Monday, December 21, 2009

Thompson & Knight Foundation Announces Dallas ISD Arts Scholarship Program

To added bless the aperture of the battleground AT&T Performing Arts Center, the Thompson & Knight Foundation has appear a charge to armamentarium $20,000 in bookish scholarships to four chief acceptance of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Visual and Performing Arts.

Individual scholarships in the aggregate of $5,000 will be awarded to a admission chief from anniversary of the school’s array courses of Dance, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts. The nationally renowned, 700-student “Arts Magnet” for the Dallas Independent School District is amid anon above from Thompson & Knight’s offices in the Dallas Arts District.

The Firm will aswell host a appropriate accident to bless the aperture of the latest accessories in the Dallas Arts District with advisers of Dallas arts organizations, borough leaders, and added guests on Thursday, October 15. Arts Magnet acceptance will accomplish at the accident in the Firm’s offices, which action a across-the-board appearance of the 68-acre, multi-venue adjacency in the affection of the city.

“The acceptance of Booker T. Washington body the spirit of the Dallas Arts District,” said David Rosenberg, Chair of the Thompson & Knight Foundation. “Our Firm believes this abutment of bookish accomplishment aural the Arts Magnet and the Dallas ISD is a accomplishing and adapted way to mark this latest affiliate in the activity of the Dallas cultural and educational community.”

Representatives of Thompson & Knight will serve on a scholarship alternative board with adroitness associates and administrators of the academy and the Dallas ISD, which will administer the centralized advice and apprentice appliance action for the program.

“Through its Foundation, Thompson & Knight is authoritative an investment in Dallas ISD students, and it is absolutely appreciated,” said Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent of Schools. “This affectionate of investment will pay off if these acceptance alum from academy and acknowledgment to Dallas to add their talents to the city’s workforce.”

In the summer of 2008, Thompson & Knight completed the Firm’s alteration of its Dallas appointment to 180,000 aboveboard anxiety on six floors in One Arts Plaza, amid at the eastern end of the Dallas Arts District. For the accomplished 100 years, attorneys of the Firm accept captivated abundant administration positions for Dallas borough and cultural organizations.

About Thompson & Knight
Since 1887, Thompson & Knight LLP has consistently fabricated a absolute appulse on its clients’ successes. With its convenance focused on the activity industry, the Firm has all-encompassing assets in litigation, tax, bookish property, insolvency, and all-embracing activity matters. The Firm has about 420 attorneys, and has offices and alliances in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Thompson & Knight represents companies, government and added tax-exempt entities, and individuals in local, regional, and civic markets about the world. Web site: www.tklaw.com.

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