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Letter to the Editor

March 2, 2022March 5, 2022 Contributor 0 Comments Big Thought, Community, Dallas ISD, DISD, GIVINGPEOPLE, Hinojosa, Letter to the editor, Letters to the Editor, Michael Hinojosa, preston hollow, Voices

On behalf of the entire team at Big Thought, we want to say thank you to Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, who plans to leave Dallas ISD later this year.

Park Cities Preston Hollow Schools Voices

Editor Becomes Principal For a Day — and a Student of Schooling

December 8, 2021December 21, 2021 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments Dallas ISD, Dallas ISD Schools, Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, DISD, GIVINGPEOPLE, Park Cities, preston hollow, principal for a day, schools, Voices, Withers Elementary, Withers Elementary School

“My dad goes to work,” the tiny kindergartener said one Wednesday after asking me if I went to work. “Do you know him?”

Preston Hollow Sports

Long Wait: New Facilities Have Helped Boost Longhorns, Panthers

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 Todd Jorgenson 0 Comments DISD, FP, Jacob Ramon, New facilities, preston hollow, Preston Hollow People, Sports, Tony Johnson, W.T. White, W.T. White football, W.T. White High School, W.T. White Longhorns, WTW

When W.T. White High School football coach Tony Johnson first arrived on campus four years ago, his players lifted weights in a double-wide trailer with holes in the floor.
(Read time: 4.1 minutes)

Park Cities Philanthropy Preston Hollow Schools

United to Learn, United to Launch

September 15, 2021September 25, 2021 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments Carol Goglia, DISD, education, GIVINGPEOPLE, Learning Launch, Loos Field House, Nathan Adams, Nathan Adams Elementary School, North Texas Giving Day 2021, philanthropy, preston hollow, Preston Hollow People, schools, U2L, United to Learn

At the beginning of every school year, for the past five years, United to Learn has helped Dallas ISD students and teachers get off to a good start by making sure they have the supplies they need.
(Read time: 4.9 minutes)

Camps Park Cities Preston Hollow Schools

Want To Make a Difference? Consider a Summer of Service

May 7, 2021May 13, 2021 Staff Report 0 Comments Camps, CDC, Community, community service, COVID-19, Dallas area, Dallas ISD, DISD, GIVINGPEOPLE, Kirsten Brandt James, Project Transformation, Project Transformation North Texas, summer, summer camps, Summer of Service, Volunteer

I clearly remember that feeling of the last day of school and the summer before me — one filled with swimming lessons, Girl Scout camp, and all kinds of fun activities that my mom would find for us.

Park Cities Preston Hollow Schools

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.

Preston Hollow Schools Tornado

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.

Park Cities Preston Hollow Real Estate Real Estate Quarterly

When House Hunting Is Also School Shopping, Get Personal

July 30, 2020July 29, 2020 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments coronavirus, COVID-19, DISD, education, HPISD, schools, Texas School Report Card, TXSchools.gov

I’ve been writing about real estate for years – and I’ve been writing about schools even longer than that.

Preston Hollow Schools

Discover Dallas ISD with School Expo

October 28, 2019 Contributor 0 Comments Dallas Independent School District, Dallas ISD, Discover Dallas ISD, DISD

Dallas Independent School District will be hosting a school expo on Saturday, Nov. 2 at W.H. Adamson High School from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Preston Hollow Schools

Dallas ISD Gets High B in TEA A-F Scores

October 22, 2019November 15, 2019 Bethany Erickson 0 Comments Dallas ISD, dallas schools, DISD, education, schools, students, Teachers, Texas Education Agency

When the Texas Education Agency announced its yearly A through F grades for districts and schools, it was mostly good news for the Dallas Independent School District.

Preston Hollow Schools

Pardon The Mess; Hillcrest Is Improving

October 1, 2019 Staff Report 0 Comments construction, Dallas ISD, DISD, Hillcrest High School, preston hollow, schools

As the captain of the girls volleyball team, Hillcrest High School senior Skyy Owens was ecstatic to see the school’s newly completed competition gym when she returned from summer break.

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