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HOCKADAY SENIOR Alexa May is only 18, but her films have already been screened at six festivals.
The storyteller has produced 20 short films of various genres — a few earning her awards.
“What’s amazing is that you are creating something from nothing that has the power to change someone else’s life,” May says. “Isn’t that what storytelling is all about?”
Glenys Quick, who teaches May advanced film at The Hockaday School says May’s screenplays and cinematography combine to make her work unique.
“It is (May’s) insight into character and small domestic dramas that makes her films different,” Quick says. “She also is able to write profound but believable dialogue.”
May has been a storyteller since childhood. She wrote novels on her family computer and filled notebooks with stories. She searched baby name lists to find the perfect character names and directed short skits using her
KATIE
stuffed animals as actors.
In sixth grade May discovered video. Then, she dove in: binge-watching camera tutorials, teaching herself how to format screenplays and recruiting friends to perform in various projects.
“I remember it feeling so surreal watching my once 2D stories come to life on screen,” May says. “I caught the filmmaking bug.”
Since July 2015, May has created narratives, documentaries, experimental films and a musical. Her worked has been screened at six festivals, including the All American High School Film Festival and the Newark International Youth Film Festival.
Her 2017 short “Phonies,” which stars her grandmother and looks at the effects of technology on society, received “Best Documentary” at the Texas-wide Pegasus Film Festival and “Best Experimental” at the national Elkhorn Valley BEA D7 Film and Media Conference.
“I would write stories and make films even if screenings and awards weren’t available,” she says. “It’s that feeling of creating something of your own with hopes that in some shape or form you touch or inspire others. That’s the ultimate goal.”
May says the process of writing, directing and editing her projects differs from project to project. She spent five months writing her 2018 film “All Grown Up,” which follows a girl named Lola as she realizes the responsibilities and consequences of growing up. After casting the film, May and crew spent 15 hours shooting in multiple locations. Editing the 13-minute video took two months. Another 2018 film, “When He Came Home,” about how a woman changes during a divorce, required two days of filming and a month of editing.
Directing is the most challenging for May. She’s still learning how to work with different actors and manage a large production crew. “In the end, after tiring, restless, beautiful work, it (is) all worth it,” she says, “and I take so much from the experience.”
Jordan Spieth
What he’s up to now:
Jordan Spieth is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour and former No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. He is a three-time major winner and the 2015 FedEx Cup champion. In April 2016, Time magazine named Spieth to its list of the “100 Most Influential People,” noting that he “exemplifies everything that’s great about sports.” Spieth was born in 1993 in Dallas to Shawn and Mary Christine Spieth. He attended St. Monica Catholic School and graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School in 2011. He learned to play golf at Brookhaven Country Club.
Three things to know
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He is close to sister Ellie, who has autism. “She’s the most special part of our family,” he told The Dallas Morning News. “She’s the funniest part of our family.”
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Spieth bought a $2.3-million Preston Hollow home in 2015. Next, he purchased a $7.1-million home with a 12-car garage and adjoining basketball court, which features a mural of the clubhouse at Augusta National, according to SportsDay.
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Spieth married long-time girlfriend, Annie Verret, on Nov. 24, 2018, in Dallas. Golfweek magazine collected Instagram pics. “He says what he believes,” a former Jesuit teacher told The Catholic News Service. “He believes in supporting others, taking care of others before he takes care of himself.” —
LISA KRESL
CONSTRUCTION AT HILLCREST HIGH School and the nearby Walnut Hill Pump Station caused many a traffic tizzy for nearby neighbors over the past year.
But the new Hillcrest principal, Joseph Sotelo, says construction, which started in 2017, should be done by December with parts facing Hillcrest Road done as early as the end of April.
“The water plant next door is also under construction, so it looks like we’re getting this massive Taj Mahal,” Sotelo says of the school project, a result of a 2015 Dallas ISD bond package. “Weather has slowed us down a little bit but we’re rockin’ and rollin’. The whole community is looking forward to it. The school wasn’t dilapidated, but it was time for a facelift.”
WRA Architects planned the renovation, which includes a new public entrance and administration offices, a two-story classroom addition with areas for independent study, upgrades to fine arts spaces and a 1,000-seat gymnasium with locker rooms and a tornado shelter, among other improvements.
Historical photos of the school and students will be made into murals for the administrative wing.
Sotelo says the new facilities will help the school’s International Baccalaureate program and collegiate academy grow.
“We’re in competition with other schools and private schools,” Sotelo says. “We enjoy having those private school students visit us. They take tours and shadow our students, and it’s great to see them see our school in a new light.”
Hillcrest High School
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Enrollment: 1,200
Mascot: Panther
Story by LISA KRESL
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• Budget: $26.5 million
• Size: 102,400 square feet total; 81,400 square feet of additions and 21,000 square feet of renovated areas
• 22 new classrooms off Hillcrest Avenue
• Seven classrooms and an administrative area off Lakehurst
• New competition gym and locker room with a storm shelter in the lower level
• New auxiliary gym in the courtyard
• Upgrades to existing classrooms, hallways, auditorium, cafeteria, kitchen, electrical systems, HVAC, lighting
• New parking lot on the northwest corner
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