The Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy Presidential Entertainment Band, under the leadership of Clarence Texada III, is Dallas ISD’s best kept secret! Their goal is to help students reach their full potential as highly accomplished musicians. The band has performed at such events as the Dallas ISD 2013-2016 Teacher of the Year Finalist Ceremony, the opening of the Perot Museum, UNCF Empower Me Tour, the Boy Scouts of America Circle Ten Council Luncheon and for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.