community
The Friends of Tietze Park Foundation received an undisclosed donation from Nerf after it shot a national television commercials at the park. The money will help pay for upcoming projects, including the installation of pet waste bags, shading on the playground and a new flagpole.
education
Mount Auburn Elementary School celebrates its 90th anniversary in April. The school opened in 1922, and teachers and staff are planning a party 10 a.m.-noon April 14. To get involved, contact Heather Jarrell at hjarrell@dallasisd.org.
Dallas ISD voted in January to close 11 schools, including the exemplary-rated James B. Bonham Elementary. The district is expected to save $11.5 million. For the full story, click here.
Mayor Mike Rawlings will be the keynote speaker for Woodrow Wilson High School’s Class of 2012 baccalaureate program.
The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation recently added seven new board members and reports that its board membership has tripled since it began in 2009. The new members are Patricia Arvanitis, Charles Glover, Colleen McCain Nelson, Kenneth Sheets, Derek Smith, Leigh Straughn and Lon R. Williams Jr.
people
East Dallas resident Heather Paterson recently was awarded jazz performer of the year for 2011 by the Sammons Center for the Arts. The center has sponsored a successful monthly jazz series for more than 20 years. Paterson is a member of the jazz quintet Straight Ahead, which performs Saturdays at The Free Man Cajun Café at 2626 Commerce. By day, Paterson is a nurse practitioner and chair of the nurse peer review committee at Children’s Medical Center.
