Posts by Ashley Thornton
Act Locally Waco New Year’s Resolution ideas for 2019
By Ashley Bean Thornton I’m a big believer in New Year’s Resolutions. I come up with one or two every year and probably every other year or so, I stick with one. Sometimes they are quite dramatic. One year I decided to make walking my default form of transportation; that was life-changing. Most years they…
Read MoreThere’s a new girls’ club forming in Waco. . . and it’s the Boy Scouts?
by Melody Terrell Growth, change, and choices are on the horizon for the Boy Scouts of America, and for some Waco-area girls and their families. We hear about The BSA in national news sometimes, but the quality and fit of our programs comes down to a more personal level. Local churches and civic groups, who…
Read MoreWindow is open for Waco ISD Magnet School Enrollment Lottery
The enrollment window is now open for Lake Air Montessori Magnet School and Hillcrest Professional Development School. Both campuses use a random lottery system for enrollment instead of specific attendance boundaries. To enter the lottery, parents and guardians complete the application form found online at wacoisd.org/magnetapp. A separate application is required for each campus for…
Read MoreTop 10 Most Opened Blog Posts of 2018
by Ashley Bean Thornton One of my favorite things to do in the world is edit the Act Locally Waco blog. December is a wonderful, but hectic, month for most of us so I thought it might be nice to give my beautiful bloggers a month to focus on family, friends and the joys of…
Read MoreProsper Waco: 2018 in Review
By Matthew Polk 2018 has given us lessons in the challenges and opportunities that come from working together to improve the lives of people in our community. The most obvious of these was the threat to five chronically underperforming Waco ISD campuses by a state law that requires such schools to be closed. One of…
Read MoreBetter Living for Texans: Maintaining discipline during the holidays
(As I’m sure most of you probably know, one of our Prosper Waco community goals is “McLennan County residents will live healthier lifestyles and access the best available care.” With that in mind Act Locally Waco is teaming up with Better Living for Texans to bring you a monthly blog post full of tips for…
Read MoreTrails & Trials: Stay fit with the family throughout the holiday season
(This post is a part of a regular series “Trails & Trials,” a monthly adventure series inspiring others to experience the physical, mental, and social benefits of cycling, running or swimming in Central Texas. For more posts in this series, click here: Trails and Trials. – ALW) By Natasha van der Merwe We are finally at…
Read MoreConnecting Local Teachers to Local Businesses Pays Dividends
By Hermann Pereira Being an educator is one of the most rewarding and difficult careers around. We constantly invest our time and effort into the next generation and the school year feels like a marathon. So by the time the summer hits we just want to prop our feet up. But educators are some of…
Read MoreThe Birth of A Clinic
By Gary Wardlaw I was four when my pops left. I remember it being dark and there was yelling—a lot of yelling. A door slammed, the car started and it was four years before seeing him again. I didn’t know it then, but from that moment on, I would grow up in what our society…
Read MoreSustainable Waco: Happy America Recycles Day!
By Anna Dunbar America Recycles Day (ARD) has its 21st anniversary this year. What many don’t know is that ARD has its roots in Texas, central Texas in fact. Texas Recycles Day began in 1994 as the idea of two Texas Commission on Environmental Quality employees, Kevin Tuerff and Valerie Davis. I met them while…
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