BY CECELIA JONES Little Elm ISD teachers and administrators always want to make sure every child learns. But when students themselves own that philosophy and use it to help their peers, it is powerful! Lakeview Elementary third-grader Patricia Cruz Escobar, a member of her school’s student council, is a...
BY LUCY TOWLE The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. -Harvey S. Firestone Prosper is growing at an undeniably fast pace. According to Sam Blatt at the Prosper Economic Development Corporation, our population has grown from about 4100 to over 15,000 residents...
BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA Celina High School journalism and audio/visual (AV) instructor Mr. Kent Smith is only in his first year with the district. But his impact during this short time has been staggering, as demonstrated by the “nineteen and counting” student awards gracing the wall...
BY LUCY TOWLE Surrounded by generations of current and former students. Keeley & Kylar Dailey, Dalton & Daylin Smith, Elvia Venzor, Riley Smith, Troy Bahrenburg, Duece Mounger, Alexa, Daniel & Henry Burkhart, Thomas Hall, and Jana Thomson. “…And who knows but that you have come to the...
BY CECELIA JONES PHOTO BY RICK VERGARA “The basics are here to have a really premiere campus that people talk about—a campus where people want their kids to be. I think we need to learn how to ‘toot our own horn’ a bit more, and to get...
BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA As an administrator and former teacher, I have always enjoyed seeing students walking down the hallways on that first day of school, clutching their new notebooks and supplies, ready to take on the world. This was just a taste of what I...
Recently, some of my former high school classmates got together to reminisce. The stories didn’t stop with fond memories of this teacher or that principal—we also remembered our favorite cafeteria lady who always slipped you extra fries, making you the most popular kid at the...
BY TISH CAMA - A student at Prosper High School Mark Grey once said, “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.” Within the halls of Prosper High School these words come to life. While sitting in the stadium of an average stereotypical high...
BY CECELIA JONES On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, Little Elm ISD hosted a first-of-its-kind Teen Panel where teens answered questions from an audience of parents about their digital/online lives. The idea came from Common Sense Education, an online resource for “digital citizenship” that helps kids learn...
by Lucy Towle (Librarian, Cockrell Elementary) Books take you places! Some ignite joy, others bring you to tears. But however they do it, books sweep you away to exciting new worlds. Here are a few that will bring a smile to your face, put a warm...
BY LARRY COKER When the first bell of the new school year sounded on Monday, August 25, students filed into classrooms to meet their teachers, many of them new to the district. But in addition to the new teachers, students also had the opportunity to meet...
BY CHRISTAL HANKEY The crowd roars, chanting, more loudly each time, “We are Prosper! We are Prosper!” With wild cheering and yelling, they finish, “Believe in the hype!” Leading it all, jumping up and down on the arena floor with a wide grin, is Prosper High School...
BY JILL JOSEPH ROZA Fifteen years ago, we left “Urban America” and its metropolitan conveniences behind and moved our family to Celina, Texas. Rural living slapped us in the face as we had to start traveling the highways; groceries and school supplies that were once just...
It’s back-to-school time again, and you’ve probably already prepared your child with essentials like new clothes, three-ring binders and pencils. But what about keeping children healthy? Dr. Kelly Phillips, a family medicine physician on the medical staff at Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, offers these...