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Ursuline Students Earn Girl Scouts’ Highest Honor
Kate Walsh ’25, Addison Kayanan ’27, and Savannah Moreno ’27 were recently recognized with the Girl Scout Gold Award
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Hands Dirty, Minds Growing in Area STEAM Programs
Our special STEAM edition takes a closer look at the projects shaping young minds, the educators guiding them, and the community partnerships helping them thrive
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Coach Returns to Competition With Ursuline Cheer Team
Sixteen years ago, an ACL injury derailed Kendra Sawyer’s plans for collegiate cheerleading. This year, the Ursuline alumna has come full circle, leading the school’s inaugural competitive cheer team as its head coach.
St. Mark’s, Ursuline, Covenant Golfers Stay on Course
Between dynamic drives and precise putting, golfers from private schools in the Preston Hollow area had a stellar season on the links.
Ursuline Seeks Soccer Three-Peat
When you collect a remarkable 30 TAPPS state soccer championships, as Ursuline has, it doesn’t happen by accident.
Bookend Bears: Ursuline Duo Has Sights Set on First State Title
Sophia Thornburg had already given her verbal commitment to play college volleyball at Notre Dame, following her family’s deep roots at the school.
Saluting Three 2024 High School Grads at Service Academies
Many area 2024 graduates recently headed to traditional colleges, while others started higher education at service academies.
Underdog Panthers Earn Historic State Title
Parish Episcopal put an exclamation point on a remarkable, and historical, season with the school’s first TAPPS state championship.
Ursuline Senior Builds Homes in Costa Rica Each Thanksgiving
Ursuline Academy senior Corinne Tinker will wake up on the Saturday before Thanksgiving in Costa Rica, put on job site clothes, and then take a 30-minute bus ride to Pavas, just like she has for the last five years.
A Banner Year for Dallas Private School Girls Soccer
Ursuline and Covenant headed into their respective championship games at the TAPPS girls soccer tournament with revenge on their minds and a trophy as their ultimate goal.
Miller Kerr is a Kilgore Rangerette Captain
As 2022-2023 captain of the Kilgore Rangerettes, Miller Kerr takes the field, never letting her audience see the painful journey behind her dance steps.
Voices
License to Learn: Georgetown University Offers Spy Class
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a spy? Going undercover to solve a mystery? Living a secret, double life? That dream is not as far out of reach as you may think.
Ursuline Academy Debuts New Building
Renovations continue as Catholic all-girls campus prepares for future of learning.
Home Run: Decorated Distance Runner Returns to Bears
Becky Wade Firth has run marathons around the world, but her serendipitous return to Ursuline Academy finds her covering new ground.
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High School Musicians Heal With Harmonies
On the first Sunday of August, mellifluous notes from stringed instruments drifted delicately through the hallways of The Juliette Fowler Communities.
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You’ve Got Mail Supports Cancer Patients
At Ursuline Academy, where the motto is “Serviam,” Latin for “I will serve,” it only makes sense that students would dedicate themselves to helping their community. The biggest club at the school exemplifies this perfectly.
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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.
Coronavirus
The Lesson of the Class of 2020: Appreciate All Those Times Together
Seniors experienced abrupt changes, missed out on traditions, found reasons to hope
Separation Takes Emotional Toll As Campuses Work To Connect
Private school educators, families adjust to distance learning, hope for graduations