Foreign Affair: Lamplighter to offer French Posted by The Lamplighter School of Dallas on 11/18/16. For the first time, Lamplighter is offering French and Japanese as Night Light classes. There will be three French classes offered and students in Pre-K through second grade will be eligible. There will be two […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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Bun E. Boniface congratulates the Dallas International School as they celebrate their 25th anniversary! Bon anniversaire, DIS ! BOOK FAIR! FOIRE AU LIVRES ! November 28-December 2, 2016 Special Friends Day Don’t miss the Opening on Special Friends Day on Friday, November 18th! The book fair then runs from Monday, […]
Celebrate literacy with North Texas children’s authors and illustrators! The Dallas Public Library is hosting an afternoon of fun, free events for parents, educators, and children ages 2-12 Saturday, November 5, 2016 The festivities include seventeen authors and illustrators, readings, arts & crafts, an on-site bookstore (enticing discounts!), and Q&A, […]
Purple Carrots? Yes, ’tis true: The earliest carrots were purple! Known to mankind for about 5,000 years, historians think the first carrots came from the part of the world we now call Afghanistan. Purple carrots in ancient times Egyptian temple drawings from 2000 B.C. feature a purple plant many specialists […]
To comma, or not to comma? Oscar Wilde, in one of his most oft quoted quips, stated: “In the morning. . .I took out a comma. . . and in the afternoon, I put it back again.” Just call me Oscar.