A few years back, leaders from the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District came to 6 Stones with a dream: we want to run a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Camp in the summer. And we want it to be open to anyone who wants to come, regardless of their income level. So we asked some…

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Dave and Linda Lewis are exactly the kind of people you would expect them to be. One owns Rita’s Italian Ice, the other runs the preschool program at First United Methodist Church in Euless. The former is gregarious and excitable; the living embodiment of a sugar rush. The latter speaks in hushed, soothing tones as…

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It’s 7:00 am on a Saturday and the halls at Shady Brook Elementary hum with subdued energy. Teachers pop in and out of the shadowy hallway, working to set up their classrooms before the main campus lights are even flipped on. Shannon Gauntt, the principal, sits in the glow of her office window, checking emails…

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Operation Back 2 School is one of the most exhausting, exhilarating things we do at 6 Stones. In the span of seven hours, nearly three thousand kids and their parents march through Campus West here in Bedford. Add the 801 volunteers who registered to guide them through the day and the scores of social service…

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Most of us conjure a specific image when we think about teachers. We all remember a favorite, a man or woman who would stop at nothing to empower and inspire us in our youth. It’s easy to think of great teachers as the Golden Standard. But that can be dangerous. Our students need more than…

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