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Santos Rodriguez Memorialized by SMU
SMU is expected to announce the next recipient of the Santos Rodriguez Memorial Endowed Scholarship soon, slightly more than 50 years after a Dallas police officer fatally shot 12-year-old Santos Rodriguez on July 24, 1973.
In Case You Missed It
Gold Award Winners: 8 Area Students Earn Girl Scouting’s Highest Honor
In June, the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas presented Gold Award pins to several girls from Preston Hollow area schools.
Newcomers 2023-2024
Dallas ISD
Any parent will agree — finding the perfect learning environment for your student can be difficult.
Newcomers 2023-2024
Private Schools
Hop in a car, and it won’t take long to pass a quality private school or five, but picking the best one for your children takes a bit more effort.
Newcomers 2023-2024
Highland Park ISD
Established in 1914 with a four-room school building and 95 students, HPISD has grown into a celebrated school district with eight campuses serving Highland Park and University Park and nearly 7,000 students.
2023 National Merit Semifinalists: How Many Does Your School Have?
People Newspapers here recognizes the dozens of 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists from our markets for achieving a status earned by less than 1% of high school seniors nationwide.
Meet Walnut Hill Academy’s New Principal
Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy is under new leadership and will move to its new, rebuilt campus Jan. 1.
School Safety Stays Top of Mind
School safety remains top of the list for Dallas ISD and, specifically, new Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde.
Jesuit Dallas Boasts an Art Museum Like No Other
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, National Gallery of Art, and Jesuit Dallas Museum (JDM) – as The Muppets sing it on Sesame Street, “One of these things is not like the others.”
Scots Football Returns, so Does the Caniac Supper
The Scots are ready to get back to business raising playoff hopes. And their football fans can help by enjoying Raising Canes.
High School Pair Raise Funds and Awareness for Period Poverty
Two Hockaday School students — incoming junior Ashley Chemmalakuzhy and incoming senior Claire Zhu — joined forces to raise $3,450 and awareness to help those facing period poverty in Dallas.
Educators Prepare for Upcoming Academic Year
Teach for America has welcomed nearly 100 first-year teachers to Dallas ISD for the fall to train through the organization’s new hybrid instructional model.
‘Miss Linda’ and the Little Yellow Chair
When Linda Altick started teaching at Wesley Prep some 45 years ago, she could not have foreseen the story of educational success and expansion to come.
HPISD Picks English-Language Arts Materials For 2022-23
Highland Park ISD will start the 2022-2023 school year with new English language arts materials for grades K-8.
Voices
Changing Traditions: Graduate Looks Back on Hockaday Commencement
Throughout my 14 years as a Hockadaisy, I had always dreamed of my graduation day.
Congratulations, Highland Park High School Class of 2022
More than 530 joined the ranks of Highland Park High alumni as the district celebrated the class of 2022 on May 27.
Student Achievements: 7 Good Impressions
Highland Park High School team members, led by coaches Lisa Seaman (oral interpretation) and Toby Whisenhunt (speech and debate), won nine top-three places at the UIL District 13-5A Academics meet at North Forney High School
New Trees Make Polk TAG Center One of the ‘Cool Schools’
School days at K.B. Polk Center for Academically Talented and Gifted are spent preparing for the future. On a recent spring Thursday, that meant planting 57 trees to bring cooler tomorrows.
Student Achievements: From Mock Court to Carnegie Hall
Preston Hollow’s Abby Chapman ranks in the top 10 among outstanding high school mock trial attorneys at the state and national levels.
Happenings on the Hill
It’s an age-old question: Are differences between what men and women like decided by nature or nurture?