Education + Enrichment

Barry Laverty has just graduated from Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Now a medical doctor, he hopes to be hired as assistant to an older country doctor. We meet him searching for the tiny town of Ballybucklebo.

You don’t appreciate it when you are young, but one of the best things about school is being surrounded by information and opportunity. As adults, we miss learning opportunities because we don’t know where to go or who to ask.

Community college was not an option for Sheena Prindle. “Growing up in the Philippines, the public education there was so substandard compared to the United States,” Prindle explained.

Music keeps students engaged, develops well-rounded individuals and encourages skills that are vital for success High achieving, well balanced, socially capable, coordinated, self confident, team player.

Spirit of Math Schools is an ELITE after-school system of schools designed specifically to meet the needs of high-performing students from grade 1 – 11… and they recently opened here in PLANO! For over 25 years, Spirit of Math Schools has been taking

Paulette Mason is a problem solver. The inventor and former mural artist proved that in 1994 when she found a fix for the cracked and dilapidated sidewalk in front of the Coca-Cola memorabilia shop she ran with her husband in Big Spring.

Postured eagerly at two adjacent grand pianos in a large living room, mother and daughter Donna and Rebecca Glass spent entire Saturdays practicing music as early as Becky’s toddler years.

On Monday, August 24, thousands of little boys and girls within the Plano Independent School District will be headed to kindergarten.

Like many high school students, David Hare created a rock band with his friends. But it wasn’t about the music. “I cared more about having a big show, than actually playing in the band,” Hare recalled.

My friend Jim Dunlap died in April. The former Plano Independent School District science teacher had many friends in Plano, many who loved him and many who learned from him.