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Happenings on the Hill
Don’t expect Texas to follow Virginia’s lead in abolishing capital punishment anytime soon.
Wesley Prep Fourth-Graders Become Podcast People
After four years of producing books, Wesley Prep’s Common Ground Experiment took a digital turn for the pandemic.
In Case You Missed It
Cold Weather, Warm Neighbors
While many Texans were without necessities like power and water during the winter storm in February, North Texans came together to help each other through it.
Camps
What’s In Your Web-based Computer Curriculum?
Artificial Intelligence isn’t the exclusive purview of science fiction authors and advanced computer scientists anymore.
Hybrid Dallas ISD Campus Coming to Oak Lawn/Turtle Creek
A new hybrid school will open next year in the Oak Lawn/Turtle Creek area, offering families some of the flexibility of home schooling but the structure of traditional school.
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.
STEAM
Hands-On Learning Expands Horizons
Show students video of high-altitude balloon missions and give them new perspectives on their world.
Three Money Skills All Teens Need
When high schoolers head off to college, they are taking a big step towards independence and adulthood. During this transition, they will need to figure out how to live on their own and make their own decisions.
2021 National Merit Semifinalists: How Many Does Your School Have?
The nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), established in 1955, named approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Election
Too Young To Vote, But Not Too Young to Help Others Cast Ballots
Evelyn Altschuler and Mira Aravamuthan are too young to vote in this election, but it's not keeping them from the polls.
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
Senior Returns to Much Different HPHS
As a freshman, I had imagined that the first day of my senior year would be spent roaming the halls with my classmates and counting down the days until graduation.
Celebrating Student Achievements
St. Marks student Abhi Jain set out to make a healthier hands sanitizer after he became worried about the ingredients in the hand-sanitizing stations he saw around town.
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.
Student Achievements: Seven to Celebrate
Rising senior Spencer Gray is the first Dallas International School student to participate in the American Legion Boys State Program, conducted virtually this year because of the pandemic.
Youth-Run Organization Advocates With Podcast, Online Articles
Greenhill School junior Sheena Kwon created an organization to raise awareness, educate, and support the fight for women’s rights.
Coronavirus
Boone Prepares to Open During Unprecedented Circumstances
Even before pandemic prompted school districts to pivot to virtual instruction, Highland Park ISD was preparing to make history by opening its fifth elementary school.
