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Happenings on the Hill
At a university known for its Mustangs (or Ponies), SMU researchers sure love their dinosaurs.
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La Fiesta Gifts $225,000 to Highland Park Education Foundation
The Highland Park Education Foundation (HPEF) Thursday announced an additional gift of $225,000 from La Fiesta de las Seis Banderas from funds raised in 2020-2021.
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Apply To Be Dallas’ Youth Poet Laureate
Does your Dallas student have a flair for poetry? If so, they can enter the Dallas Public Library’s annual Express Yourself! poetry competition for a chance to be named the Youth Poet Laureate of Dallas and receive a $1,000 scholarship.
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Dallas ISD Holding Community Meetings on Redistricting
It's not just the state legislature that will tackle redistricting this year -- Dallas ISD is also working through the process as well.
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Happenings on the Hill
Austin Hickle had something of an epiphany last summer: If college campuses were going to return successfully to on-campus learning in fall 2020, student engagement would be crucial to compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.
Student Achievements: Celebrate These
Preservation Park Cities presented 2021 Highland Park High School graduates (from left) Emery Medlock, Kendall Ferguson, and Robert White with $1,000 scholarships.
Acceptitas Aids in College Consulting
Emmet Halm arrived at Harvard for his freshman year and discovered something unexpected.
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Yes, That Student Is Holding a Real Heart
Through 15 years of pig heart dissections, imaginary million-dollar spending sprees, and riveting robotics, Boone Elementary School’s Alex Smith has formulated a winning teaching philosophy.
Philanthropy
United to Learn, United to Launch
At the beginning of every school year, for the past five years, United to Learn has helped Dallas ISD students and teachers get off to a good start by making sure they have the supplies they need.
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High School Musicians Heal With Harmonies
On the first Sunday of August, mellifluous notes from stringed instruments drifted delicately through the hallways of The Juliette Fowler Communities.
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Ursuline Boasts 18 Microsoft Innovative Educators
Ursuline Academy announced last week that it has been recognized as a 2021-2022 Microsoft Showcase School, marking the fifth year the school has been named as such.
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Dallas ISD Earns Art Education Award
The Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) announced the 40 winners of the 2021 District of Distinction Award this month, and among the list of honorees is Dallas ISD.
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HPISD: Accident Caused Lockdown Measures At HPHS
Highland Park ISD chief of staff Jon Dahlander said the lockdown system at Highland Park High School was accidentally activated Wednesday morning.
This Is What an Eagle Scout Looks Like Now
Maya Dattatreya has been a part of Boy Scouts since 2018. Well, not exactly.
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Coronavirus
HPISD Pandemic Response Committee Updates
District officials say decisions on when to conduct classes remotely will be made on a case-by-case basis.
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Tornado
See: Construction Progress for Thomas Jefferson, Walnut Hill School
Curious about the progress of construction for the tornado-ravaged Thomas Jefferson High School campus and the new Walnut Hill School?
HPISD Trustees Talk BrainPop Online Learning Tool
The Highland Park ISD board of trustees work session Tuesday featured a presentation on the online educational platform BrainPop.
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Dallas Does Dante
September marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, and SMU is hosting a Dante Festival through Sept. 2.
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MIS Teacher Receives Howie Award
McCulloch Intermediate School sixth-grade science and Talented and Gifted (TAG) teacher Paul Newhouse was presented with the Highland Park Education Foundation’s John and Eileen Howie Community Service Award recently.
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