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Happenings on the Hill
A $25,000 one-year grant from the Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust will cover all Meadows Museum admission fees for North Texas students 18 years and younger including chaperones for K-12 school groups.
Student Achievements: A Mayor, a Debater, and Academic Captains
When Brooke Pridham bangs a gavel, everyone knows it.
Half Price Books Supports Alcuin School Through Fundraiser, Receptions
Half Price Books Preston Village is holding two receptions and donating 10% of proceeds to Alcuin this weekend.
HPISD Gets an A from TEA, But One Campus Got a B
Highland Park ISD received an A with a 98 out of 100 in the Texas Education Agency’s 2022 A-F accountability ratings, up from 97 in 2018-2019 and 96 in 2017-2018.
HPISD Receives $4.9 Million Moody Foundation Grant
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.
Preston Hollow Sisters ’Beat Anxiety’ by Writing, Illustrating Book
Salma and Sofia Salvaggio of Preston Hollow suffered along with other children during the COVID-19 pandemic with the mental and emotional costs of school closures and social isolation.
HPISD Superintendent Stepping Down After the 2022-2023 School Year
Dr. Tom Trigg, Highland Park ISD’s eighth superintendent since 1914 who’s served in that role since 2015, announced at the Oct. 11 school board meeting that he will resign effective at the end of the 2022-2023 school year.
Dallas Rotarians Honor Teachers
The Rotary Club of Dallas celebrated three Dallas ISD educators, including two teachers in Preston Hollow.
Behind The Scenes of Raider Media News
Raider Media News entertains and informs the Highland Park Middle School community with a weekly campus-wide show, complete with an in-house band.
TCA Has a New Head of School and Middle School Building
Trinity Christian Academy opened the school year with a new head of school and middle school building.
Meet Walnut Hill Academy’s New Principal
Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy is under new leadership and will move to its new, rebuilt campus Jan. 1.
SMU Alumni Pledge $15 Million to Ford Stadium End Zone Project
SMU may not have kept the Iron Skillet, but SMU alumni couple Bill Armstrong and Liz Martin Armstrong announced they earmarked a $15 million gift toward the Garry Weber End Zone Complex at Gerald J. Ford Stadium during a pep rally Sept. 23 ahead of Saturday’s SMU-TCU rivalry game.
Jon Dahlander, HPISD Chief of Staff, Returning to Dallas ISD
Jon Dahlander, who’s served as Highland Park ISD’s director of communications since 2015 and subsequently took on the role of the district’s chief of staff there, is returning to Dallas ISD – this time as chief of strategic partnerships and intergovernmental relations.
St. Mark’s Student Gets Head Start on Financial Career
After losing his house and other necessities during the tornado that tore through Preston Hollow neighborhoods in 2019, St. Mark’s School of Texas student Rishab Siddamshetty decided to start Finance4Scholars.
Eggold Bringing ‘Culture Change’
Dallas Lutheran School’s new head of school looks forward to fostering a culture change on campus and rebuilding from the October 2019 tornado.
Student Achievements: Four to Celebrate
Episcopal School of Dallas junior William Wexford Grogan was selected to perform bass in the 2022 High School Honors Performance Series at the Musikverein on Aug. 1.
Parish Baseball Players Bring ‘More Than a Game’
Summer brought the heat, and Parish Episcopal School teens brought the baseball to Vogel Alcove Summer Camp participants.
Jesuit Dallas Earns National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Honor
Jesuit Dallas was the only private school in Texas named as a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
Happenings on the Hill
Though origami is traditionally used for teaching geometry or helping improve thinking skills, SMU paleontology student Travis Nolan uses it to envision complete structures of fossils he has excavated.
SMU Celebrates Dedication of Meadows School Visual Arts Complex
The SMU Meadows School of the Arts celebrated the dedication of its enhanced visual arts facilities Sept. 16.