Education + Enrichment

Built in 1863, Fort Bascom was a frontier military post along the Canadian River in New Mexico that had a significant impact on the Anglo settlement of the Southwest. Learn about the history of Ft. Bascom from Dr. James Bailey Blackshear at 7:30 p.m.

Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800–1850 King cotton reigned in Texas like the benevolent emperor who gives gifts to his subjects.

2016 Junkins Scholars: (left to right) Brian Crutcher, TI executive vice president; Jiaming Chen, Plano West Senior High School; Paige Rigsby, Garland High School; Abel Sen, Liberty High School; Tiasha Joardar, Plano West Senior High School; Lyndie H

You’re in luck if you wanted to go to The Texas Heritage Festival at Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary and couldn’t make it this weekend! The event has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

WCR Bot for FIRST robotics competition Photo courtesy of Garry Sullivan and PISD Robotics teams from Plano Senior High School and Academy High School competed April 27-30 at the World FIRST Championship event in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Hendrick Scholarship Foundation (HSF) is celebrating 25 years of helping Plano ISD students achieve their dreams of a college education. HSF students have come from extreme poverty and have overcome significant adversities.

Every year, the Congressional Art Competition is held nationally by all major congressional districts for high school artists. U.S.

Courtesy of OnPoynt. Inventions, creativity and a celebration is what’s to be expected at the upcoming kickoff for MakerSpace at Frisco’s Sci-Tech Discovery Center. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m.

Plano-Richardson Alumnae Panhellenic (PRAP) awarded $1,000 scholarships to six local young women for the 2016–2017 academic year.

If you’re ever driving into Clark High School, you may be greeted by a tall man in uniform directing traffic with some of the goofiest dance moves you’ve ever seen and a big smile.