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Hoop Dream
Need help donating your basketball hoop? Owen Goldberg can provide an assist.
How to Get Your Teen to Care About Managing Money
Getting your teens to care about managing money and taking control of their own financial decisions may be a bit like getting them to eat their vegetables or put on sunscreen.
STEAM
STEAM Program Provides Cookie Cutter Solution Dogs Can Love
Highland Park ISD students served up treats for area dogs while learning valuable science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) skills.
Student Achievements: Three to Celebrate
Ava Thigpen
HPISD Trustees OK Calling Special Election For Walker’s Seat
The Highland Park ISD board of trustees Monday approved calling a special election May 1 to till retired vice president Kelly Walker’s seat for the remainder of her term. Walker’s retirement was effective Dec. 31.
STEAM
HPMS Principal Gets His Hands On Lunar Rocks
Highland Park Middle School principal Chris Miller is planning for a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) night that’s out of this world: He’s planning to have moonrock and meteorite samples from NASA to show.
STEAM
For Better Results, Ask Better Questions
If you’re a baby boomer, like me, your science education likely involved coming to terms with boldface words and not having any engineering, building, or prototyping experiences.
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IF/THEN Ambassador Jennifer Stimpson takes Sabbatical from Hockaday to Write Federal Legislation
Jennifer Stimpson is on a mission: She wants to change what people picture when they think of a scientist.
STEAM
What Do Scientists and Engineers Look Like? Well, You
The 3-D printed statues produced after scanning 125 female innovators named American Association for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN Ambassadors in 2019 have at least this much in common – they are orange.
HPISD Trustees Approve Walker’s Retirement From Board
The Highland Park ISD trustees Tuesday approved the retirement of board vice president Kelly Walker.
Texas Moves Toward Statewide Online Testing
Texas is once again shaking up its standardized testing contracts, signing four-year agreements totaling $388 million with two companies to develop and administer its controversial State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams for public school students.
STEAM
What’s a Not-So-Little Competition Between Robots During a Pandemic?
The robots are in full competition mode and on their way to Dallas for The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s VEX Robotics World Championship, presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation in April.
STEAM
Hands-On Learning Expands Horizons
Show students video of high-altitude balloon missions and give them new perspectives on their world.
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Best of 2020: High School Students of Color Record Open Letter
The summer of 2020 brought a lot of discussion about racial equity, social justice, and race in general - and those discussions didn't skip the Park Cities.
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Best of 2020: Conflict Over COVID Protocols
Responses to precautions taken by Highland Park ISD to avoid community spread of COVID-19 fell into two camps - those who felt they were appropriate, and those who felt they went too far.
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Best of 2020: Senior Returns to Much Different HPHS
Our fall high school intern, Shaye Wattson, couldn't have imagined that her senior year would begin with virtual school and then segue into a much different experience on campus as masking, social distancing, and other measures were enacted to help students and staff avoid exposure to COVID-19.
HPISD Trustee Kelly Walker Retires
After 10 years of service on the Highland Park ISD school board, vice president Kelly Walker has decided to retire from her position as a trustee, the district shared in a Wednesday newsletter. She was first elected to the HPISD board of trustees in 2010 following six years in office on the University Park city council.
Life Hacks, Life Lessons
When students walk into Courtney Dios’ class at the Shelton School, they aren’t just sitting down in front of any teacher - they’re getting time with an alumna who understands exactly how they feel.
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Best of 2020: Too Young To Vote, But Not Too Young to Help
High school intern Shaye Wattson filed this story as the election season wound to a close, about students who were too young to vote just yet, but who still volunteered to work the polls.