By Juliette Coulter HERitage Giving Fund at Texas Women’s Foundation awarded more than $56,000 in grants to seven North Texas nonprofit organizations that are led by Black women serving Black women and girls. The grants were determined after a process of rigorous evaluation based on a variety of criteria, including the needs of Black communities […]
By Emma McDougal, First Baptist Academy student Let’s face it, 2020 was a handful! People’s schedules flipped upside down, causing loads of worry and confusion about their loved ones, and whether they’d ever be able to live a normal life. While the pandemic caused lots of events, games and productions to come to a grinding […]
By Jacqui Nickell The Lakehill Bionicles First Tech Challenge Robotics team has been working diligently all year despite the constraints of social distancing. The team started off strong in the summer by joining a group called Project Worldwide. The purpose of the group was to share STEM ideas with students around the world. The team […]
Still Weathering the Storm Snowmageddon 2021 has ended, but its aftermath lingers. Bryan Adams High School is currently still without power due to extensive damages to the mechanical system. While the work continues, we do not anticipate the power will be restored before spring break; therefore, students will not be able to return to the […]
By Elizabeth Lenart Chabad of Plano/Collin County invites the community to “The Legacy of Elie Wiesel through the eyes of his son, Elisha Wiesel,” on Sunday, March 21, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m., livestreamed and free from https://chabadplano.org/event. The event’s Signature Sponsor is H-E-B/Central Market. The event will feature guest speaker Elisha Wiesel — the only […]
By David Mullen When one thinks of the College Football Playoff (CFP), an elaborate playoff system incorporating fabled bowl games into the eventual crowning of a National College Football Champion, million-dollar sponsorships, big TV ratings and revenues and thoughts of another title for the Alabama Crimson Tide or the Clemson Tigers comes to mind. […]
Dallas Academy is a widely-recognized leader in private school education for bright students with a range of learning differences. As such, the school always strives to grow and innovate in order to meet the diverse needs of the student population. When COVID-19 disrupted learning, instructors quickly realized a more advanced e-learning program would be a […]
From Dallas ISD Staff Reports When active PTA mom Jamie Nelson (pictured) learned there was a vacant theater teacher position at Sidney Lanier Expressive Arts Vanguard, where her two sons attend, she immediately told the principal she was stepping in. Starting in the late fall of 2019 as a volunteer, Nelson finalized her alternative teaching certification […]
Bringing Back Vocational Education in a Big Way! In my last column, I reported on the expansion of Dallas ISD’s career and technology education (CTE) offerings. I reported that Dallas ISD has brought back vocational education in a big way, with more CTE offerings than ever before! Students at Bryan Adams and Conrad high schools […]
COVID-19 drove educators to look at things differently after accepting the fact e-learning would be a necessary component to instruction for the foreseeable future. Much like the students they lead, Dallas Academy teachers stepped up to face the challenges and embraced the opportunity to find a new and exciting way to teach during the global […]