Schools
Area Students Named 2024 National Merit Semifinalists
People Newspapers here recognizes the many semifinalists from the schools we cover for achieving a status earned by fewer than 1% of high school seniors nationwide.
Read moreHappenings on the Hill: Kennedy Assassination Docs, Photos
Sixty years ago, nearly 800 people from all over the world sent “Dear Dallas” letters or telegrams after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Read moreHillcrest Student Embraces Entrepreneurship and Advocacy
Zachary Moskowitz, a budding entrepreneur, has seen his role as an intern with Israel supporting and antisemitism fighting StandWithUs take on added meaning since Oct. 7.
Read moreDistricts Implement Law Meant to Improve Dyslexia Services
The Beckley Wilson Act includes new requirements for dyslexia evaluation, identification, and instruction.
Read moreUrsuline Names Current Principal as Next President
Dr. Andrea Shurley will be the school’s eighth president, effective July 1, 2024.
Read moreSMU Professor Talks Kennedy Assassination Memoir
Darwin Payne, who was a 26-year-old reporter at the Dallas Times Herald at the time of the president’s assassination, discussed his memoir during a Nov. 16 event at SMU.
Read more‘Chicago: Teen Edition’ Gets Star Power
A Highland Park alumna with experience performing in the Broadway revival of Chicago returned to the Park Cities to prepare students for their recent run of Chicago: Teen Edition.
Read moreUrsuline Senior Builds Homes in Costa Rica Each Thanksgiving
Ursuline Academy senior Corinne Tinker will wake up on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in Costa Rica, put on job site clothes, and then take a 30-minute bus ride to Pavas, just like she has for the last five years.
Read moreDallas ISD Celebrates Opening of Career Institute North
The former Walnut Hill Elementary School took a direct hit from the 2019 EF3 tornado. But last week, Dallas ISD officials, including Deputy Chief Oswaldo Alvarenga and Career Institute North Director Jean Laswell, showed off what it has become: the newest home of one of the district’s four career institutes.
Read moreIntermediate School Thespians Will Bring ‘Annie Jr.’ to HPMS Stage
“You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile,” so “Maybe” taking in a McCulloch Fine Arts Department musical can give you one before “Tomorrow,” even if “It’s The Hard Knock Life” for you.
Read moreHappenings on the Hill
SMU chemistry professor John Buynuck and his team have received a $3.5 million, 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to design and synthesize new antibiotics to fight drug-resistant strains of bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy.
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