Community
THE LAKE HIGHLANDS FAMILY YMCA at 8920 Stults will host information sessions about father/son and father/daughter programs. Adventure Guides night will be 8-9 p.m. Sept. 7 or 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 11. Adventure Princess nights will be 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 12 and 8-9 p.m. Sept. 14. For details, call 214.221.9622 ext. 14.
MAGUIRE ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE will have several classes for beginners and adults this month, and the first class is free for new students. Thursdays: 5-5:45 p.m. Beginners, 5:45-6:45 p.m. Beginner 1 and 2, 6:45-8 p.m. Novice, 8-10 p.m. Champs; Fridays: 11 a.m.-noon and 2:30-3:30 p.m. Home school, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Beginners, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Novice, 5:30-7:20 p.m. Champs; Saturdays: 11 a.m.-noon Beginners, noon-1 p.m. Novice, 1-2 p.m. Ceile Performance Team, 2-4 p.m. Champs. The studio is at 718 N. Buckner, suite 304.
Education
ALL RICHARDSON ISD SCHOOLS in our neighborhood received either an “exemplary” or “recognized” rating from the Texas Education Agency. Neighborhood schools that received a “recognized” rating include: Forest Meadow Junior High, Forest Lane Academy, Lake Highlands Freshman Center, Lake Highlands Junior High, Lake Highlands High School, Thurgood Marshall Elementary and Wallace Elementary. Neighborhood schools that received an “exemplary” rating include: Lake Highlands Elementary, Merriman Park Elementary, Moss Haven Elementary, Northlake Elementary, Stults Road Elementary and White Rock Elementary. Overall, RISD’s schools received 42 “exemplary” and 11 “recognized” ratings.
THE RISD COLLEGE FAIR is 9 a.m.-noon Sept. 25 at UT Dallas Activities Center, 800 W. Campbell. Colleges and universities will be on hand to meet with the school district’s students to explore their interests.
People
LAKE HIGHLANDS RUNNING BACK DESMOND ROLAND committed to play football at Oklahoma State University. During his 2009 season, Roland had 17 touchdowns, 1,240 yards rushing and 504 receiving. He chose OSU over Arkansas and TCU.
FRESHMAN LADY WILDCAT DELANIE DAVIS played in the US Youth Soccer National Championship with her team, Sting 96. Her team went into double over time with a score of 0-0 and lost 5-3 in penalty kicks.
LAKE HIGHLANDS GRADUATE ERIN ALDRICH and her fiancé Andy Shean won the Four Seasons Dallas Ultimate Wedding Contest for $100,000. “Good Morning Texas” will follow the couple through its wedding plans. Nearly 11,000 votes were cast.