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High School Musicians Heal With Harmonies

September 13, 2021September 14, 2021 Maddie Spera 0 Comments Chamber Music, FP, Greenhill School, Highland Park High School, Juliette Fowler Communities, Musical Melodies, Park Cities, Park Cities People, Senior Living, Senior Living Center, Ursuline Academy

On the first Sunday of August, mellifluous notes from stringed instruments drifted delicately through the hallways of The Juliette Fowler Communities.
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You’ve Got Mail Supports Cancer Patients

August 18, 2021August 21, 2021 Madeline Stout 0 Comments GIVINGPEOPLE, preston hollow, Preston Hollow People, Schools, Ursuline, Ursuline Academy, Ursuline Academy of Dallas, You've Got Mail

At Ursuline Academy, where the motto is “Serviam,” Latin for “I will serve,” it only makes sense that students would dedicate themselves to helping their community. The biggest club at the school exemplifies this perfectly.
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2021 National Merit Semifinalists: How Many Does Your School Have?

November 30, 2020November 20, 2020 Staff Report 0 Comments Episcopal Academy, Greenhill School, Hockaday School, Jesuit Dallas, National Merit Scholarship Corporation, NMSC, Park Cities, preston hollow, schools, STEAM, Trinity Christian Academy, Ursuline Academy

The nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), established in 1955, named approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Coronavirus Graduation 2020

The Lesson of the Class of 2020: Appreciate All Those Times Together

July 3, 2020July 21, 2020 Kate Clark 0 Comments 2020 Graduation, Episcopal School of Dallas, graduation, Jesuit College Preparatory School, Parish Episcopal, preston hollow, schools, Ursuline Academy

Seniors experienced abrupt changes, missed out on traditions, found reasons to hope

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Separation Takes Emotional Toll As Campuses Work To Connect

May 26, 2020May 22, 2020 Dalia Faheid 0 Comments education, Google Classrooms, Greenhill School, Microsoft Teams, Parish Episcopal School, schools, St. Mark's, Ursuline Academy, Zoom

Private school educators, families adjust to distance learning, hope for graduations

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Ursuline Seniors Fund Thomas Jefferson Prom

February 16, 2020February 15, 2020 Dalia Faheid 0 Comments prom, schools, Thomas Jefferson High School, tornado, Ursuline Academy

Like many of us who texted loved ones on the night of the October tornado, Ursuline seniors texted their Class of 2020 GroupMe to take action, embodying the school’s “Serviam” motto.

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Ursuline Graduate Takes Love of Service to UT, Microsoft

August 9, 2019November 15, 2019 Jaxx Artz 0 Comments Association of Black Computer Scientists, education, First Bytes, Jacqueline Gibson, Microsoft, schools, Technology, University of Texas, Ursuline Academy

Inspired by Ursuline to be a change-maker instead of someone who accepts what’s been dealt to her, Jacqueline created UT’s Association of Black Computer Scientists to offer students mentorship and support.

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Ursuline Academy Student Wins Film Award

July 9, 2019 Bianca R. Montes 0 Comments Angelina Velis, Boys Will Be Boys, Mental Health/Suicide Prevention PSA, Pegasus Film Festival, PSA, Ursuline Academy

A short film she created for the class, “Boys Will Be Boys” recently received first place in the Pegasus Film Festival under the Mental Health/Suicide Prevention PSA category.

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GALLERY: Congratulations Class of 2019

June 21, 2019 Staff Report 0 Comments Alcuin, education, graduation, Greenhill School, Hillcrest High School, Jesuit, Lakehill Prep, Parish Episcopal, preston hollow, schools, Shelton School, St. Mark's, The Hockaday School, Thomas Jefferson, Ursuline Academy, W.T. White

(ABOVE: The Hockaday School)

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Ursuline Academy: We Regret This Awful Incident

February 11, 2019November 15, 2019 Bianca R. Montes 1 Comment appology, blueface, Dallas, Gretchen Kane, private school, racism, senior slave day, Ursuline Academy

Dallas private school apologizes for 1979 “senior slave day” images in yearbook.

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Student Achievements: Four to Celebrate

January 17, 2019November 15, 2019 Staff Report 0 Comments Academic Decathlon Meet, Blessing Bags, Charlene Brzesowsky, Chinese Bridge, ESD, Hockaday School, Homes for Hope, Hope Gift Drive, Moody Innovation Institute, North Texas Food Bank, Richard Luo, schools, St. Mark's School, Student Achievements, Ursuline Academy, Voice of Hope, World Science Scholar, Young Men's Service League

The Park Cities chapter of the Young Men’s Service League helped transform classroom spaces at Voice of Hope, a faith-based agency providing after school and