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Tornado
Dallas ISD To Seek Zoning Change for Walnut Hill Career Campus
It’s been more than a year since an EF3 tornado struck the Walnut Hill Elementary School building, which had been welcoming students since 1946.
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.
Student Achievements: Three to Celebrate
Ava Thigpen
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.
STEAM
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.
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.
Double Agent: ‘Big Play Zay’
Don’t let his fashion-model looks fool you. Isaiah Pedack isn’t afraid to cover his face in eye-black and get dirty in the trenches.
Happenings on the Hill
Still need a gift for the die-hard SMU football fan with expensive tastes?
Happenings on the Hill
Three artworks debuted this fall in Dallas as the first iteration of “Healing Pieces: Offerings of Art, Expression, and Nature.”
Boy Scout Troop 125 Introduces New Eagles
Eight more Boy Scouts from Troop 125, sponsored by Grace Bible Church, have achieved the rank of Eagle, the highest and most distinguished rank in Scouting:
Boy Scout Troop 125 Introduces New Eagles
Eight more Boy Scouts from Troop 125, sponsored by Grace Bible Church, have achieved the rank of Eagle, the highest and most distinguished rank in Scouting:
Advocating Education In The Philippines
Bud Naifeh of the Rotary Club of Park Cities couldn’t have known when he started a project to advance computer literacy and education in the Philippines just how vital those skills and resources would be in the time of COVID-19.
Happenings on the Hill
Dallas Academy and SMU enjoy what academy leaders call as “win-win” arrangement.
Coronavirus
Dallas ISD, TEA Launch Dashboards To Track COVID-19 Cases
Regardless of whether Dallas ISD parents chose to keep children at home, learning virtually, or felt confident in sending them to school, they were nearly universal in asking for some easy way to track how many cases the district had.
Coronavirus
A Boy’s Take on Masks: Be Nice
I am a fourth grader, but even fourth graders have opinions about things.
Election
Dallas ISD Puts $3.7 Billion Bond To Voters in November
When Dallas ISD debuted its potential 2020 bond package months ago, it was ambitious. It made waves. It attracted national attention. It was $3.7 billion.
Coronavirus
‘First-Day Jitters’ May Look Different This Year for Children
With the start of the school year edging closer and the coronavirus pandemic showing little sign of slowing down, “first-day jitters” takes on a whole new meaning.