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Meet The Star of The Fourth of July Parade

June 30, 2022July 4, 2022 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments Donna Pierce, Fourth of July, Fourth of July parade, Park Cities Fourth of July Parade

This year’s Rotary Club of Park Cities Fourth of July parade is shaping up to be out of this world.

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Retired! Donna Pierce Stars in Her Final Planetarium Show

July 16, 2021July 19, 2021 Juliet Allan 0 Comments Astronomy Teacher, Donna Pierce, Highland Park, Highland Park ISD, HPISD, Juliet Allan, Park Cities, Park Cities People, Schools, Teachers

Astronomy teacher Donna C. Pierce, wearing a periwinkle spacesuit and signature red lipstick, greeted every attendee personally before her final starry sky show in her namesake planetarium.
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A Tale of Two Hemispheres: Straddling The Equator

November 11, 2019November 15, 2019 Donna Pierce 0 Comments Adventure, Donna Pierce, Ecuador, Equator, fun, Nature, Outdoors, Overseas Adventure Travel, schools, Teachers, Travel

Have you ever been where the sun rises at 6:30 a.m. and sets at 6:30 p.m. every single day? Where in July, it never leaves the low 80s?

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Pierce, Griffith To Get Jewish Congress Awards

September 4, 2018 Staff Report 0 Comments Audrey Kaplan Inspiring Women Lifetime Achievement Award, Donna Pierce, Eddie Deen's Ranch, Gary Griffith, Living Well, preston hollow, Southwest Jewish Congress, Stan Golden Men of Action Lifetime Achievement Award

During an evening celebrating volunteerism and diversity, the Southwest Jewish Congress will honor Donna Pierce and Gary Griffith with its

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Steel-Toed Star Lady Won’t Quit

February 26, 2018November 15, 2019 Spencer Allan 0 Comments Astronomy Club, Astronomy Teacher, Donna Pierce, education, Frontiers of Flight Museum, Highland Park High School, HPISD, McDonald Observatory, Park Cities, schools, The Star Lady

Donna Pierce, an 83-year-old astronomy teacher, devoted Girl Scout, and diehard Rice University alumna, is known to students and faculty

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Planetarium Director Is a Star Among Stars

March 25, 2015November 15, 2019 Paige Skinner 0 Comments Community treasures, Donna Pierce, Highland Park, HP Planetarium, HPHS, Planetarium Lady

It’s a Saturday afternoon and the Pierce Planetarium is full of 5-year-olds running around enjoying their peer’s birthday party. Amid

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Pierce Family Honors Birthday in ‘Stellar’ Way

June 2, 2014November 15, 2019 Sarah Bennett 0 Comments AFS, Donna Pierce, HPISD, McDonald Observatory, Park Cities, Pierce Planetarium, Reasons to Love the Park Cities, Star Lady

Over Memorial Day weekend, Susan Sullivan, J. Pierce, Sarah Cowen, and Randy Pierce — all Highland Park High School grads

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1986: Pierce Excited Over New Space

March 14, 2011November 15, 2019 Valerie Wong 0 Comments Ann Irizarry, Challenger, Charles Tillerson, Donna Pierce, Highland Park, Highland Park High School, planetarium, Schools, space, space shuttle

One-time aspiring astronaut enjoys her renovated planetarium By Dan Koller | Staff Writer A quarter-century after trying to reach outer