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La Fiesta Makes Donations to Education Foundation, Others

December 23, 2022December 27, 2022 Staff Report 0 Comments FP

La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas gifted nearly $460,000 to its 2022 beneficiaries, including the Highland Park Education Foundation, which received $251,361.

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HPISD Receives $4.9 Million Moody Foundation Grant

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Staff Report 0 Comments PCN

Highland Park ISD, the Highland Park Education Foundation (HPEF), and the Moody Innovation Institute (MII) recently announced a new $4.99 million grant from the Moody Foundation that will build on the Moody Innovation Institute established in 2016.

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Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees Place 4 Candidate Q&A

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Staff Report 0 Comments HPISD 2022 ELECTION

Candidates for the Highland Park ISD place 4 seat recently answered some People Newspapers reader-submitted questions. Early voting begins April 25 and lasts until May 3. Election day is May 7.

Park Cities Schools

Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees Place 5 Candidate Q&A

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Staff Report 0 Comments HPISD 2022 ELECTION

Candidates for the Highland Park ISD place 5 seat recently answered some People Newspapers reader-submitted questions. Early voting begins April 25 and lasts until May 3. Election day is May 7.

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Lydia and Dan Novakov Named 2022 Catholic Foundation Award Honorees

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments GIVINGPEOPLE

Longtime Dallas philanthropists Lydia and Dan Novakov are the 39th Catholic Foundation Award honorees.

Park Cities Schools

First-Ever Endowment For HPISD Special Education Established

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments

The Highland Park Education Foundation announced the establishment of the first-ever endowed fund for Highland Park ISD’s (HPISD) Special Education Department because of a $100,000 donation from Janelle and Adam Hickey.

Community Park Cities Preston Hollow

Couple Seeks To Help Bridge Education Disparities

November 16, 2020November 13, 2020 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments Chris Popolo, Communities Foundation, Community, Dallas ISD, Education Disparities, Highland Park High School, Joe Popolo, preston hollow, Teach for America, Teach For America DFW

A Preston Hollow couple helped get technology resources for Dallas ISD students in a big way this fall by matching gifts to Teach For America DFW up to $50,000.

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Highland Park Makes Every Class a STEAM Class

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments Highland Park, Highland Park ISD, STEAM

Highland Park ISD incorporates STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) in all classes.

Life Park Cities

9 Things to Do Around the Park Cities This September

August 30, 2019November 15, 2019 Staff Report 0 Comments CARE Breakfast, Care Dallas, Dallas, Dallas Country Club, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, doggy day splash, don't leave money on the table, Dreamscape, DSO, DSO on the Go, Highland Park, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Holmes Aquatic Center, jacqueline v. twillie, North Texas Giving Day, NorthPark Center, Northway Christian Church, Philanthropy Fair, the sleeping beauty, Things to do, Univeristy Park, up flea market, Winspear Opera House

From the annual Doggy Day Splash at Holmes Acquadic Center to supportin the University Park library at the UP Flea Market, September is filled with things to do.

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Former University Park Mayor Barbara Hitzelberger Dies

August 6, 2019November 15, 2019 Bianca R. Montes 0 Comments Barbara Hitzelberger, Barbara Hitzelberger-Wooten, dead, female mayor, Hitzelberger Park, memorial service, passed away, University Park City Council

Barbara Hitzelberger-Wooten, the first woman elected to University Park City Council and only woman to serve as the city’s mayor, died Aug. 3. She was 93 years old.

La Fiesta Park Cities

Eliza Grace Parker

April 8, 2019November 15, 2019 Staff Report 0 Comments

Eliza Grace Parker is the daughter of Gwen and Doug Parker. She is the granddaughter of Bobbie Adkinson and the