Reliant Energy And Dallas Coordinate School Supply Drive

11 Aug 2009

Dallas ISD Elementary and Middle School Students Will Benefit

DALLAS—Reliant Energy and the Dallas Independent School District will sponsor the inaugural Reliant Energy "Lights On" School Supply Drive from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday August 17.

Dallas residents interested in donating basic school supplies for elementary and middle school students in the Dallas ISD can drive by one of nine drop-off sites to have their supplies collected by volunteers from Reliant Energy and the Dallas ISD.

Reliant Energy will present a $5,000 check to the Dallas ISD for the purchase of additional school supplies to be distributed among the school supply drive site locations. The check will be presented during the supply drive at 5:30 p.m., at the Dallas ISD Administration Building, 3700 Ross Ave., one of the drop-off sites.

Other drop-off sites include:

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• Dorsey Elementary School, 133 N. St. Augustine Drive
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• Hill Middle School, 505 Easton Road
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• Rusk Middle School, 2929 Inwood Road
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• Staples (East), 9222 E. R.L. Thornton Freeway
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• Staples (North), 16817 Coit Road
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• Staples (West), 4351 DFW Turnpike
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• Starks Elementary School, 3303 Tips Blvd.
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• Tolbert Elementary School, 4000 Blue Ridge Blvd.
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For more information, contact Darryl Ewing at (713) 497-2521 or Chevalier Mayes at (713) 497-2660.

"We believe that educational equity and excellence will eliminate the achievement gap," is the third core belief adopted by the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees.

For a complete list of core beliefs, visit the Web site at http://www.dallasisd.org/about/vision.htm.