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Happenings On The Hill

June 1, 2021June 2, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments dinosaurs, Dominique Baker, FP, GIVINGPEOPLE, Happenings on the Hill, Lyle School of Engineering, Park Cities, schools, SMU, SMU Mustangs

Far from SMU’s hilltop, paleontologists with deep Mustang connections have identified another new species of duck-billed dinosaur.

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Happenings on the Hill

April 21, 2021April 20, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments DeGolyer Library, FP, Happenings on the Hill, Human Rights Program, Ignasi Aballí, Love Letters, MAS: Meadows/ARCO Artist Spotlight, Rick Halperin, schools, SMU, Valentine’s Day

Don’t expect Texas to follow Virginia’s lead in abolishing capital punishment anytime soon.

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Wesley Prep Fourth-Graders Become Podcast People

April 16, 2021April 24, 2021 Madelaine Woodhouse 0 Comments Colorful Conversations, Common Ground Experiment, education, Fourth Graders, FP, GIVINGPEOPLE, Podcast people, Radiolab, schools, Wesley Prep

After four years of producing books, Wesley Prep’s Common Ground Experiment took a digital turn for the pandemic.

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Cold Weather, Warm Neighbors

April 4, 2021April 9, 2021 Rachel Snyder 0 Comments education, Highland Park ISD, Historic Texas Blizzard, HPISD, Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, Medical City Healthcare, Park Cities, Residents, schools, SMU

While many Texans were without necessities like power and water during the winter storm in February, North Texans came together to help each other through it.

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What’s In Your Web-based Computer Curriculum?

March 29, 2021April 3, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence, Bot Camp Students, Camps, capital one, education, Guinness World Record, schools, students, Web Based Computer Curriculum

Artificial Intelligence isn’t the exclusive purview of science fiction authors and advanced computer scientists anymore.

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Share Your Tales From Camp

March 9, 2021March 27, 2021 William Taylor 0 Comments Camps, Fun Things to Do, Park Cities, preston hollow, schools, summer, summer camps

I wasn’t a summer camp kid.

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Hybrid Dallas ISD Campus Coming to Oak Lawn/Turtle Creek

February 3, 2021February 24, 2021 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments DISD, education, Oak Lawn, Real Estate, schools, Stephen J. Hay Elementary, turtle creek

A new hybrid school will open next year in the Oak Lawn/Turtle Creek area, offering families some of the flexibility of home schooling but the structure of traditional school.

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Dallas ISD To Seek Zoning Change for Walnut Hill Career Campus

January 28, 2021October 7, 2021 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments Career Campus, Dallas ISD, DISD, education, preston hollow, Real Estate, schools, Walnut Hill Career Institute, Walnut Hill Elementary School

It’s been more than a year since an EF3 tornado struck the Walnut Hill Elementary School building, which had been welcoming students since 1946.

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Hoop Dream

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Maddie Spera 0 Comments education, Nets for Neighbors, Owen Goldberg, schools, St. Mark's School of Texas, West Dallas Community Church

Need help donating your basketball hoop? Owen Goldberg can provide an assist.

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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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Three Money Skills All Teens Need

December 14, 2020December 8, 2020 Libby Magliolo 0 Comments Budgeting, college, credit cards, Finances, Libby Magliolo, Money, schools, SMU, Student Loans, teens, Tips, Voices

When high schoolers head off to college, they are taking a big step towards independence and adulthood. During this transition, they will need to figure out how to live on their own and make their own decisions.