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How to Get Your Teen to Care About Managing Money
Getting your teens to care about managing money and taking control of their own financial decisions may be a bit like getting them to eat their vegetables or put on sunscreen.
Read moreSTEAM Program Provides Cookie Cutter Solution Dogs Can Love
Highland Park ISD students served up treats for area dogs while learning valuable science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) skills.
Read morePandemic Provides a Senior Project at TCA
Talk about homework taking a real-world turn.
Read moreStudent Achievements: Three to Celebrate
Ava Thigpen
Read moreHPISD Trustees OK Calling Special Election For Walker’s Seat
The Highland Park ISD board of trustees Monday approved calling a special election May 1 to till retired vice president Kelly Walker’s seat for the remainder of her term. Walker’s retirement was effective Dec. 31.
Read moreHPMS Principal Gets His Hands On Lunar Rocks
Highland Park Middle School principal Chris Miller is planning for a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) night that’s out of this world: He’s planning to have moonrock and meteorite samples from NASA to show.
Read moreFor Better Results, Ask Better Questions
If you’re a baby boomer, like me, your science education likely involved coming to terms with boldface words and not having any engineering, building, or prototyping experiences.
Read moreIF/THEN Ambassador Jennifer Stimpson takes Sabbatical from Hockaday to Write Federal Legislation
Jennifer Stimpson is on a mission: She wants to change what people picture when they think of a scientist.
Read moreWhat Do Scientists and Engineers Look Like? Well, You
The 3-D printed statues produced after scanning 125 female innovators named American Association for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN Ambassadors in 2019 have at least this much in common – they are orange.
Read moreHPISD Trustees Approve Walker’s Retirement From Board
The Highland Park ISD trustees Tuesday approved the retirement of board vice president Kelly Walker.
Read moreTexas Moves Toward Statewide Online Testing
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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