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Move Over ‘Shark Tank,’ Scots Tank Has Natural Power
Last year, as a junior, Brian Rosen entered the Design and Leadership class at Highland Park High School and did his final assignment so well that he’s still working on it.
Connect 4? Why Not More?
Engineering, problem-solving, technology, mechanics – Highland Park High School MAPS program students employed those and other skills for a recent project.
SMU Honors MLK During Dream Week
SMU hosted Dream Week in January to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Walnut Hill, Thomas Jefferson to Celebrate New Campuses
The two campuses will have campus tours — with a building dedication for TJ and a ribbon cutting for Walnut Hill — on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Dallas ISD Removes TikTok On School Networks, Devices
Dallas ISD has removed TikTok from district devices and networks effective Jan. 29.
Teen Gets Cancer and Stoney Clover Lane Collection
A ripple of ambivalent news hit Ava Danuser.
Dallas ISD Trustees Approve Priorities for Texas Legislature
The Dallas ISD board of trustees approved five priorities for the 88th Session of the Texas Legislature during its Jan. 26 meeting.
STEAM
Girl Scouts Welcome STEM Superstar
Jennifer Makins, the former director of STEM education at Parish Episcopal School, is now the executive director at the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas' STEM Center of Excellence.
Parish’s TAPPS Football Dynasty Continues to Reach New Heights
Parish Episcopal joined elite company by winning its fourth consecutive TAPPS Division I football championship in Waco.
Student Achievements: Three to Celebrate
Salute those Texas tuxedoes and dress and boot pairings. The HP Centennial Dance keeps going and going and making a difference.
Happenings on the Hill
As an amphibious assault vehicle operator in far-flung locations ranging from Jordan to Haiti to Somalia, Victor Acosta ensured that fellow Marines made safe transitions from ship to shore.
Relative’s Diagnosis Prompts Teen to Study Crohn’s Disease
Medical school must wait but not Crohn’s disease research by Alcuin School junior Rohan Jagarlamudi.
STEAM
Why Do We Study Science?
The Technology Association of North Texas has named Highland Park High School AP and organic chemistry teacher Wenzen Chuang a “Tech Titan of the Future.”
Boone Goes to the STEAM Fair of Texas
Boone Elementary students took a day trip to the “STEAM Fair of Texas” without leaving the campus.
STEAM
Two Bit Circus Hosts Educational Carnivals
Two Bit Circus, which recently opened its second location in The Shops at Park Lane, does more than just house its “micro-amusement park.”
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.
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.
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.
Scholarship Namesake Mary Dillard Still an Inspiration
Though she hasn’t taught in Highland Park ISD since 2000, Mary Katherine Harris Dillard remains an avid fan of her former students.
Voices
Patsy Shropshire: Schools Shouldn’t Kick Taxpayers Off Tracks
Now that beautiful (and costly) renovations have been made to Dallas ISD tracks and fields, the surrounding residents are locked out, locked out by the very fences they helped pay for.