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Principal To Get Fifth Elementary Ready for 2020

May 16, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Amanda Reyes, education, Highland Park ISD, HPISD, news, Park Cities, schools

A name for the newest Highland Park ISD elementary school may not be decided until October, but the district wasted no time in choosing a principal for the campus.

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ESD Offers Campers Week at Wolf Run Ranch

May 3, 2019November 15, 2019 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Camps, education, ESD, Pete Gifford, schools, The Episcopal School of Dallas, Wolf Run Ranch

When it comes to summer camps, The Episcopal School of Dallas has students covered.

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Camp iHope Offers Freedom, Family, Fun

May 1, 2019November 15, 2019 Maria Adolphs 0 Comments Camp iHope, Camps, Cancer, children, Collin County Adventure Camp, Deb Echtenkamp, education, Hyundai Hope on Wheels, schools

Each June, campers skim the trees in Anna on a zip line, canoe the lake water, climb the rock wall, and forget about cancer for a week.

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‘R Is The Roughest,’ But Not The Only Hard Sound

April 23, 2019June 14, 2021 Timothy Glaze 0 Comments Cynthia Gould, education, Michelle Marlow, R is the Roughest Sound, schools, Speech Problems

Cynthia Gould and Michelle Marlow have found a way to impart pronunciation tricks even when a child is not in the middle of a face-to-face session.

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‘Roughing it’ on Campus: A University Park Tradition

April 9, 2019November 15, 2019 Jordan Kiefer 0 Comments Camping, Camps, education, schools, University Park Elementary, University Park Preschool Association, UP All Night

Camping out on the school grounds has become an annual tradition for University Park Elementary families – one where students don’t mind the extra hours on campus.

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St. Mark’s Freshman Photographs Troubled Borders

April 9, 2019 Tina-Tien Nguyen 0 Comments Border, education, Ekansh Tambe, photography, schools, St. Mark's School

With politicians debating border security and immigration, a curious St. Mark’s School of Texas ninth-grader picked up his camera and headed to Brownsville.

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CSI: A Camp for STEM Investigation

April 4, 2019November 15, 2019 Maria Adolphs 0 Comments Camps, CSI, education, Lyle School of Engineering, schools, SMU, STEM

In a trashed meeting room with papers strewn everywhere, tracks of fresh soil, and a blinking computer screen, teammates donned gloves and carefully searched for clues.