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Hillcrest senior Hayden B. Jackson is the recipient of the “First in Sustainability Scholarship Award” from Green Mountain College (GMC). The award comes with a full, four-year scholarship to the Vermont college, which is the most highly awarded college for sustainability. Jackson founded The Environmental League at Hillcrest to work with students from other local high schools to clean up a nearby polluted pond. In an essay as part of the scholarship application, Jackson describes the project and how he will use his GMC education to develop solutions and grow the Dallas-area movement he helped start. “At a time of…

Students at J.N. Ervin Elementary School met with their tutors at Toyota who have helped them read through TutorMate, an online tutoring program that connects volunteers with students to engage in virtual readings. “We are here at J.N. Ervin to stay,” said Wendy Walker with Toyota. “We have fallen in love with this school and want to spend a lot of time here and feed into everything positive here and help these students flourish.” Toyota also donated 2,000 books to the school’s library at the end-of-year celebration on May 25. “We are thankful to have this joint partnership with Toyota and…

The Adamson High School Scholarship Foundation provided 15 graduating W.H. Adamson High School seniors with $44,000 in scholarships to attend colleges and universities. The 2018 honorees were announced at the school’s Awards Day Assembly on May 25 at the school. “It’s a pleasure to continue the 71-year tradition of awarding worthy students at Adamson the opportunity to attend higher education,” Foundation Board President Bob Johnston said. The scholarships range from $2,500 to $6,000 for  four-year awards and are the result of applications to the fifteen-member foundation board.  Applicants were interviewed by a special committee of the board, which made the…

Each pre-K student at Harllee Early Childhood Center is ending the school year on a high note thanks to a donation from Origin Bank. The bank donated a check so each student could receive their own trophy at a special end-of-year ceremony. “These will be the first trophies for many of our kids, so to be able to provide them with this memory and recognition is a blessing,” Harllee Principal Onjaleke Brown said. Origin Bank also helped out with the school’s field day by providing volunteers and snack packs for the young students. “We thank you for allowing us to…