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Other Contacts
Librarian:
(972) 502-8709
Counselor:
(972) 502-8711
Clinic:
(972) 502-8705
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Programs and Activities
Special programs:
William Brown Miller provides a variety of academic and social events and activities throughout the school year. Students have on-going opportunities to participate in TAG, Art, Computer, Imagination Station, Earn by Learning, LETs (Law Enforcement Teaching Students), Junior Achievement, Student Council, and Character Counts. Our school is also proud of its boys and girls basketball team.
After-school programs:
Our after-school Child Care Program consists of academic tutoring, enrichment activities, and organizations that promote cognitive learning, and enhance physical, social, emotional and moral development for our students. Reading, math, and science tutorials, Homework Central are offered during this time. Through this program, students are provided the opportunity to take fields trips to the African American Museum, North Park Center, bowling, and skating.
Extracurricular activities:
Cheerleading, Athletics, Drama, Journalism, Choir, Dance, Computer, Phillis Wheatley Reading Club, and Boy Scouts along with Girl Scouts are the extracurricular activities offered to our students.
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Parent Involvement
Our parents are offered various opportunities to receive valuable information and strategies through our Parent Academies, which are offered throughout the school year. Our parents also participate in our PTA and Site-Based Decision Making meetings that take place the second Tuesday of each month. We also have several parents that serve as volunteers and Homeroom liaisons. Our parents activity participate in the Roosevelt Cluster PTA events as well. This year, our parents will have a chance to become involved in school through the following activities: Family Math Night, Fall Festival, Parent of the Month, and Grandparents Day. We are certain that these activities will continue to build bridges and strengthen bonds between the family, school, and community.
Major Awards and Honors
William Brown Miller was the recipient of DISD's Humanitarian Award for its participation in the United Way Campaign. The William Brown Miller family also has received recognition for our participation in donating to various charities such as: Common Cents, United Way, United Negro College Fund, The Hispanic College Fund, American Red Cross, and most recently, the Hurricane Katrina Fund. Last year, one of our students, through the Junior Achievement Initiative, was selected to escort and introduce Roger Staubach at the Dallas Business Hall of Fame Banquet. We are the proud recipients of the Excellence in Character Education Award. Our most prestigious award was being rated "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency for our academic achievement.
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