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How Your Student Can Continue Their Learning This Summer

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Wondering if your child is going to forget what they learned over the long summer break? Want activities your elementary school child can do this summer to stay ahead? In this article, you’ll discover how your student can continue their learning this summer with the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Brain Builders website. A Website for Summer Learning and Enrichment CFBISD Brain Builders … [Read more...]

HOW TO HAVE A WEEKLONG STAYCATION IN DALLAS FOR UNDER $50 [2018 EDITION]

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Want to keep you children entertained all summer without breaking the bank? Curious about what you can do in Dallas during your time off? The cities of Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and Dallas offer exciting, inexpensive things to do with your child this summer. In this article, we give you a 2018 plan for a week-long summer “staycation” for you and your child using locations and events … [Read more...]

How Fine Arts Will Transform Your Child’s Life

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Why Are the Arts Important? The arts change lives. Exploring the arts in education raises student achievement, increases school engagement, and serves as dropout prevention. Students in the arts have higher attendance rates. Carrollton-Farmers Branch is supporting the research by opening four Fine Arts Academies in our community. "Arts Education is critical for helping students develop … [Read more...]

Everything You Need to Know About CFBISD’s New Innovative Academies

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In CFBISD, We’re launching many new signature programs that are STELLAR. And that’s exactly what we are calling them… STELLAR! Stellar Signature Programs offer CFBISD students a vast array of individualized opportunities uniquely designed to fit student needs. Our Stellar Signature Programs provide a comprehensive list of Elementary, Middle and High School choices for our students. Of … [Read more...]