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ESD Tennis Buddies Up to Teach Down Syndrome Athletes
Dallas’ growing Buddy Up Tennis program had a need. Episcopal School of Dallas had facilities and people who could help.
SMU Exhibit Explores Life of Icon Carrie Marcus Neiman
Many people know of Stanley Marcus and his genius for retailing, but many of the women who helped establish the Neiman Marcus reputation for excellence are much less familiar.
STEAM
From Girl Scout to Bat Woman
Over 2 million people viewed bright orange, life-like statues spread across the courtyard and corridors at NorthPark Center before the exhibit moved on in late fall.
A Duty to Global Community
Dallas International School helps refugee family from Afghanistan.
Voices
Editor Becomes Principal For a Day — and a Student of Schooling
“My dad goes to work,” the tiny kindergartener said one Wednesday after asking me if I went to work. “Do you know him?”
Fall Festival a Learning Experience for Alcuin Middle Schoolers
Ghouls spun the fortune wheel, ghosts ate hot dogs, and Elmos collected as much candy as they could during the Alcuin School’s Fall Festival.
All in the Meece Family
Three generations star in Highland Park High School musical productions.
Student Achievements: Celebrate These
Members of the Mockingbird Chapter of the National Charity League in the last year contributed 8,998 hours of community service to Dallas philanthropy partners working in crisis and violence intervention, education, elderly and animal support, and poverty and hunger prevention.
Happenings on the Hill
Linda P. and William A. Custard committed $3 million, and the Meadows Foundation matched that to establish the Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture at the Meadows Museum.
Brewing Up a Business Plan
Scottie Joe’s, a coffee bar coming to the third floor of Highland Park High School, is expected to brew up learning opportunities for students in the Moody Advanced Professional Studies (MAPS) program and the district’s 18+ program.
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Boy Scout Baxter Perry-Miller Creates a Buzz
The name Baxter Perry-Miller is certainly abuzz at Bonton Farms. And it’s not just from the bees he brought there, although that’s certainly part of it.
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Student Achievements: Five To Celebrate
Student co-chairs for the Junior Symphony Ball (JSB) presented Dallas Symphony Orchestra League (DSOL) president Anne Ligon with a $238,432 check.
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Happenings on the Hill
Austin Hickle had something of an epiphany last summer: If college campuses were going to return successfully to on-campus learning in fall 2020, student engagement would be crucial to compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.
Philanthropy
United to Learn, United to Launch
At the beginning of every school year, for the past five years, United to Learn has helped Dallas ISD students and teachers get off to a good start by making sure they have the supplies they need.
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Student Documentary Explores What It Is To Be #BlackAtSMU
Students in SMU’s Meadows School of The Arts turned five tweets shared by students using the #BlackAtSMU hashtag into a documentary.
Can You Graduate From The School Board?
In 12 years as a trustee, former school board president Jim Hitzelberger helped see Highland Park ISD through two bond elections plus facilities overhauls, rezoning, the opening of a fifth elementary school, and a global pandemic.
Congratulations, Highland Park High School Class of 2021
After a year of social distancing, the Highland Park High School class of 2021 finally gathered, celebrated, and walked the stage at Moody Coliseum.
Hockaday a Logical Fit For New/Gen Advocacy
A student-run women’s rights organization that launched last year at the Greenhill School before expanding in the U.S. and overseas has taken hold at The Hockaday School.
Happenings On The Hill
Far from SMU’s hilltop, paleontologists with deep Mustang connections have identified another new species of duck-billed dinosaur.