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DMA To Exhibit 5 Key Frida Kahlo Pieces

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments

Visitors to the Dallas Museum of Art will soon have the rare opportunity to see five works by the acclaimed Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

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Texas Moves Toward Statewide Online Testing

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments

Texas is once again shaking up its standardized testing contracts, signing four-year agreements totaling $388 million with two companies to develop and administer its controversial State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams for public school students.

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Dallas Junior Forum Serves ‘From the Heart’

January 4, 2021December 28, 2020 Staff Report 0 Comments Dallas Junior Forum, fundraising, Nonprofits, philanthropy, Rising To The Challenge, society

With the pandemic restricting opportunities to gather in person, Dallas Junior Forum members adapted fundraising and volunteer service to meet the needs of their nonprofit partners.

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Best of 2020: Love in the Time of Social Distancing

January 3, 2021January 8, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments best of 2020

The pandemic canceled, postponed, or altered many a couple’s wedding plans this year, and in May we introduced you to one couple who was faced with just that issue.

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Best of 2020: The Mask Making Neighbors

January 3, 2021January 2, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments best of 2020

As the pandemic hit Dallas, a new endeavor began – making masks. In April, we introduced readers to some of their mask-making neighbors.

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Best of 2020: Patriot Pride

January 3, 2021January 2, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments best of 2020

The last 18 months or so haven’t been kind to Thomas Jefferson High School – an EF3 tornado struck the school in October 2019 and required a move to Thomas Edison Middle School, and then the pandemic hit and moved everything online last spring.

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Best of 2020: Remarkable Women

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments best of 2020

We started the year with a new goal – to feature a remarkable woman in every issue this year.

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Best of 2020: High School Students of Color Record Open Letter

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments best of 2020

The summer of 2020 brought a lot of discussion about racial equity, social justice, and race in general – and those discussions didn’t skip the Park Cities.

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Best of 2020: ‘Everything Worthwhile Isn’t Easy’

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments best of 2020

As the nation reacted to the death of George Floyd during an encounter with police in Minneapolis, one Black mother took to the keyboard to discuss her feelings about helping her family navigate the world.

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Best of 2020: Conflict Over COVID Protocols

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments best of 2020

Responses to precautions taken by Highland Park ISD to avoid community spread of COVID-19 fell into two camps – those who felt they were appropriate, and those who felt they went too far.

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Best of 2020: Park Cities’ All-Girls Boy Scout Troop

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments best of 2020

Intern Dahlia Faheid talked to the girls who opted to join the Boy Scouts, now called Scouts BSA, after the organization began accepting girls in February 2019.