For the second year in a row, an exceptionally smart, talented and involved group of Scott Middle School students known as “Scott’s Scholars” served up heaping mugs of hot chocolate, holiday treats and Christmas cheer, the result of a carefully planned fundraiser with benefits earmarked for Denison’s Katy Railroad Museum. Plans for Scott’s Scholars 2nd annual Cocoa Challenge began in late October when the students and sponsors began collaborating with multiple community partn

Thanksgiving came early to Mayes Elementary this year. Exactly one week and a day before the nation paused to give thanks for bountiful blessings, several hundred students, staff, families and school supporters gathered in the crisp morning air outside Mayes’ west entrance to dedicate and celebrate the school’s grand new playground. “So many wonderful people made this possible,” said Mayes Principal Natalie Hicks before cutting the ribbon that stretched across the east side o