Dalton Sherman Scores Hug From Jenna Bush Hager

Posted on September 17th, 2009 12:30pm by Tim Rogers
Filed under Education, Television

Dalton_JennaTomorrow morning, Dallas ISD’s own Dalton Sherman will appear on The Today Show. Here’s a pic of him hugging it out with Hager, who is now a correspondent for the show. And here’s what the district says of Sherman’s appearance:

Student and speaker extraordinaire Dalton Sherman will be featured tomorrow, Sept. 18, on NBC’s The Today Show. Dalton, who is now a student at Dallas Environmental Science Academy, and his family were interviewed last week by new Today Show correspondent Jenna Bush Hager.

Since being the surprise keynote speaker at last year’s convocation held at the American Airlines Center, Dalton has become somewhat of a celebrity. He has appeared on Oprah and Ellen and has delivered speeches throughout the country. This past summer, Kids Who Care Inc. of Fort Worth created a musical that was inspired by his speech called District XI: Believe in Me. Dalton and his brother Demosthenes are now members of the production’s cast. The next performance is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2, at the Scott Theatre in Fort Worth.

3 comments

  1. Thank you Dalton for your continued inspiration and for putting all that is good about public education and Dallas ISD in the national spotlight.

    @ 9:12 am on September 18, 2009

  2. I’m a parent of two Kids Who Care (musical theater co, Ft. Worth) and my kids love Dalton and are so happy to have he and his brother join him–really nice kids they say. This speech, Dalton are getting a lot of press. I have a question–why is the author of the speech NEVER mentioned? He’s a teacher at Dalton’s former school. Give this guy some credit!!

    @ 9:26 pm on September 19, 2009

  3. Actually Debra, i am the cousin of Dalton and he wrote the speach with his teacher.

    @ 9:09 am on September 22, 2009

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