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On April 2nd 7:00 - 9:00 Long will celebrate its 75th anniversary with an evening open house and reception, tours of the school, performances from current J.L. Long groups, Long history presentation, and invited speakers. This celebration will be open to all Alumni, both current and future students, families, and the community. We are currently looking for interesting pictures, stories, news clipping, old club/sport uniforms, or any Long spirit items that you may be willing to lend out for the celebration. Please email jllong75anniversary@yahoo.com with any items or questions you may have. Donations of money are also appreciated to help sponsor the celebration.
Also visit us at J. L. Long's 75th Anniversary FACEBOOK page
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Preschool Parents!
Would you like to meet other parents in the neighborhood? Are you interested in learning more about Lipscomb Elementary School?
The Old East Dallas Early Childhood PTA formed in 2008, and is off to a great start with over 50 members thus far. While we support Lipscomb Elementary as our local neighborhood school, it is not required that you plan to send your children to Lipscomb, in order to join this group. We hope to be a resource for all Old East Dallas parents in making the best choice for their child.
Join us at http://groups.yahoo.com/
group/OEDECPTA/
Lipscomb has a teacher:student ratio of 1:16.
"Exemplary" rated the last four years.
Texas Monthly magazine named Lipscomb one of the top 100 elementary schools in Texas.
Principal Gonzalez was one of five finalists for DISD "Principal of the Year" 2007.
Through the efforts of the OEDECPTA and other neighborhood groups Lipscomb is returning to a full-elementary school status. The 2008-2009 school year sees the 4th grade return, and 2009-2010 will bring back the 5th grade. Then on to Long and Woodrow!
Advocate's "25 Things We LOVE about our neighborhoods"
#3: Tremont 'Park'
That's what Munger Place
residents call the stretch of houses on the street's 4900 block, which play host to local artisans and merchants during the neighborhood's PorchFest each spring. When it comes to front-porch living, the young families who call Tremont between Fitzhugh and Collett "home" reside in a somewhat idyllic state more reflective of bygone years, relaxing on the weekends with a pitcher of iced tea while their children scamper about from porch to porch.WWHS Wildcats!
EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU
'a Beatles tribute'
Sean Tinsley, Christian Rios, Tony Rios and Dan Mutchler
Come sing and dance with us!
“A SPLENDID TIME IS GUARANTEED FOR ALL”
To view our scheduled
performance dates, please visit:
www.myspace.com/8ArmsToHoldYou
To book your next private party or corporate event please contact:
Rod 214-532-5356 Rod@DBIReps.com
THE
CORITHIAN B&B
A historic home near the heart of downtown Dallas, in the Peak-Suburban
Historic District.
THE GUIDE
The premier source of online entertainment information for Dallas-Fort Worth.
Front Porch Revival: They can make a neighborhood
Dallas Morning News Editorial
11:34 AM CST Saturday, Apr 1, 2006
Dallas needs front porches. Can anybody reveling in the glory of these first warm spring days doubt it?
The jonquils are up and peeking around to see who made it through the winter, the trees are once again donning the seasonal green, and the city's neighborhoods hear the growl of lawn mowers emerging from hibernation. And people are out on the sidewalks once again – wearing shorts, even! – getting out and about and coming back to life.
You could see all of this happening without having to leave the house – if you had a front porch.
A front porch is not quite a public room, but not quite private either. It's a meeting ground between the homeowner and his neighbors, where everyone can see and be seen, can hear the sounds of neighborhood life.
Back in the day, most everybody had a front porch. You sat there in rocking chairs or on a swing, drinking iced tea and whiling the day away. Houses with front porches present a friendly, cheerful face. Houses without them have turned their back to the world.
To build – or not build – a front porch is more than an aesthetic preference. The built landscape not only expresses the things communities value but also helps shape those values. When developers decided to abandon front porches and set houses back from the street, they made it harder to create the conditions that make for a real neighborhood instead of a mere subdivision.
Enlightened cities – and enlightened developers – are working to reclaim traditional patterns of urban living, and that includes encouraging construction of houses with front porches. We know, for example, of a new house in East Dallas built in an old-fashioned style with a lovely front porch.
On any spring or summer Sunday afternoon, a stroll through the Munger Place neighborhood provides all the testimony you need to the humanizing influence of the front porch. Call us romantic, but it just might be that the front porch is an essential element of the civilized life. article
