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Scholarship Program Helps Architecture Students
When Jenny Adair graduated from Highland Park High School in 2012 and went to pursue a degree in architecture at the University of Virginia, she left with the tools she needed to succeed.
Financial Tips For The First Year at College
Whether enrolled in your first year of college, or on your way to college next fall, there is a lot of planning to be done.
Camps
Great Summers Start With Right Questions
How will you fill your child’s summer? Does he or she need to develop new interests, get a dose of self-esteem, improve skills in sports or arts?
Saint Michael Episcopal School Children Parade Through Campus
Money raised from the event will benefit the S.M.A.R.T.S. initiative. This initiative brings a new aspect to the curriculum as it relates to Science, Math, Art, Religion, Technology or Social-Emotional Learning.
SMU Breaks Ground on Home for Digital Explorers
The 50,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research hub is a critical step in the university's journey to strengthen its research capabilities.
New Planetarium Grows St. Mark’s Brand
St. Mark’s School of Texas has been at the forefront of science, math, and technology instruction dating back to 1961 when a planetarium was first built on the
Happenings on the Hill
A treasure-hunting smartphone app developed by SMU and Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT) to help low-literate adults learn to read tied for the grand prize in a competition hosted by the Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE.
Student Achievements: Two to Celebrate
Henry Zhu was named MVP and won first place in fifth-grade individual Number Sense at the Texas Coaches Association Math & Science contest, where McCulloch Intermediate School/Highland Park Middle School won a variety of team awards.
Faith
Cristo Rey Honors Michele and John Stephens
Both will be recognized at the upcoming Cristo Rey Dallas CEO Breakfast on Feb. 20 at The Belo Mansion.
Hockaday Girls Win Robotics Championship
Tasked with this season’s “Into Orbit” robotics competition challenge, the teams spent hours studying the vast expanse of space and coming up with innovative solutions using science and technology.
Ursuline Academy: We Regret This Awful Incident
Dallas private school apologizes for 1979 "senior slave day" images in yearbook.
Candidate Pool for Highland Park ISD Trustee Election Grows
The upcoming Highland Park ISD Board of Trustees election will have at least one contested race.
Gift Advances Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship at SMU
The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at SMU will combine the innovative forces of SMU’s Cox School of Business and Lyle School of Engineering.
HPISD Creates Boundary Rezoning Committee
Committee to include parents representing each elementary school, as well as community members and former trustees.
Paul Rowsey HPISD Board Trustee Will Not Seek Re-election
Rowsey has served in Place 4 on the Board of Trustees since 2010.
HP Education Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director
Lauren Holloway joined the Foundation in the fall of 2017 after spending more than six years in leadership and fundraising at the North Texas Food Bank.
SMU Ranks No. 1 in Graduate school Game Design
Neatly tucked within SMU’s Plano campus, students stay busy at SMU Guildhall, The Princeton Review’s No. 1 ranked graduate school for game design.
Student Achievements: Four to Celebrate
The Park Cities chapter of the Young Men’s Service League helped transform classroom spaces at Voice of Hope, a faith-based agency providing after school and
HPISD Roundup: Preservation Push Could Delay Hyer Construction
Board members are worried that election into the commission would throw a wrench into future plans for the building.