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Aspiring Doctors Explore Future at Summer Congress

Hillcrest 10th-grader becomes more certain than ever about her goals

Rapper Chases Career While Victim Suffers

Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley, 25, served no jail time for posing as a 17-year-old hurricane evacuee to enroll in Hillcrest High School nor any time for his behavior with a then-14-year-old girl.

Dallas ISD Sued for Enrolling 25-year-old

More than a year after Sidney Bouvier Gilstrap-Portley was caught posing as a 17-year-old teen displaced by Hurricane Harvey, a former Hillcrest High School student’s mother is suing the Dallas Independent School District.

Hillcrest High School Welcomes Back Colin Allred

Growing up as the child of a Dallas ISD teacher, U.S. Rep Colin Allred learned from a young age the importance of education and putting in the work

Pardon The Mess; Hillcrest Is Improving

As the captain of the girls volleyball team, Hillcrest High School senior Skyy Owens was ecstatic to see the school’s newly completed competition gym when she returned from summer break.
Crime

Gilstrap-Portloy Gets Six Years Probation

A jury has given Sydney Gilstrap-Portloy, a 26-year-old who posed as a high school student at Hillcrest in 2018 and dated a 14-year-old, six years probation, per officials.

Hillcrest 25-year-old featured in Sports Illustrated

The story of Sidney Gilstrap-Portley, the 25-year-old who posed as a high school student at Hillcrest in 2017 to play varsity basketball, has gotten national attention. 

Black Salutatorian a First for Hillcrest High

Like many other high school seniors, Mebruk Jemal is counting the days until summer and excited to begin a new adventure at college.
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