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Something Good: Dallas ISD and Mesquite ISD Academic All-Stars
Wake Up to #SomethingGood shines the spotlight on students celebrating major achievements. Students at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas ISD earned first place in the state mock trial competition and North Mesquite High School’s Beyond Blue team scored top honors at the East Texas Regional Destination Imagination tournament and will represent Mesquite ISD at the state competition...
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North Texas Family Has Decades-Long Legacy at Dallas ISD
For one North Texas family, their decades-long legacy has been educating students in the Dallas ISD. Noelle Walker has the story.
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In ‘Louder than Words' Music Video, Dallas Arts Students Sing Jonathan Larson's Legacy
Students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts collaborate with three other high schools and a non-profit youth theater to celebrate launch of ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’ on Netflix.
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Dallas ISD Offers Support for Teachers and Students Mental Health
Dallas ISD is holding a series of mental health forums, where teachers, students and families can discuss the challenges of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Chris Schanck's First Museum Solo Exhibition is More than a ‘Vanity' Project
More than 25 years after graduating from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Chris Schanck is having his first museum solo exhibition at his hometown museum.
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Jazz Pianist Shares Black History and Music Lessons With Booker T. Washington Students
Students at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas got a music lesson from living legend Friday. Jazz pianist Ross Carnegie, 94, gave the students a music lesson wrapped in black history that he has lived.
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Jazz Pianist Shares Black History and Music Lessons With Booker T. Washington Students
Students at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas got a music lesson from living legend Friday. Jazz pianist Ross Carnegie, 94, gave the students a music lesson wrapped in black history that he has lived. “It’s so wonderful to play a wonderful piano,” Carnegie said, while sitting at a piano surrounded by students. Carnegie started to play the piano…
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Dallas School Gets New High-Tech Recording Studio
At Dallas’ Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, students are using a new $1.7 million recording studio with top-of-the-line equipment that usually only professionals can afford.
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Suicide Prevention Program in Dallas Helps At-Risk Teens
A unique suicide prevention program in Dallas is saving young lives. A Frisco teenager is living proof.
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Investigation Launched Into Admission Process at Booker T. Washington High School
An investigation done by the Lakewood Advocate is looking into the admission process at Dallas ISD’s Booker T. Washington High School. The investigation shows some suburbanites may be taking spots at the prestigious school over Dallas ISD students. The district says it has created a team to review its internal process for verifying residency.
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DBDT: Encore! – Rising Excellence
NBC 5 and the Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) invite you to experience the Rising Excellence series, presented by DBDT: Encore! April 12 – 13 at Moody Performance Hall in Dallas.
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Art Past and Present: From A Black Artist's Perspective
NBC 5, the Multicultural Arts Alliance, and the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum will host an art exhibit entitled “Art Past and Present: From a Black Artist’s Perspective” now through Thursday, February 21, at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
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High School Students Perform on DART Platform for Black History Month
Students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts treated DART commuters to lunchtime performances for Black History Month.
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High School Students Perform on DART Platform for Black History Month
Students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts treated DART commuters to lunchtime performances for Black History Month.
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Dallas Teachers, Staff Get New Training to Help LGBTQ Students
Nearly 50 teachers and other staff members attended day-long training about how to be better allies to LGBT students in schools.
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Lily Cabatu Weiss Goes Loopy with Dallas Black Dance Theatre
For Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s “Director’s Choice,” Lily Cabatu Weiss returns to her core artistic love: dance.
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Ernie Banks Statue Unveiled
“MR. CUB” Ernie Banks is a Dallas native and he is being honored with a memorial statue at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. NBC 5 Sports Director Newy Scruggs has more on the event.
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Kevin Hart Surprises Students at a Dallas High School
Comedian and actor Kevin Hart surprised hundreds of students at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Wednesday.
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Kevin Hart Surprises Students at a Dallas High School
Comedian and actor Kevin Hart surprised hundreds of students at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Wednesday.
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Statue of Ernie Banks Coming to Booker T. Washington High School
Artists are working on a statue of Chicago Cubs great and Dallas graduate of Booker T. Washington High School.