Grand Prairie students to “Take a Veteran to School” Friday

By Pegasus News wire

Take a Veteran to School Day was created to honor veterans and build community partnerships while bringing history to life for students.

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009

Texas A&M-Commerce and Dallas-based Education is Freedom to launch $3.2-million outreach partnership

By Pegasus News wire

A&M-Commerce will work with EIF students from middle school through graduation to create a program that prepares and motivates students to go to college.

Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009

Grand Prairie and school district trade land for building

By Pegasus News wire

Find two pieces of land worth the same amount. Trade. Win.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Grand Prairie ISD school board approves rezoning plan

By Kirk Dickey

The plans, which earlier met with contentious debate, passed with little fanfare.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Grand Prairie 2009 election results

By Kirk Dickey

Voters overwhelmingly approved the street repairs sales tax, and five incumbents were re-elected.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Grand Prairie ISD following bad pattern of other local school districts

By Jeff Melcher

It is not at all clear that board members were made aware of the possibility of fraud, etc. before raising their superintendent's salary.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Success sounds sweet for Dallas Elevators participant

By Pegasus News wire

Alishia Givens received the opportunity to shadow professionals and explore broadcasting opportunities for her future.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Grand Prairie ISD rezoning plans make some uncomfortable

By Kirk Dickey

Facilities Director Kit Mason told the crowd that Houston Elementary has outlived its useful life as a school.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Grand Prairie school board spots unchallenged so far

By Kirk Dickey

Bebe Bingham, Mike Skinner and Paul Martinez have all filed for re-election to the school board.

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009

Grand Prairie councilmembers Shotwell, Sala file for re-election

By Kirk Dickey

Tony Shotwell and Rick Sala now join Ron Jensen in running for re-election this May.

Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009

North Texas-area students getting free prom dresses for not drinking

By Pegasus News wire

Seems like kind of a low bar to hurdle, but whatevs.

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009

Grand Prairie ISD honors its teachers of the year

By Kirk Dickey

The annual GPISD Teacher of the Year reception brought together teachers from around the district to be recognized for their work.

Friday, Jan. 30, 2009

Vandals start fire at Grand Prairie elementary school

By Kirk Dickey

Preliminary reports suggest that a group of children started a small fire in a third-grade classroom by breaking a window and throwing a smoke bomb into the school.

Friday, Sept. 12, 2008

Two principals from Grand Prairie among 100 Texas educators chosen for summer leadership program at Harvard

By Pegasus News wire

In a crazy turn of events, the principals became students.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Grand Prairie full of ‘shattered dreams’

By Chad Jones

Despite its name, the program actually involves drunk driving and not teen pregnancy.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Mother of rape victim creates policy change in Grand Prairie ISD

By Pegasus News wire

One from the "Why The Hell Wasn't It Already Like This?" files.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

DFW-area superintendents talk about state of education

By Alex Bentley

Among other things, it was an education of just how disparate the different communities and school districts in DFW are.

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008

Superintendents from Grand Prairie, Richardson, and Cedar Hill to appear at Chamber luncheon confab on Feb. 12

Source: Dallas Chamber

Annual State of Education in the Region Luncheon provides discussion of the challenges and opportunities faced by school districts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Friday, Feb. 8, 2008

Four Grand Prairie schools recognized by Keep America Beautiful

By Pegasus News wire

Yeah, other North Texas schools were honored too, but Grand Prairie won four awards. Grand Prairie has officially kicked litter's butt.

Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008

Grand Prairie high school reacts to, mourns Mansfield football players’s death

By Kirk Dickey

Dozie Njeako, 15, died during a junior varsity football game Sept. 6 between Mansfield and Grand Prairie.

Friday, Sept. 14, 2007

Grand Prairie schools recognized with Keep Texas Beautiful awards

By Kirk Dickey

Four Grand Prairie Schools and one city department will be given state environmental honors in July, after picking up 11 awards from Keep Texas Beautiful.

Monday, June 4, 2007

Grand Prairie graduation speakers highlight past, look to future

By Kirk Dickey

More than 1,100 Grand Prairie and South Grand Prairie students walked in commencement ceremonies May 26.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Ponce the right man for the Grand Prairie basketball job

By Kirk Dickey

When Grand Prairie boys basketball coach Robert Wright resigned in April, the district knew exactly who to go to.

Monday, May 21, 2007

UTA’s Spring Chorale Fusion features university and high school choirs

By Pegasus News wire

UTA choir performs with various high school choirs from around the metroplex.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Grand Prairie city and school officials answer questions about upcoming sales tax and bond elections

By Kirk Dickey

Community members got the chance to grill city and school district officials about the upcoming sales tax and bond elections at an information session April 19.

Friday, April 27, 2007

Grand Prairie Gophers promote assistant basketball coach

By Pegasus News wire

Eight years of hard work as an assistant paid off for Grand Prairie's Domingo Ponce.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Grand Prairie ISD looking for new recruits, will host “Teacher Interview Day”

By Chad Jones

Additional troops are needed in English Literature for preemptive combat against illiteracy.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Grand Prairie High School student headed to NASA program

By Kirk Dickey

Grand Prairie High School junior Audra Burnap will get an out of this world opportunity this summer.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Grand Prairie to put “ready, set, teach” program into action

By Kirk Dickey

Grand Prairie School District will begin to see benefits from its Ready, Set, Teach program when two former students return to GPISD as teachers next year.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Pegasus News Election Survey: Mike Rehfeld, candidate for Grand Prairie ISD Board of Trustees

By Pegasus News wire

Here at Pegasus News, we sent a short questionnaire out to every candidate running for public office in the greater-DFW area. Mike Rehfeld, who is running for Grand Prairie ISD Board of Trustees, recently sent back his answers to the questionnaire.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Grand Prairie ISD chooses finalist to be superintendent

By Pegasus News wire

Dr. Susan Simpson is currently the superintendent of White Settlement ISD. She was named Texas Superintendent of the year in 2005.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Grand Prairie ISD to hold Project Graduation meeting

By Pegasus News wire

Project Graduation is the drug free/alcohol free after-graduation party for both Grand Prairie High and South Grand Prairie High Schools sponsored by the GPISD Council of PTAs.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

High school soccer player and her father arrested for assault

By Pegasus News wire

Genetics or heredity? Either way, this girl and her father appear to share a hot-headed streak.

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007

Florence Hill Elementary student killed after being hit by car

By Pegasus News wire

Armando Ivan Garcia, a nine-year-old student at Florence Hill Elementary School in south Grand Prairie, was hit by a car on Monday while riding on his bike.

Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007

U.S. Army All American Bowl will showcase area high school players

By Pegasus News wire

The game features the top 80 prospects in high school football and will be aired on NBC.

Friday, Jan. 5, 2007

Top collegiate and high school wrestlers to compete in Lone Star Duals

By Pegasus News wire

Meets will be today and Saturday at the South Grand Prairie Warrior Coliseum. It's the 10th anniversary for this tournament.

Friday, Jan. 5, 2007

Grand Prairie to host MLK parade

By Pegasus News wire

Celebration at Grand Prairie High School to follow.

Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006

Colleyville Heritage 38, South Grand Prairie 14

QB Casey Russell leads the way in the Class 5A Division I Region I area game at Texas Stadium.

Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006