TRINITY SKYLINE TRAIL

They found the funding for it and most of it was built, but there is about a one-mile stretch that is contingent on the completion of the Horseshoe project next year.

Once the Texas Department of Transportation completes that project, which connects interstates 35 and 30, the Skyline Trail will be complete, and it could be a major player in the Dallas trail system.

Dallas is working with the City of Irving to connect the Skyline Trail to Irving’s Champion Trail as part of a plan to build a bike superhighway between Dallas and Fort Worth.

The Skyline Trail would become part of The Loop on one end with a connection to the Design District’s Trinity Strand Trail.

The Strand would connect to the Katy Trail with a $20-million, onemile bridge from the east levee to the Katy Trail. That bridge, traversing Interstate 35 and the Dallas North Toll Road, would be extremely complicated, involving the state transportation department, the North Texas Toll Authority and Dallas Area Rapid Transit, among other bureaucracies.

The Katy Trail, in the next year or so, will connect to the SoPac Trail, another former railway right-of-way, and then White Rock Lake.

EDGEFIELD/KIEST PARK/ KEISTWOOD/GLENDALE

SCOTT GRIGGS PUSHED FOR the completion of trails surrounding Kiest Park, when it was part of his district, early in his city council tenure.

On the southern end, Kiest Park meets the Kiestwood Trail, and that trail could connect to The Loop at Glendale Park eventually.

Earlier this year, Griggs held a grand opening for a $619,781 extension from Kiest Park along Rugged Drive to Elmwood Park, which included a pedestrian bridge over Cedar Creek.

Imagine a future where it would be possible to ride a bike from Elmwood Boulevard to the Great Trinity Forest and on to White Rock Lake and beyond, completely on trails and bike lanes.

Bicycling Magazine in 2012 named Dallas the worst bicycling city in America. The Loop could change all that, says Ellerman.

“We can have something that no one else has,” he says. “A 50-mile bike loop at the core of our city. It’s transformational.”

Bishop Dunne Catholic School

Contact: Charleen Doan at 214.339.6561 ext. 4020 or admission@bdcs.org

A co-educational, college preparatory school serving students in grades 6-12. We provide a strong faith and valuebased education with high academic standards, encouraging all students to achieve their full potential. Our curriculum emphasizes individualized attention, and is constantly at the forefront of technology integration through the use of laptops, ebooks, and our Online Education Program. Additionally, we provide a full range of extracurricular activities ranging from athletics, to the arts, to clubs and service organizations.

Lakehill Preparatory School

Leading to Success. 2720 Hillside Dr., Dallas 75214 / 214.826.2931 / lakehillprep.org Kindergarten through Grade 12 - Lakehill Preparatory School takes the word preparatory in its name very seriously. Throughout a student’s aca - demic career, Lakehill builds an educational program that achieves its goal of enabling graduates to attend the finest, most rigorous universities of choice. Lakehill combines a robust, college-preparatory curriculum with opportunities for personal growth, individual enrichment, and community involvement. From kindergarten through high school, every Lakehill student is encouraged to strive, challenged to succeed, and inspired to excel.

Holy Trinity Catholic School

3815 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas 214-526-5113, htcsdallas.org For more than 100 years, Holy Trinity Catholic School, has been committed to the religious, intellectual, emotional, social and physical growth of each student. This commitment is carried out in a nurturing atmosphere with an emphasis on social awareness, service to others, and religious faith in the Catholic tradition.

The Immaculate Heart Program at Holy Trinity School was initiated to fully realize our school’s mission of developing the whole child by meeting the needs of one of the most underserved and underperforming groups in catholic schools, children with dyslexia.

ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

4019 S. Hampton Rd. Dallas 75224/ 214.331.5139 / www.saintspride.com

At St. Elizabeth of Hungary, our fundamental task is the education of the whole child -- combining learning with faith, Catholic doctrines and moral teachings. We introduce all PK3-8th Grade students to the integrated ways of STEM. This approach to education is designed to revolutionize the teaching of subject areas such as mathematics and science by incorporating technology and engineering into regular curriculum. Over the past 10 years, 95% of St. Elizabeth 8th graders were accepted to their first choice high school. Join us for an informational school tour and see for yourself how easy it is to become a Saint! Call 214.331.5139 for information.