Business
RANDOM, a home and gift boutique, has leased a space at the Hillside Village Shopping Center at Mockingbird and Abrams. The store sells jewelry, stationary and knickknacks.
BONNIE RUTH’S café and catering has closed its storefront in the Casa Linda Shopping Center.
LAKEWOOD CLEANING SERVICES recently was launched by Lakewood resident Jay Forrester. The one-man business specializes in small office jobs. No job is too small. No middle men here. Reach him directly at 469.867.7302.
Community
JOHN SLATE, local historian and author, will present a program on the history of Dallas parks at 10 a.m. Oct. 4 at the Community Life Center of Casa Linda United Methodist Church, 1800 Barnes Bridge Road. The event is part of the Casa Linda AARP Chapter 3880 meeting. For details, call 214.321.1705.
LA LECHE LEAGUE will meet at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 14 at Greenland Hills United Methodist Church, 5835 Penrose. The nonprofit organization provides education and support for women who want to breastfeed. For details, call 214.342.2355.
THE WRITER’S GARRET at PAPERBACKS PLUS, 6115 La Vista, will host several discussion groups this month. The Poetry and Prose Group’s “Vort Ting” includes sessions on Oct. 4, 18, 11 and 25. “The Elements of Screenwriting” runs Mondays through Oct. 18. The 12-week “Elements of Creative Writing” class runs Thursdays through Dec. 16. “Special Topics in Fiction” is Sept. 30, Oct. 14 and 28. “Elements of Poetry” begins Oct. 13. “The Art of Nonfiction” runs Oct. 19-Nov. 30. Visit writersgarret.org. for registration details.
MS. PATTI’S Dance Classes are relocating from the Ridgewood Belcher Recreation Center, where Lake Highlands resident Patti Steinke has held them for the past 30 years, to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 3204 Skillman Street in the Lakewood area. Patti Steinke has resided in Lake Highlands since 1990. For class information visit mspattisdance.com or call 214.341.1023.
PHI DELTA will meet Monday, Oct. 11 at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 3204 Skillman, at 7 p.m. The month’s lesson is titled “Exercise is Good for the Heart”. The Phi Delta Chapter of ESA offers members leadership training and support geared toward enhancing their philanthropic work. For more information, call Patti Steinke, 214.341.1023.
THE LAKEWOOD AREA “Konversational Experts” are forming a new chapter to discuss events affecting neighbors’ lives. For details call Ernest Brandt, 214.361.6294.
Education
WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL met the federal “Adequate Yearly Progress” standard for the first time since 2007. The school previously missed the standard because of low graduation rates, math and reading scores.
WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL Community Foundation has received a grant from the Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust that will be used to cover participation and licensing fees to the International Baccalaureate Organization. Woodrow has been selected as Dallas ISD’s first International Baccalaureate (IB) school, a program hailed as an outstanding means to promote greater rigor in the classroom, more academic challenges for students of all income levels, and an opportunity to burnish the educational reputation of the neighborhood’s 80-year-old landmark institution. The Dallas-based Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust was created under the will of Christine Sturgis to support charitable organizations in Arkansas and Texas. The Woodrow Wilson High School Community Foundation was created in mid-2009 to support the community in establishing an exemplary public education system in East Dallas, extending from the seven elementary schools through J.L. Long Middle School and Woodrow Wilson High School. For information about the foundation, contact Richard Vitale at 214.209.0334.
