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Health Fair and Back-to-School Rally
ready to serve thousands
Garland ISD and the NAACP Garland Unit invite you to attend the 2017 Health Fair and Back-to-School
Rally from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Curtis Culwell Center. This one-stop resource will equip
families with back-to-school basics, including school supplies for preregistered attendees and more:
• Free clothing and school uniforms for students • GISD and community resource booths
• Health screenings for cholesterol, glucose, diabetes,
blood pressure, vision and more • Student and parent education seminars
• Games, interactive demonstrations and more
For additional information, contact Carol Blakes at 972-381-5044, ext. 4,
or email [email protected].
On-the-job training
available for all sixth-graders
The district’s new Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical Center (GRCTC)
will open its doors Aug. 28, welcoming juniors and seniors enrolled in
advanced-level Career and Technical Education courses. But the GRCTC will
also house a hands-on learning opportunity for middle schoolers. Garland
ISD and Junior Achievement of Dallas have partnered to host North Texas’
first BizTown®, allowing all sixth-graders to run a simulated city as citizens,
workers and consumers.
Featuring 14 real-world storefronts, such as Wells Fargo, AT&T, Toyota and
American Airlines, middle schoolers complete 19 interactive classroom
lessons before their daylong JA BizTown® visit. While there, students
experience entrepreneurship, civic duty and financial education through
working jobs, electing a mayor, obeying laws, opening a bank account and
earning a paycheck. Parent, business and community volunteers also bring
a dose of reality, serving as mentors and resources during the operation
of the city. Reflection lessons follow the visit, concluding this enlightening
program.
Providing valuable and memorable learning experiences, JA BizTown® is
not only open to GISD sixth-graders but to others across Dallas-Fort Worth
as well. Learn more about JA BizTown® on the district website at
www.garlandisd.net/grctc .
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