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New nook for little readers
GOLDENE TETER was a passionate reader. As a substitute teacher at Lake Highlands Elementary in the 1960s and ‘70s, she regularly shared that love with her students. She also managed her husband’s business Direct Fashions, which sat on Park Lane for years.
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When Goldene died last year, her family didn’t want flowers. They wanted to build a lasting monument to their mother at the elementary school where she taught and where her children learned. After a year of collecting donations, the family pitched Principal Becky Stevens on their idea: Goldene’s Reading Nook.
“We wanted to make some place comfortable for kids to read,” Stevens says. “That’s why we bought all the poufs.”
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The “poufs” are exactly what they sound like — fluffy clouds on which children can read and adventure in their imaginations. They were also able to purchase new shelves, a rug and a lamp to create a cozy corner for the kids.
“The Teters family sent me a list of their mother’s favorite children’s books to add to our collection,” Stevens says, adding that it included classics like “Where the Sidewalks End,” “Stone Soup” and “Where the Wild Things Are.”
“My mom always believed a child’s potential was in their reading and education,” says Shelley Quatruopolo, Goldene’s daughter.
She laughs at the memory of her mother’s teaching days, noting how she wasn’t one to allow students to slack off just because she was a substitute at Lake Highlands, Wallace and White Rock elementaries.
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“My mother was not a favorite sub,” she says. “They called her Ms. Teter-Toter.”
LAKE
Wade Smith
Highlands High School Class Of 1999
During his 12 seasons with the NFL, Wade Smith was signed with the Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles. But he cut his teeth as a Lake Highlands Wildcat, taking part in the 1998 Cinderella season when the team made it to the state semifinals. These days, he’s more focused on giving back with his namesake nonprofit, which focuses on supporting youth, specifically through literacy programs and sports. He also writes children’s books with a moral, tackling issues like bullying.
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Three things to know:
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1 He calls our neighborhood a “football factory,” telling the Advocate in 2009, “There’s guys that throughout my travels, going to different teams, that know all about Lake Highlands.”
2 He made history in 2011 while playing for the Texans as the only offensive lineman to ever recover a loose ball and score a touchdown.
3 He attended Wallace Elementary and Lake Highlands Junior High, and is happy to joke about LHJH’s neighborhood rivalry with Forest Meadow.
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Student Sports
When Dallas United Crew asked for a place to store its boats on White Rock Lake, part of the deal was creating opportunity for youth to explore the sport. That included both recruiting events on campus, and scholarships to cover the cost of participating. As the Park Board’s Administration and Finance Committee considered the proposal, Lake Highlands representative Robb Stewart came with his own list of demands, which largely focused on including Richardson ISD students, who were not named in the city contract like Dallas ISD.
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“I’d like to focus not just on DISD, but on students of Dallas,” Stewart said, which DUC quickly agreed to. The proposal still needs the blessing of the Dallas City Council. Lake Highland High School’s football team is staring at the end of a Cinderella season. While it has been up and down throughout the year, a strong finish landed the Wildcats in the play-offs.
Learning Al Fresco
Northlake Elementary students will soon get lessons outdoors (weather permitting, of course) thanks to generous community donors. The Outdoor Learning Center includes tables and a shade structure, and was made possible by Herb’s Paint and Body, The Exchange Club of Lake Highlands , Northlake’s Excellence in Education Fund , the Patmore Family , Lake Highlands Square Neighborhood Association , Friends of Lake Highlands Square , Lake Highlands Estates Neighborhood Association and the Northlake PTA.
Teaching Healthy Careers
Richardson ISD’s is preparing its students for one of the fast-growing fields in America: health care. Part of the Career and Technical Education program, students head to Methodist Richardson Campus for Continuing Care for hands-on classes, where they observe then perform basic medical procedures. Some students opt to earn dual credit through El Centro and can achieve licenses and certificates to work as phlebotomists, patient care technicians, certified medical assistants, licensed pharmacy technicians, EKG techs or certified nurses’ aides.
STAND-OUT STUDENTS
Zhanirina Hall and Matthew Hughes received Character Counts awards, and Katie Gray and Jacob Seddelmeyer were named Students of the Month by the Exchange Club of Lake Highlands in November.
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