Dallas ISD, Reliant Energy, and the Texas Rangers to host baseball clinic Saturday
The partnership will kick off at a new baseball field. Read story.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Private Schools
The Catholic Foundation awards between $500 and $5000 to 23 D/FW-area teachers
Three Grand Award winners kick-off summer with $5,000 each; additional 20 winners receive $500.
Read story.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Charley Pride, Dwaine Caraway co-host Catholic Foundation Reception
The reception highlighted The Catholic Foundation’s support of Dallas’ southern sector. Read story.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Catholic Foundation gives 2008 Work of Heart awards to 20 local education professionals
Principals, teachers and staff nominated by peers, students and parents for the honors. Read story.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
The Catholic Foundation awards $676,000 in grants to Dallas-area schools
Grants will help fund education, outreach and infrastructure projects. Read story.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Mesquite private school for disabled might be forced to shut down
Meadowview is the only school for students with learning disabilities on the east side of Dallas.
Read story.
Friday, March 28, 2008
The Catholic Foundation gives Work of Heart Awards to area teachers
The 21 awards were given to derserving local Catholic school teachers and staff. Read story.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
St. Alcuin Montessori School gets $5 million capital campaign gift
That's a heck of a lot of PC Jrs for the kids. Read story.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Rowlett announces "Severe Weather Week" poster contest winners
Rowlett childrens competed in a contest to send visual messages about severe weather awareness. Read story.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Eco film fest hosted by Dallas' St. Marks School
Screenings start tonight (Feb. 29) and run through Saturday. Read story.
Friday, Feb. 29, 2008
Former Dallas Hockaday employee arrested for soliciting
The person he was chatting with online turned out not to be a 13-year-old girl, but a sheriff's deputy. D'OH! Read story.
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008
UPDATED x2: Dallas private school under investigation for teacher-student sexual misconduct
The matter is now under investigation by the Dallas Police Department. Read story.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Former employee of Bishop Lynch indicted for stealing from the athletic booster club
The woman apparently wrote checks to herself and forged the athletic director's signature. Read story.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007
St. Mark's quarterback awarded weekly honor
Last week's performance earned Kirk Hayes some extra recognition. Read story.
Friday, Oct. 12, 2007
Taylor Hicks to perform at Greenhill School 2008 Gala
This year's event is titled "Heart and Soul" and will feature catering, a live auction, and a dance floor to move your feet and shake your... well whatever you got to shake. Read story.
Friday, Oct. 5, 2007
Holy Trinity Catholic School receives $100,000 from "guardian angel"
Dallas resident Julia Sanderson donates money in her will after death in May 2006. Read story.
Monday, Sept. 24, 2007
Jesuit swimmer making national waves
Yes, today is the day of cheesy headlines. But for real, Matt Thompson's becoming a big name on the swimming scene and he's only a junior. Read story.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Hockaday School students win national speech/debate competition
The Killer Daisies' debate team brings the ruckus. Read story.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Former Ranger John Wetteland joins Liberty Christian's baseball staff
John Wetteland was the 1996 World Series MVP. He was the closer for the Yankees. Yuck. Read story.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Tom Adams to give this year's St. Mark's commencement address
It is a rare occurrence for any standing faculty member to speak at a St. Mark's graduation ceremony. Read story.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Dallas Christian baseball edges out Prestonwood Christian for state championship
The top two teams from TAPPS 2-5A faced off on Saturday. Read story.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Texas High School Cycling League finishes inaugural season
The season went so well the league is considering an expansion. Read story.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Colleyville Covenant thrower smashes discus record at state meet
This Cougar took home two gold medals at the TAPPS state meet. Read story.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Dallas' Catholic Foundation announces recipients of "work of heart" award
$41,500 in awards honor outstanding faculty, staff in Dallas-area Catholic Schools. Read story.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Announcing winners of 2007 High School Playwriting Project
Finalists of yearly competition to present public staged reading. Read story.
Monday, April 30, 2007
St. Mark's newspaper staff receives tons of awards at annual DMN high school paper competition
Members of The ReMarker staff also received 27 individual awards in the annual competition Read story.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Nolan girls easily grab state golf title; Bishop Lynch golfer wins individual title
The Lady Vikings defeated second-place John Paul ll by 34 strokes. Read story.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
St. Mark's names new head football coach
The school promoted the offensive/defensive line coach. Read story.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Grace Preparatory volleyball player commits to college
Trinity Ojo's success as a two-sport athlete is over. She's only taking her volleyball talents on the courts for Mizzou. Read story.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Nolan Catholic School Board recognized for outstanding achievement
Each year the NABCCCE recognizes boards, commissions, or councils of Catholic education whose work is outstanding. Read story.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Colleyville Heritage football coach leaving to become athletic director at Prestonwood Christian Academy
Coach Cunningham will take athletic director position in Plano. Read story.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Generous gifts will fund football and track field for John Paul II High School
The athletic fields should be ready by spring 2008 Read story.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Jesuit swimmer impresses at 2007 USA Spring Championships
Matt Thompson finished strong in three events. Read story.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Bishop Lynch High hosting dog show to raise $ for Class of 2010
There'll be awards for just about everything, including biggest and smallest dogs. That's right: Your dog could win an award simply for being tiny. Read story.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Bishop Lynch football hires familiar face
The Friars won four state titles during Bill Persinger's previous tenure. Read story.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Local students' artwork gets recognized at fund-raising convention in Dallas
Students from Kennedale, Grapevine, Southlake, Colleyville, and Arlington win awards for their art. Read story.
Monday, March 26, 2007
St. Mark's to host free public planetarium show this weekend
The show, “Skylore: East Meets West,” shares Japanese, Aboriginal, Inuit, and Native American myths about the sun, moon, and stars. Read story.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Hockaday comes up big at state debate tournament
Hockaday qualified an unprecedented 15 students to the Texas Forensic Association State Championship, considered to be the toughest state competition in the nation. Read story.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Local private schools work together for local alternative to ISAS festival
Greenhill, St. Marks, Hockaday, ESD, and the Parish Episcopal School will all volunteer facilities for a local festival Read story.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Schools in Keller, Arlington, named finalists in cow-decorating contest
Scoff not: If they do a swift job decorating a life-sized ceramic cow, they win $22K. We'll spell that out for you: Twenty-two-thousand dollars. Read story.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
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West Fest Polka Festival Westfest kicks off the the weekend on Friday evening with the Miss Westfest Contest. Gates to the fairground (in West, Texas, south on I-35 just beyond Hillsboro) open at 5:30 p.m., and you can hang out touring the food booths until closing time at 12:30 a.m. If there was ever a place to do your "wurst," this is it, folks! And don't forget kolaches for dessert. More info
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