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Her Hometown Perspective
Perspective is often relative; it can change with time and personal experience. How a person views his or her high school experience may change during certain parts of life: as a high school freshman, a high school senior, a 10-year alumni or a senior citizen. It can be amazing how time and experience can alter ideas, how a person’s thoughts and feelings
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Brooke’s Books
Every now and then, you meet someone truly special who touches your heart in such a way that you know this is someone you will always remember. Brooke Ashton Cambron, former Midlothian High School senior was that type of person. Although she died in the spring of 2007, Brooke left her mark on many people
A True Eagle
By definition, an Eagle Scout is a Boy Scout who has reached the highest level of attainment in the various tests of skill and endurance set by the Boy Scouts of America organization. In reality, however, that definition lends little insight into the kind of education, honor and commitment one both gives
All Business
During this season of miracles and wishes, Shawnay McCain is a wonderful role model to us all. In many ways, she is a miracle. Born with intra-ventricular hemorrhage (IVH), which is a type of bleeding from fragile blood vessels in the brain, “it created cerebral palsy and epilepsy with her,” said
All in the Family
To say education is important to the Schutt family is an understatement. For this Mansfield family, education is a way of life. Howard Schutt was a Baptist preacher who taught his congregations faith, fundraising and education. Over the past few decades he taught one struggling church after another until
H-E-A-R-T
The word laodicean holds three different meanings. For the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, Kavya Shivashanker, it can be a native or inhabitant of Laodicea or, it can mean to be indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of religion. But for Timberview High School freshman, Liz Adetiba,
The Changing Face of Education
According to the U.S. Charter Schools organization, nearly 3,000 new schools have been launched since state legislatures began passing charter legislation in the 1990s. Chartering is at the center of a growing movement to challenge traditional notions of what public education means. Charter schools run
School Receives Wild Recognition
Pettigrew Academy in Waxahachie is officially wild. The small, private school on Marvin Avenue has been certified as an urban wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. As such, it joins the ranks of thousands of homes, institutions and businesses that have
Two Sides to Every Story
As young children, most of us probably thought our teachers lived at school, slept at school and that teaching was their life — essentially they had no outside life. We never fathomed the possibility that they had a family, children or a home, let alone hobbies and interests other than teaching!
