Talk:Masonic Home Independent School District

New Article
It's about time this historic school district got an article of its own. Hope to have a Start-class article within a week. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  02:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Work delayed
I removed '' ''Target completion date: May 1, 2008. Until then please add potential sources and other material to the bottom. Plano Senior High School can be a model. . I'll continue to work on this over the next few months but if I work it alone it won't be done any time soon. Please jump in and improve the article. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail)  03:34, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Original goals for this article
Strike items as they are achieved or moved to or used in the article body. Archive this section when goals are completed.

Goals

 * Achieve start-class before removing under construction tag.
 * Achieve B-level.
 * Achieve WP:GA.
 * Achieve WP:FA or identify reasons why this can never be a featured article.

Potential Sources

 * Google - not a real source, will be removed later
 * http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/district/29310/search.aspx - address
 * http://www.mhstx.org/ourstory.html History and what Masons do today, primary source
 * http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/sboe/schedule/2005/april/planning/item/6_masonichome_i.doc Closing recommendation
 * http://www.homes101.net/texas-schools/masonic-home-isd-d15298/ outdated info about the school from shortly before their closing. Technically 3 schools.
 * http://www.homes101.net/texas-schools/masonic-home-isd-d15298/masonic-home-high-school-s5353/
 * http://www.homes101.net/texas-schools/masonic-home-isd-d15298/masonic-home-middle-school-s7625/
 * http://www.homes101.net/texas-schools/masonic-home-isd-d15298/masonic-home-elementary-school-s85409/
 * http://www.masonichome-exstudents.org/ Ex-student association, primary source
 * http://texas.schooltree.org/district/Masonic-Home-Independent-School-District-ISD-015730-aerial.html Areal view, Feb. 1, 2001
 * http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1671 Another story about the property sale in 2006
 * Book, Fort Worth's Legendary Landmarks By Carol E. Roark, Google Books p. 128?
 * The Masonic Informer, Constantine Lodge No. 13, AF & AM, Dec. 2003, http://www.constantine13.org/Blue-Lodge/Newsletters/TMI/2003/December2003TMI.pdf - reasoning behind closing including lawsuits, primary source
 * http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txtarran/historical09.htm Text of Historical Marker.
 * Book: Dent, Jim, Twelve Mighty Orphans: The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football, 2007, ISBN 0312308728. Amazon.com, books.google.com
 * http://www.tshaonline.org/ - The Handbook of Texas Online - general Texas reference

Links related to Texas orphanages

 * http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/orphans/ - scroll down to "Texas Orphanages" - several useful links to early 20th century reports
 * http://www.familytreeconnection.com/records/orphanage.html - more reports from around 1900 from various Texas orphanages
 * http://www.happyhillfarm.org/theacademy_academics.cfm residential school for troubled youth
 * http://www.methodistchildrenshome.org/history.html Ran a school until 1940.
 * http://www.tsbvi.edu/school/history.htm Texas School for the Blind - there is also one for the deaf and several state schools for the profoundly retarded and medically fragile
 * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/statepubs/classmanual/Classification_Manual_D.rtf look for "deaf" and "orphanage"
 * http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/yns1.html St. Mary's Orphanage, Galveston
 * http://www.buckner.org/aboutus.shtml - Buckner children's services

todo list

 * cut from article:


 * Founding and Early history including population over time
 * Funding
 * Football powerhouse
 * Other notable activities??
 * Later years and closing including population in later years
 * The building and grounds after closing
 * Unique status in Texas and institutional legacy - how Texas Masons help orphans today
 * Similar Mason schools around the world
 * Relationship to modern Texas charter schools
 * Notable Alumni
 * Pictures of site and buildings, including satellite and areal views

Categories: Category:Educational institutions established in 1913 - 1913 or 1889? The school organized as a private institution in 1889 but the district was established as a public district in 1913.

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