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Student Achievements: Three to Celebrate

January 13, 2021January 6, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Ava Thigpen, Close Up, education, Hockaday, Hockaday School, Schools, TCA, Trinity Christian Academy, Twelve Hills Nature

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For Better Results, Ask Better Questions

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Richard Duschl 0 Comments Caruth Institute for Engineering Education, education, Questions, Richard Duschl, science, SMU, Special Section, STEAM, Texas Instruments

If you’re a baby boomer, like me, your science education likely involved coming to terms with boldface words and not having any engineering, building, or prototyping experiences.

Park Cities Preston Hollow Schools STEAM

IF/THEN Ambassador Jennifer Stimpson takes Sabbatical from Hockaday to Write Federal Legislation

January 7, 2021January 4, 2021 Maddie Spera 0 Comments education, Hockaday, IF/THEN, IF/THEN Ambassadors, Jennifer Stimpson, Sabbatical, Special Section, STEAM, STEM

Jennifer Stimpson is on a mission: She wants to change what people picture when they think of a scientist.

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What Do Scientists and Engineers Look Like? Well, You

January 7, 2021January 4, 2021 Kelsey Shoemaker 0 Comments American Association for the Advancement of Science, education, IF/THEN, IF/THEN Collection, Jennifer Makins, Magaret Black, NorthPark Cente, Schools, Special Section, STEAM, STEM

The 3-D printed statues produced after scanning 125 female innovators named American Association for the Advancement of Science IF/THEN Ambassadors in 2019 have at least this much in common – they are orange.

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What’s a Not-So-Little Competition Between Robots During a Pandemic?

January 5, 2021March 22, 2021 Maddie Spera 0 Comments 2021, education, REC Foundation, Robotics Education & Competition, Special Section, STEAM, STEM, VEX Robotics

The robots are in full competition mode and on their way to Dallas for The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s VEX Robotics World Championship, presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation in April.

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Hands-On Learning Expands Horizons

January 5, 2021December 31, 2020 William Taylor 0 Comments 2021, education, Greenhill School, schools, Special Section, STEAM, Susan Eve, Weather Balloons

Show students video of high-altitude balloon missions and give them new perspectives on their world.

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Double Agent: ‘Big Play Zay’

January 1, 2021January 5, 2021 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments Austen Dor, Big Play Zay, education, Fashion, Football, Isaiah Pedack, Park Cities, Schools, Sports

Don’t let his fashion-model looks fool you. Isaiah Pedack isn’t afraid to cover his face in eye-black and get dirty in the trenches.

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Happenings on the Hill

December 21, 2020December 16, 2020 William Taylor 0 Comments All American, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Doak Walker, education, Engaged Learning program, Happenings on the Hill, Santos Rodriguez Scholarship, Schools, SMU, Tyne Dickso

Still need a gift for the die-hard SMU football fan with expensive tastes?

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Happenings on the Hill

December 16, 2020December 11, 2020 William Taylor 0 Comments education, Happenings on the Hill, Healing Pieces, Park Cities, Simmons School of Education and Human Development, SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Tattoos

Three artworks debuted this fall in Dallas as the first iteration of “Healing Pieces: Offerings of Art, Expression, and Nature.”

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Boy Scout Troop 125 Introduces New Eagles

December 15, 2020December 10, 2020 Staff Report 0 Comments Boy Scout Troop 125, Boy Scouts, education, New Eagles, Park Cities

Eight more Boy Scouts from Troop 125, sponsored by Grace Bible Church, have achieved the rank of Eagle, the highest and most distinguished rank in Scouting:

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Boy Scout Troop 125 Introduces New Eagles

December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 Staff Report 0 Comments Boy Scout Troop 125, Boy Scouts, Eagle Scouts, education, Grace Bible Church, preston hollow

Eight more Boy Scouts from Troop 125, sponsored by Grace Bible Church, have achieved the rank of Eagle, the highest and most distinguished rank in Scouting: