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 and receives […]
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 her mother, Charlene […]
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 they grew, and he would […]
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, it holds a special meaning. That […]
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 independently of the traditional public school system, and they […]
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 pledged to ensure that their property is hospitable to wildlife. In the […]
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! Well Fred Lagomarsino, […]
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