15 Feb 2008
Show Airs Saturday, February 23, at 10:30 a.m.
DALLAS— Zona Escolar de Dallas, the award-winning TV show hosted by Dallas ISD students, airs Saturday, February 23, on Univision-Channel 23 at 10:30 a.m. Zona Escolar de Dallas focuses on the good news and outstanding people that are part of the Dallas Independent School District.
Hosted from Mount Auburn Elementary, Zona Escolar de Dallas will feature stories about a group of students from the Townview Law Magnet as they get a Close Up view of Washington, D.C., a 7-year-old chess whiz from Blanton Elementary; students from Martin Luther King, Jr. Learning Center who brought home the gold from a ballroom dance competition; and a group of girls from Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School and the Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet who learned a lesson in physics while touring Italy at the same time.
Other stories include Shattered Dreams, a program at Bryan Adams High School that raises student awareness about the deadly consequences of drinking and driving, and an innovative program at E. B. Comstock and Thomas C. Marsh middle schools that has students taking charge of money management through a real-life approach.
This year's cast includes co-hosts Laura Flores, junior, School of Health Professions; and Ivan Funes, junior, W. T. White High School. Reporters for the program are Karina Pereznegron, senior, Kimball High School; Roxana Paniagua, junior, Seagoville High School; and Laura Cardona, junior, Adamson High School.