Events
From school fundraisers and gallery openings to community festivals and neighborhood get-togethers, this is where you’ll find everything happening in and around the Park Cities and Preston Hollow. Whether you’re looking to make weekend plans or support a local cause, our events calendar keeps you connected to the heart of your community
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Saint Michael’s, United to Learn Help Foster Elementary School Students
Hope fills the halls at Stephen C. Foster Elementary, where students’ success is the top priority for educators, plus volunteers from Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.
HP Boys Suffer First Loss in 7-6A Opener
Highland Park’s first defeat of the boys soccer season on Tuesday also snapped a 28-game winning streak in district games.
Lady Scots Start Perfect at Home Tourney
Highland Park began the girls soccer season by defending its home turf with three straight wins at the Highlander Classic tournament over the weekend.
Friends of Bachman Lake Starts ‘Adopt-a-Shoreline’ Program
Bachman Lake is celebrating its 120th anniversary year with a new “Adopt-a-Shoreline” program.
Franklin Middle School Art Class Uses Tablets
Efrain Rivera is taking his sixth-grade art class at Benjamin Franklin International Exploratory Academy down a new route by integrating technology with art.
Society
Out & About: The Cary Council’s Evening With DocStars
The Cary Council, a group of young leaders dedicated to advancing early-stage research in support of Southwestern Medical Foundation and UT Southwestern Medical Center, celebrated three $50,000 grant recipients at an Evening with DocStars on Nov. 3 at UT Southwestern.
Paper for Water Turns Origami Ornaments into Wells
Katherine and Isabelle Adams were only 8 and 5 when they learned a child dies every 15 seconds from unclean water.
Assistant Coach Farris Earns THSCA Honor
Roxanne Farris of Highland Park was named a Class 6A regional assistant coach of the year for cross country by the Texas High School Coaches Association.
McCrea, Rangers Claim Meintser Title
Jesuit Dallas needed some drama to secure its first championship since 2016 in the annual Jesuit-Meintser Soccer Invitational.
Crime
Parish Teacher Arrested on Child Porn Possession Charges
The school confirmed Brandon Froning, 31, was suspended from his job Monday following the arrest on two counts of child pornography possession.
Obituaries
Bette Perot Dies At 93
Bette, sister of the late Henry Ross Perot, served as vice president of the Perot Foundation for 26 years, and on the board of the North Texas Food Bank, where she was later named a life board member.
Crime
Park Cities Crime Reports Jan. 2-8
Car thieves, bag burglars, and more plague the Park Cities Crime Reports for Jan. 2-8.
Thomas Jefferson, Walnut Hill Schools Now Open
After these schools were destroyed in the October 2019 tornado, students celebrated a “homecoming” Jan. 9 as they returned to the new campuses.
Society
Tickets on Sale For Junior Symphony Ball
More than 2,000 high school students from 35 schools are expected to attend the event Saturday, Feb. 4 at Gilley’s.
Medical City Healthcare Has New President, CFO
Allen Harrison and Kristin Dyer have joined the team as president and CFO respectively.