Latinas in Aviation Announces Shakar Soltani As #Pilotina Scholarship Recipient; Soltani receives $5,000 scholarship to continue studies in aviation, aerospace fields
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Fig Factor Media announced Shakar Soltani of Dallas as the winner of the inaugural #PILOTINA Scholarship. Valued at $5,000, the scholarship will help Soltani fulfill her educational dreams in building a career in the aviation and aerospace industries.
“People with my upbringing don’t normally do what I’m so lucky to do. I want to change that, and I know you all do too. I oftentimes wonder what I did to deserve this beautiful life I live. I’m so grateful.”
Dallas ISD to offer unlimited wireless internet in some students homes; tech pilot program launches this week
Cell towers are being installed at Lincoln High School in South Dallas. More students will be able to access unlimited wireless internet under pilot initiative. Author: Demond Fernandez Updated: 6:26 PM CST January 28, 2021
DALLAS A new pilot program in Dallas Independent School District will allow some students to have unlimited internet access from their home.
This initiative comes as staff and students continue navigating an interesting school year during a pandemic. The challenges of technology and virtual learning remain a reality in schools across North Texas.
Instead, he embraced it. I say absolutely you are right. This is culture canceling, said Johnson, a Houston Democrat in his third term in the Texas House. There was a culture of slavery in this country. And we as a people came together and canceled that horrible culture.
Jarvis legislation to end the Confederate holiday is among a handful of bills filed in the 2021 legislative session aimed at eliminating what supporters see as misguided glorification of the 19th century leaders who led rebellion against the United States in the effort to allow slavery to flourish in Texas and across the South.
Funds2Orgs is a for-profit social enterprise that supports nonprofits, schools and churches through shoe drive fundraisers, Kristy Fontelera with Funds2Orgs said.
“We reached our goal of 100 bags of shoes, with 25 pairs in each bag. That’s 2,500 pairs of shoes that were donated from people all over the DFW Metroplex,” Williams said. “Skyline HS PTSA will receive a check. Any senior at Skyline who is a PTSA member will be eligible to submit a PTSA scholarship application. It may seem like a small amount, but our students look forward to any amount that we are able to help with their expenses.”
The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III is senior pastor of the 12,000-member Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas | Facebook/Friendship-West Baptist Church
A new secondary school set to open in the fall of 2021 on the campus of Paul Quinn College, a private, faith-based, historically black liberal arts-inspired institution, will be named after the Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, senior pastor of the 12,000-member Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.
“It is a great day in Dallas ISD,” Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa said during a press conference. “We are currently recruiting students to come to southern Dallas to be part of this magic at Paul Quinn, an HBCU.”