Post by drugbust on Dec 23, 2010 11:43:27 GMT -5
(North Texas Crunch Indoor Professional Football Team, North Richland Hills, TX) On Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 5:00 pm in the Nolan Estes Training Room “A” Infusion Church, North Texas Crunch, Powerade, Spaghetti Warehouse and Dallas ISD put on the 1st annual Christmas dinner for one of the newest high schools in the Dallas Independent School District. The high school, John Leslie Patton Jr. Academic Center, serves students who are older than their peers in the same grade level because they lack high school credits. This is a nontraditional high school that provides students with the opportunity to catch up and earn their high school diplomas and receive college and career training through flexible schedules and small class sizes. The school offers students who have been disenfranchised an opportunity to return to school without the stigma of being the oldest kid in the class. This school allows young adults from 18-25 to have the high school experience and earn their high school diplomas. Many of these students dropped out due to family issues, homelessness, drug problems, pregnancy, incarceration, etc. These students needed a second chance and DISD is giving it to them.
The dinner was filled with guest speakers from the Dallas Police Department, Players from the North Texas Crunch and Business Owners from the community. The student received door prizes, encouraging words from individuals they look up to and gifts for the small children from Old Saint Nick.
The dinner was filled with guest speakers from the Dallas Police Department, Players from the North Texas Crunch and Business Owners from the community. The student received door prizes, encouraging words from individuals they look up to and gifts for the small children from Old Saint Nick.
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