money has been earmarked for the American Red Cross. After all of the coins and small bills were collected, Hillcrest High raised the most money with $5,000. Students at Seagoville High collected $4,936; L.O. Donald Elementary students raised $3,599.12; at Herbert Marcus Elementary, they collected $3,081.77; and Bryan Adams High students collected $3,000.
A complete list of the schools that participated in a fundraiser resulting from the September 11 tragedy is attached.
Editor's note: Contact the DISD Press Office at (972) 925-3906 for a list of schools that are planning activities to raise money for the America's Fund for Afghan Children. The kindergarten students at Harrell Budd Elementary have already raised $537 for President George W. Bush's campaign to provide food and medicine for the children of Afghanistan.
Schools Amount Collected, Oraganization
Adams, Bryan High School: $3,000.00, American Red Cross & United Way
Adams, John Q. Elementary: $1,341.95, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Arcadia Park, Elementary: $226.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Arlington Park Elementary: $50.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Bryan, John Neely, Elementary: $540.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Burleson Elementary: $527.63, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Caillet, F. P., Elementary: $625.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Casa View Elementary: $482.86, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Central Elementary: $180.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Dallas Environmental Science Academy: $350.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Dealy, George Bannerman, Montessori: $1,435.75, American Red Cross Relief Fund
DeGolyer, Everette Lee, Elementary: $352.41, American Red Cross Relief Fund
DeZavala, Lorenzo, Elementary: $400.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Donald, L. O., Elementary: $3,599.12, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Dorsey, Julius, Elementary: $167.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Edison, Thomas, Middle School: $455.05, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Fannin, James W., Elementary: $310.46, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Frank, Anne, Elementary: $294.63, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Franklin, Benjamin, Middle School: $2,356.81, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Frazier, Julia C., Elementary: $63.87, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Gaston, W. H., Middle School: $677.01, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Gill, Charles A., Elementary: $233.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Elementary: $306.42, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Hexter, Victor H., Elementary: $2,032.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Hill, Robert T., Middle School: $258.77, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Hillcrest High School: $5,000.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Hotchkiss, L. L., Elementary: $500.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Houston, Sam, Elementary: $621.35, American Red Cross Relief Fund
James, Daniel "Chappie", Elementary: $50.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Jefferson, Thomas, High School: $281.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Johnston, Albert Sidney, Elementary: $149.68, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Kennedy, John F., Learning Center: $520.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Kiest, Edwin J., Elementary: $380.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Kleberg Elementary: $1,000.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Lagow, Richard, Elementary: $1,058.17, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Lanier, Sidney Elementary: $543.85, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Lincoln High School: $1,213.61, TBA
Lisbon Elementary: $330.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Macon, B. H., Elementary: $160.00, Fireman's Widow and Orphan Fund
Maple Lawn Elementary: $587.37, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Marcus, Herbert, Elementary: $3,081.71, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Marsalis, T. L., Elementary: $467.98, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Marsh, T. C., Middle School: $1,365.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Martinez, Eladio R., Learning Center: $941.84, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Mata, Eduardo, Elementary: $617.83, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Medrano, Esperanza "Hope", Elementary: $871.00, Orphan's Fund
Molina, Moises E., High School: $2,400.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Moreno, Maria, Elementary: $2,183.96, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Moseley, Nancy, Elementary: $73.00, New York Fire Fighters
North Dallas High School: $243.20, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Peeler, John F., Elementary: $845.50, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Pleasant Grove Elementary: $205.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Polk, K. B., Elementary: $639.52, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Reagan, John H., Elementary: $130.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Reilly, Martha Turner, Elementary: $500.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Reinhardt Elementary: $263.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Roberts, Oran M., Elementary: $1,555.35, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Rogers, Dan D., Elementary: $460.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Roosevelt, Franklin D., High School: $145.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Runyon, John W., Elementary: $754.00, New York Victims
San Jacinto Elementary: $111.85, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Seagoville Elementary School: $1,343.15, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Seagoville High School: $4,936.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Seagoville Middle School: $824.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Sequoyah Learning Center: $303.00, Salvation Army Disaster Relief Fund
Silberstein, Ascher, Elementary: $1,342.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Skyline High School: $1,536.93, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Spence Middle School/ TAG Academy: $319.50, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Spruce, H. Grady, High School: $373.18, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Stemmons, L. A., Elementary: $1,115.53, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Stone, Harry, Montessori: $235.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Sunset High School: $550.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Terry, T. G., Elementary: $300.59, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Tolbert, Thomas, Elementary: $100.00, New York Victims
Twain, Mark, Fundamental Vanguard: $26.15, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Vickery Meadows Elementary: $328.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Walnut Hill Elementary: $181.33, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Weiss, Martin, Elementary: $800.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
White, W. T., High School: $700.00, New York Police/ Fire Department
Wilson, Woodrow, High School: $998.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Young Jr., Whitney M., Elementary: $900.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Zumwalt, Sarah, Middle School: $450.00, American Red Cross Relief Fund
Grand Total: $17,668.55