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Rhonda Lowrey is new to Texas from South Carolina. She has been volunteering at her grandson’s elementary school, R.E. Lee Elementary, for two years. Lowrey owned a hair and nail salon in South Carolina before her husband was transferred to Dallas for his job. Lowrey is full of energy every morning at 7 a.m. when she starts the car pool line at Lee. The car pool line was Lowrey’s initiative because she noticed the children weren’t dropped off in an organized manner. Lowrey also dresses up as the school’s mascot, which is the cougar. Lowrey said the students know her as MiMi…

Calling all techies in grades K-12: Dallas ISD Health and Physical Education invites you to create and submit digital projects emphasizing health and fitness to the first-ever Tech Fest Media Fair. The media fair/contest is your chance to tell your peers and the public why you value health and fitness and how healthy habits make peoples’ lives better. Students who submit entries in the following categories could win tech gadgets such as pocket projectors, USB flash drives, wristband pedometers, and more. The entries should communicate the importance of physical activity and healthy lifestyle choices and be done in one of the…

KERA profiled the effort at Cochran Elementary to make it the first of many schools to change its lanscape to not require a sprinkler system. By replacing the grass courtyard with a garden of native plants, the school will be a part of a citywide effort to curb water use. Click here to view the full story. Photo courtesy KERA

Lilliana Navarro is entering her second year as a volunteer at Harry C. Withers Elementary, which is where her son goes to kindergarten. Navarro said she desires to learn the environment in which her son learns. Balancing her life as a working mother who works nights and volunteers a few times a week, Navarro is also the president of the Latin Advisory Committee at Withers.  She said volunteering at her son’s school is priceless.