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Hockaday to ‘Phase Out’ Boarding
Ela Hockaday's school celebrated its 107th birthday this year, and the board tasked with carrying out her mission has made a big decision -- the school will begin phasing out its longstanding boarding program.
District is a Family Affair for the Bates
It was a love that began in the halls of Marsh Middle School and continues through today.
Dallas ISD Leads in Green
Dallas ISD is looking at small ways -- like switching to compostable trash bags -- and large ways -- like piloting zero-emissions school busses within the next four years -- to make the district's carbon footprint just a little smaller.
United To Learn Rolls Sleeves Up for Dallas ISD Schools
If you see a whole lot of masked folks in T-shirts roll up to your neighborhood school wielding paintbrushes, don't be alarmed -- they're here to help.
Texas A&M University System Expanding Into North Dallas
Texas A&M Commerce will soon be expanding into North Dallas, John Sharp, Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System announced Thursday.
Happenings On the Hill
SMU faculty will likely eventually write new textbook entries about the transition from President Donald Trump to President Joe Biden.
COVID Protocols Again A Hot Topic Among HPISD Parents
The lifting of the statewide mask mandate and pandemic restrictions reignited debate over the appropriate level of safety precautions in the classroom.
Camps
What’s In Your Web-based Computer Curriculum?
Artificial Intelligence isn’t the exclusive purview of science fiction authors and advanced computer scientists anymore.
Macatee, Woodward Face Off In Only Contested HPISD Race
The Highland Park ISD board of trustees will have three new faces after May.
Student Achievements: Sweet Sounds of All-State Successes
After competing with thousands of high school students across the state, five Highland Park High School students have made the All-State Band and one All-State Choir.
Greenhill Celebrates 100 Days of School
Thanks to the pandemic, it’s been an interesting year, but the Greenhill School still maintained the time-honored tradition of celebrating the 100th day of school in March.
St. Mark’s Teacher Named 2021 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year
Ray Westbrook, a journalism teacher adviser of the newspaper and yearbook at St. Mark’s School of Texas, was recently named the 2021 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
Camps
Language Learning, For a Year or Summer, Brings Life Lessons
Before leaving for my study-abroad year in Spain, I heard the same line from 10 different friends: “Bro, you should be grateful to get out of junior year in the States.”
Camps
Campers Get Needed Pandemic Break
As summer camps look toward their 2021 seasons, success stories of last year’s pandemic crash-course are emerging as an essential resource for how to approach an even more ambiguous Covid-19 summer.
Sky-High Radish Experiment Takes an Unfortunate Squirrely Turn
Apparently radish seeds are safer above the stratosphere than potted radish plants on ground level in a science teacher’s yard – at least when squirrels are involved.
In Case You Missed It
Pandemic Schooling Faces New Questions
After Gov. Greg Abbott's announcement, pandemic schooling grappled with two questions: Do we change our policies, and how do we get our staff vaccinated?
100 Days of Daisies
Hockaday kindergarteners celebrated the 100th day of school Wednesday with a Zoom visit from Zero the Hero, counting to 100 by 10s, and dressing up as centenarians.
Ecstatic About Lamplighter Layers Eggs-Selling Business
Collecting eggs from your chickens doesn’t come without small risks.
Making Up for Lost Time
When many students haven’t been in a brick-and-mortar schoolroom in a year, how do you plan to make up for the inevitable learning loss?