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Local school districts considering many options for next school year

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|Date: Friday, May 29, 2020
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Local school districts considering many options for next school year

Local school districts are currently evaluating several different plans for the 2020-21 school year. The ...

Local school districts are currently evaluating several different plans for the 2020-21 school year. The 2019-20 school year ended with all Texas students learning from home, and many were graded on m ...

Friday, May 29, 2020
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Technology is student’s lifeline during crisis

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|Date: Friday, May 29, 2020
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Technology is student’s lifeline during crisis

Will Pearson has found a way around the social isolation a lot of Americans are experiencing at the momen ...

Will Pearson has found a way around the social isolation a lot of Americans are experiencing at the moment, and modern technology is the reason why. “I think accessibility is the best part of being a ...

Friday, May 29, 2020
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Flower Mound teen defines overachiever

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|Date: Friday, May 29, 2020
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Flower Mound teen defines overachiever

Look up the word overachiever in the dictionary, and RyLeigh Werner's name will likely appear. The Libert ...

Look up the word overachiever in the dictionary, and RyLeigh Werner's name will likely appear. The Liberty Christian senior serves as Student Council President, an Impact Leader, co-founder of the Bus ...

Friday, May 29, 2020
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Coram Deo senior believes in spiritual benefits of technology

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|Date: Friday, May 29, 2020
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Coram Deo senior believes in spiritual benefits of technology

What appeared at the time to be the most difficult hurdle Noah Taylor would have to overcome in his young ...

What appeared at the time to be the most difficult hurdle Noah Taylor would have to overcome in his young life, turned out to be one of his greatest blessings. A member of the Coram Deo Academy boys b ...

Friday, May 29, 2020
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Argyle teen recognizes value of volunteering

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|Date: Thursday, May 28, 2020
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Argyle teen recognizes value of volunteering

Sonali Gandhi likes to be involved. Whether it is as Vice President of the National Honor Society or Trea ...

Sonali Gandhi likes to be involved. Whether it is as Vice President of the National Honor Society or Treasurer of the Student Council, few organizations at Argyle High School have not felt the Argyle ...

Thursday, May 28, 2020
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Foster care student overcomes lifetime of uncertainty to graduate high school

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|Date: Saturday, May 23, 2020
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Foster care student overcomes lifetime of uncertainty to graduate high school

When Jainay Lockett-Rhodes showed up at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday for Fred Moore High School’s gradu ...

When Jainay Lockett-Rhodes showed up at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday for Fred Moore High School’s graduation, few people in the drive-in audience knew what a long road she’d conquered to graduate. L ...

Saturday, May 23, 2020
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VIDEO: High school commencement ceremonies

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|Date: Friday, May 22, 2020
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VIDEO: High school commencement ceremonies

Nearly three dozen Denton County and other local area high school commencement ceremonies have begun at T ...

Nearly three dozen Denton County and other local area high school commencement ceremonies have begun at Texas Motor Speedway as part of a program to ensure great high school graduation memories for ne ...

Friday, May 22, 2020
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Local students win scholarships from WOFM

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|Date: Monday, May 18, 2020
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Local students win scholarships from WOFM

The Women of Flower Mound organization announced Sunday that it just gave $17,000 in scholarships to four ...

The Women of Flower Mound organization announced Sunday that it just gave $17,000 in scholarships to four local students. The group, which distributes these scholarships each spring, awarded a $5,000 ...

Monday, May 18, 2020
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Argyle to kick off Speedway graduations Monday

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|Date: Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Argyle to kick off Speedway graduations Monday

The first high school graduation ceremony in Denton County is set for Monday at Texas Motor Speedway, as ...

The first high school graduation ceremony in Denton County is set for Monday at Texas Motor Speedway, as Argyle High seniors will receive their diplomas in Victory Lane. All Denton County school distr ...

Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Lewisville ISD trustee resigns

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|Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2020
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Lewisville ISD trustee resigns

Kronda Thimesch has resigned from her position as a Lewisville ISD trustee as she focuses on her campaign ...

Kronda Thimesch has resigned from her position as a Lewisville ISD trustee as she focuses on her campaign for the State House of Representatives. Thimesch has served on the LISD Board of Trustees sinc ...

Tuesday, May 12, 2020
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Lewisville ISD now offering free weekend meals, too

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|Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2020
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Lewisville ISD now offering free weekend meals, too

Lewisville ISD is now giving students free meals for the weekend, in addition to weekdays. The district, ...

Lewisville ISD is now giving students free meals for the weekend, in addition to weekdays. The district, like many in the area, began distributing free meals to local kids when schools were closed -- ...

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
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Lewisville ISD names new principal of Briarhill Middle School

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|Date: Monday, May 4, 2020
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Lewisville ISD names new principal of Briarhill Middle School

Lewisville ISD announced last week the appointment of Leslie Davenport as the new principal of Briarhill ...

Lewisville ISD announced last week the appointment of Leslie Davenport as the new principal of Briarhill Middle School. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to come back to Briarhill,” Davenport sai ...

Monday, May 4, 2020
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Texas Motor Speedway to host Denton County high school graduations

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|Date: Friday, May 1, 2020
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Texas Motor Speedway to host Denton County high school graduations

Superintendents across Denton County announced Friday plans to host their respective high school commence ...

Superintendents across Denton County announced Friday plans to host their respective high school commencement ceremonies at Texas Motor Speedway to ensure all graduates at one of their 23 high schools ...

Friday, May 1, 2020
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Distance learning got you overwhelmed? Local homeschooling mom shares tips

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|Date: Monday, April 27, 2020
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Distance learning got you overwhelmed? Local homeschooling mom shares tips

There was a time when Michelle Serna couldn’t have imagined leaving public education. Like any teacher, s ...

There was a time when Michelle Serna couldn’t have imagined leaving public education. Like any teacher, she loved driving to school and being surrounded by hundreds of happy students in the hallways. ...

Monday, April 27, 2020
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Lewisville ISD postpones graduations

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|Date: Friday, April 24, 2020
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Lewisville ISD postpones graduations

UPDATE: All five LISD high schools will now host graduation ceremonies at Texas Motor Speedway on the or ...

UPDATE: All five LISD high schools will now host graduation ceremonies at Texas Motor Speedway on the original May dates. ----------------------------------------------- Lewisville ISD has had to can ...

Friday, April 24, 2020
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Local students awarded corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships

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|Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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Local students awarded corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships

On Wednesday, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the names of the first group of winners ...

On Wednesday, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the names of the first group of winners in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Many local students are among the appro ...

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
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$260k in scholarships awarded to LISD students

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|Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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$260k in scholarships awarded to LISD students

More than 300 Lewisville ISD students have been selected to receive nearly $260,000 in scholarships from ...

More than 300 Lewisville ISD students have been selected to receive nearly $260,000 in scholarships from the Lewisville ISD Education Foundation. The foundation annually awards scholarships to outgoin ...

Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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Schools closed for rest of academic year

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|Date: Friday, April 17, 2020
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Schools closed for rest of academic year

All Texas school classrooms will remain closed for the rest of the 2019-20 school year, Gov. Greg Abbott ...

All Texas school classrooms will remain closed for the rest of the 2019-20 school year, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday. Schools have been closed since spring break in mid-March, and they've all tra ...

Friday, April 17, 2020
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Denton ISD now ‘super bundling’ one week’s meals

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|Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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Denton ISD now ‘super bundling’ one week’s meals

Denton ISD is now "super bundling" its free meals for local children so that families can pick up the ent ...

Denton ISD is now "super bundling" its free meals for local children so that families can pick up the entire week's breakfasts and lunches on Wednesdays. The district had been offering daily meal pick ...

Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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LISD names new Donald principal, director of student services

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|Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
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LISD names new Donald principal, director of student services

Lewisville ISD announced Monday that it has named the new principal of the STEM Academy at Donald Element ...

Lewisville ISD announced Monday that it has named the new principal of the STEM Academy at Donald Elementary, as well as its new chief executive director of student support services. Heather Shorter, ...

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
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