🌱DISD Helps Students Who Fell Behind During COVID + I-35 Crashes

Happy Monday, Dallas! Here's everything you need to know going on in Dallas today.

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First, today's weather:

Sunny; nice in the afternoon. High: 73 Low: 50.

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Here are the top stories in Dallas today:

1. Dallas ISD is working to re-engage high schoolers who fell behind during COVID-19 remote learning over the last school year. More than 6,700 students have enrolled in courses designed to help them catch up when life circumstances interrupt their traditional schooling, such as needing to take on jobs to support their families, dealing with pandemic-related mental health issues, and facing housing instability. DISD has established teams at high schools to locate students not yet enrolled to encourage them to finish out the courses needed to earn a diploma. (The Dallas Morning News)
2. Aaron Tschritter, the Canadian man who was reported missing after he never showed up to the Cowboys' Thanksgiving Day game, passed away in a Dallas car crash, according to family members. Tschritter was last seen leaving a club on Thursday around 2 a.m., and shortly after, police said that a car collided with a building and electric pole at 1600 S. Good Latimer Expressway and caught fire. Despite attempts by Dallas Fire Rescue and bystanders to rescue the two male occupants, they were pronounced deceased. Tschritter's family believes the passenger in that wreck was Tschritter, and have posted about his death on social media. (CBS Dallas / Fort Worth)
3. One Dallas County Sheriff's deputy is injured and two people are dead following a sequence of two separate, but unrelated, fatal car crashes that took place along I-35 in Dallas over the weekend.(WFAA.com)
4. Enchant Christmas, a beloved North Texas holiday tradition with dazzling lights and delicious seasonal treats, opened this weekend in Dallas' Fair Park, with its opening night completely sold out. (FOX 4 Dallas)
5. As Native American Heritage Month comes to a close, the Dallas Regional Chamber offers a number of resources, events, and ways to engage with the city's Native American history and population. Around 4,000 Dallas residents are of Native American descent, according to the Chamber. (Press Release Desk)

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Today in Dallas:

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• Book Lovers Happy Hour Book Club: Children's Classics (6:00 PM)
• Citizens Police Advisory Committee Meeting - 11-29-2021 (6:30 PM)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.