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HPISD DARE, SRO Program Costs to Increase 8%
The town of Highland Park pays for 25% of the cost of these programs, and University Park covers the remaining 75%, as the city has more students enrolled in the district.
Crime
Park Cities Crime Reports July 10-16
A Rolex bag bandit, break ins, and more plague the Park Cities Crime Reports for July 10-16.
Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses Returns to NorthPark
Among the notable returning builders this year are Lee Lewis Construction and Stantec, who partnered with Yvette Hightower’s Highland Park High School’s Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) environmental class to design and build a playhouse inspired by a historic home in the Park Cities for the second time.
In Case You Missed It
ESD Student’s Book Available at Interabang
Episcopal School of Dallas student Valentina Calderon’s book Unipaw’s Adventures: The Friends of the Forest, initially published on Amazon in 2021, is available at Interabang Books.
Pre-Workout Patch Wins ‘Scots Tank’
The Moody Advanced Professional Studies program at Highland Park High School hosted its fourth-annual “Scots Tank” competition.
Exchange Students to Eagle Scouts
Lénou Bouillon and Noa Cardona, exchange students from France and Spain, earned Eagle Scout status during their year at Highland Park High School.
Restaurant Announced For Southeast Corner of Snider Plaza
Chef Kashawn Cruell, who helped Major Food Group open Italian restaurant Carbone and others in New York, will run a new restaurant planned for the new building in the southeast corner of Snider Plaza near where Peggy Sue BBQ used to be.
2023 Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July Parade
This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Park Cities hosting the annual Independence Day festivities. Patriotic-hued Park Cities paradegoers lined the streets.
In Case You Missed It
Brad Cheves Named University Park’s 2023 Citizen of the Year
Cheves rode in the Rotary Club of Park Cities’ Fourth of July Parade as part of the honor and received a plaque in a ceremony at Goar Park.
Friend to Lead Bipartisan Policy Center
Margaret Spellings is returning to the Beltway after almost 10 years of calling Highland Park home.
Society
Looking Ahead
As a wife, sister, daughter, and colleague, Doreen Griffith understands firsthand “how caring for yourself is often last on your to-do list.”
Who Let The Dogs Swim?
At University Park’s Holmes Aquatic Center, swimming season isn’t over until wet dogs shake.
Ghosts Haunt Halloweens of Yesteryear
Bring on Halloween, a season when masks aren’t so controversial (usually).
Stir Crazy UP Newcomer Finds Lockdown Relief
A year ago, Dawson Lightfoot sat frustrated in his new University Park home. Then he revived an old hobby.
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Park Cities Coaching Finds Niche With Aspiring Athletes
As much as Carter Clements enjoyed competing in soccer, tennis, or track as a teenager in Virginia, he had the heart of a coach.
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Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
I was disheartened by this paper’s reporting of the community’s views on masks in the last edition.
Sophie Biediger Embraces Team Aspects of Individual Sport
During her freshman season at Highland Park, Sophie Biediger began to embrace the team aspects of high school golf — the camaraderie, the mentorship, the cooperation — that are otherwise unusual in her sport.
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So Just What is a ‘Golden Penny?’
This fall, voters will head to the polls to decide whether to allow Highland Park ISD to use four’ golden pennies’ from the tax rate to raise additional revenue for staff pay.
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Tall Task: Throwing Over Scots Secondary
As a power forward on the Highland Park basketball team, Preston Taylor is just one of many tall trees.
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Voices
Sweet Road Trip Alabama: Explore The Black Belt
Summer’s end sends many of you east on I-20 to get kids settled into college in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
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