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Dallas Schools Find Commonality in Differences
Imagine walking into a room where differences don’t create division, but instead build unity.
MAPS Students Prepare to Showcase Their Business Ideas
A great idea won’t be enough to come out on top in Highland Park’s annual Scots Tank competition; students also need to have a winning pitch.
Learning, Fun Blend in Harmony for HPISD Honor Choir
Young singers are finding their voices in Highland Park ISD’s Fourth and Fifth Grade Honor Choir, which returned this year for the first time since 2017.
Meet Your Board of Trustees Candidates: Jon Altschuler
Jon Altschuler and Michael Denton, Jr. will appear on the ballot for Place 4 on the board of trustees. Read the candidate questionnaire that Altschuler submitted to People Newspapers.
Meet Your Board of Trustees Candidates: Michael Denton, Jr.
Jon Altschuler and Michael Denton, Jr. will appear on the ballot for Place 4 on the board of trustees. Read the candidate questionnaire that Denton submitted to People Newspapers.
Remarkable Women
School Founder Sows the Seeds for Future Leaders
School’s foundation rooted in creating environment blending academic excellence with the outdoors
HP Bass Team Reels in Fourth Win in Perfect Season
Seniors Dylan Sorrells and Cullum Brown led the Highland Park Bass Team to a dominant victory and its fourth consecutive school title of the season at Eagle Mountain Lake on March 8.
Teen With Gift of Gab Uses Podcast to Chart New Territory
Anya Bohil gives the impression she’d be a regular guest on Super Soul Sundays.
UP Elementary Students Share Talents During Fourth Grade Showcase
Looking for Talent? Turn off the TV and check out the fourth graders at University Park Elementary School.
Former Hockaday Students Teach Next Generation of Dance
Ellie Nerenberg has been a part of “Hockadance” for all four years of high school but this year is different.
Have a Question? Armstrong Elementary Scientists Are on the Case
Even if you pick it up in under five seconds, food you drop on the floor will still have germs.
In Case You Missed It
Learning Takes Flight for MIS and HPMS Robotics Students
Math and science learning doesn’t just happen on paper at McCulloch Intermediate School and Highland Park Middle School.
Magikid Roboticists Win Championship, Advance to Worlds
A team of young roboticists from Magikid Highland Park won the VEX IQ Robotics Texas Region 2 State Championship on Feb. 22 and advanced to the world championship competition.
Tooting One’s Own Horn Is Welcomed
Eva Brandys believes music should be a part of our lives from start to finish.
HP Club, Volunteers Help Feed Children in Need
Volunteers packed more than 101,000 meals for malnourished children during the Highland Park High School Feed My Starving Children Club’s first MobilePack event on Feb. 16.
Events
Help Give HPHS Students an Improved Sensory Room
Community members can support the renovation of Highland Park High School’s sensory room by purchasing raffle tickets for a chance to win gift baskets from local vendors.
HPISD Board: Vouchers Are Coming; They’ll Hurt Public Education
Vouchers feel like “a done deal” for Texas lawmakers, and their passage will harm public schools, Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees vice president Bryce Benson said during a Feb. 18 meeting.
Events
Community Invited to LitFest Keynote
The community is invited to HP LitFest's free keynote speech at 7 p.m. tonight in the HPHS auditorium. Hot drinks will be served starting at 6 p.m.
HPMS Teacher Tied to Cold Case
Law enforcement have suggested that a Spanish teacher at Highland Park Middle School may have been involved in or be concealing information about the disappearance of a 9-year-old girl in North Carolina 25 years ago, according to news outlet WBTV.
HPISD Should Do More to Support Students, Speakers Say
Speakers at the Feb. 18 Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees meeting asked the district to improve its mental-health support for students and do more to combat bullying.