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Dallas ISD To Offer COVID Vaccine Clinics
Dallas ISD announced Thursday it will partner with several organizations to provide a series of vaccine clinics at various elementary schools later this month.
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Voters OK HPISD Tax Rate Proposition
Voters approved Highland Park ISD’s tax rate election proposal, with 77% (3,882 votes) voting for it and 23% (1,137 votes) against it in unofficial results.
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Beat The Drums, Sing Some Songs, Don Iglehart Turns 100
HPHS band members, Lads and Lassies help oldest alumnus celebrate
Hockaday Announces Modifications to Graduation Dress Code
Hockaday's graduation dress code of a long white dress has existed for more than a century -- but the popular private school announced Thursday it was changing the dress code to "meet student needs."
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Student Achievements
Student co-chairs for the Junior Symphony Ball (JSB) presented Dallas Symphony Orchestra League (DSOL) president Anne Ligon with a $238,432 check.
Hillcrest, Hockaday Teachers Selected for Award
A Hillcrest High School history teacher and a math teacher at The Hockaday School have both been selected for a University of Chicago Outstanding Educator award.
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How Many Does Your School Have?
People Newspapers recognizes the dozens of 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists from our markets for achieving a status earned by less than 1% of high school seniors nationwide.
Bradfield Gets ‘Sharp Dressed’ Mystery Reader
Bradfield Elementary had a ‘Sharp Dressed’ mystery reader in a second-grade class last Thursday.
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HPHS Crowns Homecoming Queen
Highland Belle Ava Tiffany was crowned Homecoming Queen during the Scots' Homecoming game against Tyler High School Oct. 22.
What’s Up, Docs?
They may not be able to even write their names just yet, but some of Dallas’ youngest students could go to medical school. Sort of.
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SMU Looks to Future With $1.5B Campaign
To re-imagine the role of education and SMU itself in an era of rapid change, the university has launched a $1.5 billion fundraising campaign focused on opportunities created through scholarships, meaningful research and teaching, and its North Texas community.
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Senior Dress Up Week at Highland Park High School
The Highland Park Scots have a particular way of commemorating their seniors during their last year.
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Kevin Lee’s Forbidden Phrases: ‘I can’t’ and ‘I don’t know’
Kevin Lee’s journey has taken him from homelessness after a snowstorm while a teenager in Pittsburgh to studying at SMU’s Dedman School of Law.
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Calling All Father Figures: Mentoring Opportunities Available
Dallas ISD is looking for dads -- and father figures -- to take advantage of opportunities to be mentors and leaders on local campuses with a Dads Draft Day Oct. 23.
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Bill and Kim Shaddock Commit $6M to SMU Cox School of Business
A $6 million from Kim and Bill Shaddock will establish Shaddock Hall as part of SMU’s renovation of the Cox School of Business.
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Crowning Queen Delaney and King Kevin
The week may have had a rainy start, but nobody -- nobody -- rains on the Hillcrest homecoming parade and festivities.
Boy Scout Baxter Perry-Miller Creates a Buzz
The name Baxter Perry-Miller is certainly abuzz at Bonton Farms. And it’s not just from the bees he brought there, although that’s certainly part of it.
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How Did Local Schools Fare in Texas Rankings?
For the first time, U.S. News and World Report published rankings of public elementary and middle schools. How did local schools fare?
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Student Achievements: Five To Celebrate
Student co-chairs for the Junior Symphony Ball (JSB) presented Dallas Symphony Orchestra League (DSOL) president Anne Ligon with a $238,432 check.
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Nominations Open for Prestigious STEM Teaching Award
Know a great elementary school STEM teacher? Nominations are now open for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
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