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St. Philip’s to Hold Legacy Gym RibbonCutting in Honor of David B. Miller and Family (CONTINUED)
This Ribbon Cutting and renaming of St. Philip’s legacy gymnasium, constructed in the 1950’s, is a major part of the expansion of the South Dallas organization’s athletics program that serves 700+ children and youth annually. Athletics is an extensive program for St. Philip’s, spanning more than 60 years, with notable alumni including Chris Bosh, Larry Johnson, and most recently, Nakeie Montgomery, who will present at the event. Montgomery, deemed one of the top lacrosse players in the country, is a recent graduate of Duke University and was recently drafted to play professional lacrosse with the Redwoods.
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About St. Philip’s School and Community Center:
St. Philip's School and Community Center is a private Christian school in southern Dallas serving over 260 students in grades PK2 through 7th grade (ages 2-13), and a multifaceted dynamic community center providing a myriad of vital educational, social services, athletic and neighborhood development programs to over 4,000 children, youth, and adults annually. The organization has a mission to transform South Dallas, our city, and the world by FAITH, EDUCATION, and SERVICE. Applications for the 2023-2024 school year are open for PK2 through 8th grade students.
May 2023 School Board Election: Candidate Filing Period Open
DeSoto Independent School District Board of Trustees candidate filing and voting dates have been set for the 2023 Board of Trustees election scheduled for May 6, 2023.
The candidate filing period is open now through Friday, February 17, 2023.
The DeSoto ISD School Board is composed of seven trustees. As provided in DeISD Policy BBB (Local), trustees serve three-year terms and are elected by position with terms staggering a threeyear cycle.
Places 3, 4 and 5 are scheduled for election this year. Trustee candidate eligibility is defined in PolicyBBB (Local).
Candidate Eligibility for Public Office (141.001, TEC) includes the following requirements:
• US Citizen • 18 years of age or older • Resided continuously in the state for 12 months prior to the filing deadline • Resided continuously in the school district for 6 months prior to the filing deadline • Must be a registered voter in the territory elected from prior to the filing deadline • No final felony conviction • No final judgment indicating: Totally mentally incapacitated or Partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote
Important dates related to the 2023 DeSoto ISD School Board election include the following:
• January 1, 2023: First day to apply for a ballot by mail using Application for a Ballot by Mail (ABBM) or Federal Post Card
Application (FPCA) • January 10, 2023: First day to pick up DeSoto ISD
Candidate Handbook at
DeSoto ISD Administration
Ballot. • February 17, 2023: Last day to File for a Place on the Ballot for the general election • April 6, 2023: Last day to
Register to Vote for the May 6, 2023 general election • April 24, 2023: First day of Early Voting by Personal
Appearance • April 25, 2023: Last day to
Apply for Ballot by Mail (Received, not Postmarked) • May 2, 2023: Last day of
Early Voting by Personal
Appearance • May 6, 2023: Election Day
JARVIS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO DALLAS CITY, COUNTY, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES Fisk University Makes History as First HBCU to Compete in NCAA Gymnastics By Wendy Geller
(Hawkins, Texas)—Jarvis Christian University (JCU) is offering Dallas city, county and other government employees Opportunity Scholarships to complete their undergraduate degrees in business administration and criminal justice. The classes will be held at the university’s Dallas Teaching Site, 7222 South Westmoreland, Suite 250.
Students who qualify can receive a $1,000 Opportunity Scholarship per semester toward their associate degree and students with an associate degree can receive a $1,500 Opportunity Scholarship per semester to pursue their bachelor’s degree. To qualify, students must meet the following criteria:
• have a 2.0 or higher gradepoint-average to transfer in to JCU • have 45-50 transferrable credit hours (or a completed associate degree) • register for full-time status • maintain a 2.0 or higher grade-pointaverage while attending JCU • be 21 years of age or older
JCU also offers students a $250 Jarvis Promise Tuition Reduction Grant for each semester that students take and pass 15 semester credit hours with at least a C letter grade.
“Our theme at Jarvis this year is ‘Transformation: Pivoting from Excellence to Preeminence,’ and we want Dallas’s city, county, and other government employees to be part of this transformation,” said Dr. Lester C. Newman, JCU President.
For more information, call JCU—Dallas Site at (972) 6689624 or email the Dallas Site Director, Ms. Mavonee Jeffries at mjeffries@jarvis.edu.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chase Stevens/AP/Shutterstock (13701082d) Fisk University's Naimah Muhammad performs on the floor during a Super 16 NCAA gymnastics meet, in Las Vegas. The Fisk University women's gymnastics team became the first historically Black college or university to compete at the NCAA level Fisk Arrives Gymnastics, Las Vegas, United States - 06 Jan 2023
Fisk University women's gymnastics program may be less than a year old, but it's already managed to make a stunning footprint.
The team represents the first historically Black college and university to compete in the sport at the NCAA level, having made its debut on Jan. 6 at the inaugural Super 16 event in Las Vegas. The Nashville-based school held its own against more
