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We've just watched Oil On Ice, an excellent documentary about the Arctic Wildlife Refuge (a topic we've covered in the past), why it's important to protect it and why it doesn't make much sense to go drill for oil there. The film covers 4 main issues: Communities that live in the area, the wild lands of the Refuge, the wildlife (and what a wildlife!) and energy. We quite enjoyed the discussions about solutions and the explanations about how some common sense investments in current technologies could improve our energy efficiency significantly (after all, it's easier to use less energy than to find new one) and save a lot more oil than could ever come out of Alaska. It also shows some of the effects of global warming on the arctic ("global weirding", as Lovins call it) and debunks some claims by Exxon about the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The DVD features bonus interviews with Carl Pope of the Sierra Club and Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Check it out ::Oil On Ice Update: You can watch a 4-minute short film based on Oil on Ice.
The challenges faced by parents of kids with special needs are always unique, but in one way they are surely much alike: making sure the kids are getting what they need from schools is way harder than it ought to be. ExceptionAlly is a new startup that aims to help parents understand, organize and communicate all the info they need to make sure their child is getting the help they require.
The company just emerged from Y Combinator and is pursuing full deployment ahead of this school year, with a visibility push during the usual back-to-school dates. It’s still early days, but Davis tells me they already have thousands of users who are taking advantage of the free and paid aspects of the service.
Just because a parent has a kid with dyslexia, or a hearing impairment, or a physical disability, doesn’t mean they suddenly become an expert in what resources are out there for those kids — what’s required by law, what a school offers voluntarily and so on. Achieving fluency in these complex issues is a big ask on top of all the usual parental duties — and on top of that, parents and schools are often put in adversarial positions.
There are resources out there for parents, certainly, but they’re scattered and often require a great deal of effort on the parents’ part. So the first goal of the service is to educate and structure the parents’ information on the systems they’re dealing with.
Based on information provided by the parent, such as their kid’s conditions or needs, and other information like school district, state and so on, the platform assists the parent in understanding both the condition itself, what they can expect from a school and what their rights are. It could be something as simple as moving a kid to the front row of a classroom to knowing how frequently the school is required to share reports on that kid’s progress.
Parents rarely know the range of accommodations a school can offer, Davis said, and even the schools themselves might not know or properly explain what they can or must provide if asked.
For instance, an IEP, or individual education plan, and yearly goals are required for every student with special needs, along with meetings and progress reports. These are often skipped or, if not, done in a rote way that isn’t personalized.
Davis said that by helping parents collaborate with the school and teacher on IEPs and other facets of the process, they accomplish several things. First, the parent feels more confident and involved in their kid’s education, having brought something to the table. Second, less pressure is put on overworked teachers to produce these things in addition to everything else they have to do. And third, it either allows or compels schools to provide all the resources they have available.
Naturally, this whole process produces reams of documents: evaluations, draft plans, lesson lists, observations, reports and so on. “If you talk to any parent of a child with special needs, they’ll tell you how they have file cabinets full of paperwork,” Davis said.
ExceptionAlly will let you scan or send it all these docs, which it helps you organize into the various categories and find again should you need them. A search feature based on OCR processing of the text is in development and should be in place for the latter half of the coming school year, which Davis pointed out is really when it starts being necessary.
That, he said, is when parents need to keep schools accountable. Being informed both on the kid’s progress and what the school is supposed to be doing lets the resulting process be collaborative rather than combative. But if the latter comes to pass, the platform has resources for parents to deploy to make sure the schools don’t dominate the power equation.
“If things progress that way, there’s a ‘take action toolkit’ to develop communications with the school,” Davis said. Ideally you don’t want to be the parent threatening legal action or calling the principal at home. A timely reminder of what was agreed upon and a nudge to keep things on track keeps it positive. “It’s sort of a reminder that we should all be on ‘team kid,’ if you will,” he added.
Schools, unfortunately, have not shown themselves to be highly willing to collaborate.
“We spent about six months talking to over a hundred schools and districts. What we found was not a lot of energy to provide parents with any more information than what the school was already providing,” Davis explained.
The sad truth here is that many schools are already neck-deep in administrative woes, the teachers are overworked and have new responsibilities every year and the idea of volunteering for new ones doesn’t strike even the most well-intentioned schools as attractive. So instead, ExceptionAlly has focused on going directly to parents, who, confidently and well-armed, can take their case to the school on their own.
After the official launch ahead of this school year, the company plans to continue adding features. Rich text search is among them, and deeper understanding of the documents could both help automate storage and retrieval and also lead to new insights. At some point there will also be an optional program to submit a child’s information (anonymously, of course) to help create a database of what accommodations in which places and cases led to what outcomes — essentially aggregating information direct from the source.
ExceptionAlly has some free content to peruse if you’re curious whether it might be helpful for you or someone you know, and there are a variety of paid options should it seem like a good fit.
All the hysterical bloviating and bleating we hear from the ACLU this time of year about whether school choirs can sing "Silent Night" is just gas, sound, and fury, but signifying nothing.
The bigots and bullies of secular fundamentalism will yammer on about the separation of church and state, and the horrors of recognizing Christmas in public settings, as if democracy itself will fall if anybody so much as mentions the name of the Prince of Peace, let alone sings a song or two in his honor.
Well, they can save their breath, for Christmas is clearly, flatly, unequivocally, and unambiguously constitutional.
In fact, Christmas itself is in the Constitution.
This is not even a matter for debate, for the Framers themselves dated this document, one of the two most important political documents in human history (along with the Declaration of Independence), from the very first Christmas. You could look it up.
By dating the foundational document of the greatest nation in history to the birth of Jesus Christ, the Founders essentially celebrated Christmas as they signed their names. Since the Declaration was also dated from the first Christmas, you can even say that the two most important political documents in history are in the nature of Christmas cards from the Founders to us.
It's worth noting how deliberate and how majestic this all is. Jesus is referred to as "Lord." They were acknowledging Jesus Christ as the true and rightful sovereign of this fledgling nation.
And they did not identify Jesus as "the" Lord, but rather as "our" Lord, each signer acknowledging his own submission to him as master over his own life. And since they were acting on behalf of the whole American people, the Founders in essence were entering into a covenant with Jesus Christ as our rightful lord and liege.
Some will say, "You can't attach any significance to that. That's the way they dated everything in those days." This just makes the case much worse for secularists, because it is an explicit admission that the advent of Jesus Christ was so widely accepted as the dividing line of human history that every document without hesitation or question was dated from the year of his birth.
There was a time when claiming that the earth revolved around the sun rather than the reverse was a controversial, worldview-transforming declaration. Now we all accept that routinely. The very lack of controversy is an evidence of how widespread it is now to accept what was once a radical breakthrough and a giant leap forward.
The very ordinariness of dating the document to the birth of Christ, the utter lack of any controversy over including Christ in the Constitution, is the most compelling evidence of all that the Founders saw him as the pivotal figure in all history.
For this reason, we can't commemorate the Constitution without at the same time commemorating the Nativity. And every time we do something as mundane as sign a check, we bear silent witness to the influence of the God-man in history. Civilization is divided into two epochs: the era before his incarnation and the era after. Jesus himself is the center point of human history.
But we must note that this dating may not, in fact, be as routine as our secularist friends want us to think. For the Founders did not just date the Constitution from the birth of Christ but also from the birth of the nation: "in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth."
This quite obviously was a dating decision that was deliberate, thoughtful, and intentional.
Bottom line: for the Founding Fathers, the two most important dates in all human history were the birth of Jesus Christ and the birth of the United States of America. I'm inclined to agree.
So celebrate Christmas this season content in the knowledge that Christmas is not only perfectly constitutional, it is IN the Constitution itself and will be until the end of time. Merry Christmas, everybody, from me and every signer of the Constitution of the United States.
Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Allan Ahlberg.
Kirsty Young's castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of our best-loved children's authors, Allan Ahlberg. He started writing stories for children at his wife Janet's suggestion - she wanted someone to write the words so that she could provide the illustrations. They went on to produce more than three dozen picture books together including The Jolly Postman, Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! and their books sold in their millions.
In this moving programme, Allan describes the impact of Janet's diagnosis, how she faced up to the knowledge that she was dying and how, after her death, he worked through his grief by compiling another book - a very personal collection about her life and work.
Luxury: A wall to kick a football against.
Judy Garland: Classic Songs from the Stage and Screen.
The British Music Collection: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford.
An Anthology of English Song.
The Rodgers & Hart Songbook, Vol.2.
Josef Locke, Tenor 1917-99 - Goodbye.
In a press release today, the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau announced a new set of security screening procedures for all ticketed live performances at Robinson Center, First Security Ampitheater and the Statehouse Convention Center, to be launched January 21, when Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit play a show at Robinson Center Performance Hall.
Walk-through magnetometers, the release stated, will be "mandatory for all live performances at LRCVB-managed properties."
That "new normal" means that guests are advised to arrive early to clear security, and are encouraged to bring only necessary items into the performance, with exceptions for medically necessary items, the release said. Expectant mothers and people with pacemakers will be scanned with a handheld device.
"Backpacks, bags larger than 14” x 14” x 6”, more than one bag, weapons of any kind, knives of any kind, pepper spray/mace, fireworks or pyrotechnics of any kind, outside food and beverage, flasks, coolers, drugs, illegal substances, skateboards, rollerblades, bicycles, helmets, beach balls, Frisbees, streamers, confetti, laptop/tablet computers, 2-way radios, cameras, laser pointers, flashlights, balloons, permanent markers, spray paint, noise making devices, audio or video recording devices (except cell phones and authorized media equipment), signs/flags/banners, selfie sticks, chains, spikes, and any other item that may be deemed by event organizers and/or staff as a potential safety or security threat."
MVP: Andre Nunley, Eul. Trinity, Sr.
Offensive Player of the Year: Deng Alier, Hurst LD Bell, Jr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Augustine Sherman, Haltom, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Nazir Brown, Hurst LD Bell, Fr.
Marcus Ervin, Eul. Trinity, Jr.
Dev Minix, San Ang. Central, Sr.
Jaden Wells, Hurst LD Bell, Jr.
MVP: Isaiah Crawford, North Crowley, Sr.
Offensive Player of the Year: Jaedaun Slack, Arlington, Jr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Jay Gates, North Crowley, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Monterrio Golightly, FW YMLA, So.
Sophomore of the Year: Donta Coady, Arl. Bowie, So.
Trey Glenn, Arl. Martin, Jr.
Wesley Hayes, Arl. Sam Houston, Jr.
Billy Hill, FW Paschal, Sr.
Malcolm Mayes, Arl. Bowie, Sr.
Shannon Robinson, Arl. Lamar, Jr.
Isaiah Wyatt, North Crowley, Sr.
Davion Younger, FW YMLA, Sr.
Co-MVP: De'Vion Harmon, Den. Guyer, Sr.; Jalen Wilson, Den. Guyer, Sr.
Co-Offensive Player of the Year: JaKobe Coles, Den. Guyer, Jr.; Brandon Haddock, SL Carroll, Sr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Novitske, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Jesse Iweze, TC Byron Nelson, So.
Tyler Mcghie, Den. Guyer, Jr.
Latrell Jossell, Kel. Central, Jr.
Jonathan Zapinkski, SL Carroll, Sr.
Jordyn Vicente, Kel. Timber Creek, Jr.
Nico Matheus, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.
Jason Makayabo, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.
Austin Garner, TC Byron Nelson, Jr.
MVP: Tariq Aman, Coppell, Sr.
Offensive Player of the Year: Keyonte George, Lewisville, Fr.
Co-Defensive Player of the Year: KJ Pruitt, Lewisville, Jr.; Isaiah Gardner, Irv. Nimitz, Jr.
Newcomer of the Year: Devion Daily, Irv. MacArthur, So.
Jeff Mills, Flower Mound, Jr.
Carius Key, Irv. MacArthur, Sr.
Zach Meyer, FM Marcus, Sr.
Co-MVP: Max Abmas, Jesuit, Sr.; Isaiah Stevens, Allen, Sr.
Offensive Player of the Year: Byron Schoby, McKinney, Sr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Julius Marble, Jesuit, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Thailand Elder, Allen, Jr.
Freshman of the Year: Alex Anamekwe, McKinney, Fr.
Daylen Minor, Plano West, Sr.
Ryan Zambie, Plano West, Sr.
Miqah Matthews, North Garland, Jr.
Jemarcus Caldwell, Gar. Lakeview Centennial, Sr.
Zaakir Sawyer, Mes. Horn, Jr.
Drake Brown, Rockwall Heath, Sr.
Kameron Pruitt, Rockwall Heath, Jr.
Jamal Jones, Tyler Lee, Jr.
Co-MVP: Cortland Blake, FW Brewer, Sr.; David Woosley, FW Brewer, Sr.
Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Baylor Hebb, Colleyville, Jr.; Tre Hester, Birdville, Sr.
Defensive Player of the Year: Devin Avent, FW Brewer, Jr.

We've just watched Oil On Ice, an excellent documentary about the Arctic Wildlife Refuge (a topic we've covered in the past), why it's important to protect it and why it doesn't make much sense to go drill for oil there. The film covers 4 main issues: Communities that live in the area, the wild lands of the Refuge, the wildlife (and what a wildlife!) and energy. We quite enjoyed the discussions about solutions and the explanations about how some common sense investments in current technologies could improve our energy efficiency significantly (after all, it's easier to use less energy than to find new one) and save a lot more oil than could ever come out of Alaska. It also shows some of the effects of global warming on the arctic ("global weirding", as Lovins call it) and debunks some claims by Exxon about the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The DVD features bonus interviews with Carl Pope of the Sierra Club and Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Check it out ::Oil On Ice Update: You can watch a 4-minute short film based on Oil on Ice.

The challenges faced by parents of kids with special needs are always unique, but in one way they are surely much alike: making sure the kids are getting what they need from schools is way harder than it ought to be. ExceptionAlly is a new startup that aims to help parents understand, organize and communicate all the info they need to make sure their child is getting the help they require.

The company just emerged from Y Combinator and is pursuing full deployment ahead of this school year, with a visibility push during the usual back-to-school dates. It’s still early days, but Davis tells me they already have thousands of users who are taking advantage of the free and paid aspects of the service.

Just because a parent has a kid with dyslexia, or a hearing impairment, or a physical disability, doesn’t mean they suddenly become an expert in what resources are out there for those kids — what’s required by law, what a school offers voluntarily and so on. Achieving fluency in these complex issues is a big ask on top of all the usual parental duties — and on top of that, parents and schools are often put in adversarial positions.

There are resources out there for parents, certainly, but they’re scattered and often require a great deal of effort on the parents’ part. So the first goal of the service is to educate and structure the parents’ information on the systems they’re dealing with.

Based on information provided by the parent, such as their kid’s conditions or needs, and other information like school district, state and so on, the platform assists the parent in understanding both the condition itself, what they can expect from a school and what their rights are. It could be something as simple as moving a kid to the front row of a classroom to knowing how frequently the school is required to share reports on that kid’s progress.

Parents rarely know the range of accommodations a school can offer, Davis said, and even the schools themselves might not know or properly explain what they can or must provide if asked.

For instance, an IEP, or individual education plan, and yearly goals are required for every student with special needs, along with meetings and progress reports. These are often skipped or, if not, done in a rote way that isn’t personalized.

Davis said that by helping parents collaborate with the school and teacher on IEPs and other facets of the process, they accomplish several things. First, the parent feels more confident and involved in their kid’s education, having brought something to the table. Second, less pressure is put on overworked teachers to produce these things in addition to everything else they have to do. And third, it either allows or compels schools to provide all the resources they have available.

Naturally, this whole process produces reams of documents: evaluations, draft plans, lesson lists, observations, reports and so on. “If you talk to any parent of a child with special needs, they’ll tell you how they have file cabinets full of paperwork,” Davis said.

ExceptionAlly will let you scan or send it all these docs, which it helps you organize into the various categories and find again should you need them. A search feature based on OCR processing of the text is in development and should be in place for the latter half of the coming school year, which Davis pointed out is really when it starts being necessary.

That, he said, is when parents need to keep schools accountable. Being informed both on the kid’s progress and what the school is supposed to be doing lets the resulting process be collaborative rather than combative. But if the latter comes to pass, the platform has resources for parents to deploy to make sure the schools don’t dominate the power equation.

“If things progress that way, there’s a ‘take action toolkit’ to develop communications with the school,” Davis said. Ideally you don’t want to be the parent threatening legal action or calling the principal at home. A timely reminder of what was agreed upon and a nudge to keep things on track keeps it positive. “It’s sort of a reminder that we should all be on ‘team kid,’ if you will,” he added.

Schools, unfortunately, have not shown themselves to be highly willing to collaborate.

“We spent about six months talking to over a hundred schools and districts. What we found was not a lot of energy to provide parents with any more information than what the school was already providing,” Davis explained.

The sad truth here is that many schools are already neck-deep in administrative woes, the teachers are overworked and have new responsibilities every year and the idea of volunteering for new ones doesn’t strike even the most well-intentioned schools as attractive. So instead, ExceptionAlly has focused on going directly to parents, who, confidently and well-armed, can take their case to the school on their own.

After the official launch ahead of this school year, the company plans to continue adding features. Rich text search is among them, and deeper understanding of the documents could both help automate storage and retrieval and also lead to new insights. At some point there will also be an optional program to submit a child’s information (anonymously, of course) to help create a database of what accommodations in which places and cases led to what outcomes — essentially aggregating information direct from the source.

ExceptionAlly has some free content to peruse if you’re curious whether it might be helpful for you or someone you know, and there are a variety of paid options should it seem like a good fit.

All the hysterical bloviating and bleating we hear from the ACLU this time of year about whether school choirs can sing "Silent Night" is just gas, sound, and fury, but signifying nothing.

The bigots and bullies of secular fundamentalism will yammer on about the separation of church and state, and the horrors of recognizing Christmas in public settings, as if democracy itself will fall if anybody so much as mentions the name of the Prince of Peace, let alone sings a song or two in his honor.

Well, they can save their breath, for Christmas is clearly, flatly, unequivocally, and unambiguously constitutional.

In fact, Christmas itself is in the Constitution.

This is not even a matter for debate, for the Framers themselves dated this document, one of the two most important political documents in human history (along with the Declaration of Independence), from the very first Christmas. You could look it up.

By dating the foundational document of the greatest nation in history to the birth of Jesus Christ, the Founders essentially celebrated Christmas as they signed their names. Since the Declaration was also dated from the first Christmas, you can even say that the two most important political documents in history are in the nature of Christmas cards from the Founders to us.

It's worth noting how deliberate and how majestic this all is. Jesus is referred to as "Lord." They were acknowledging Jesus Christ as the true and rightful sovereign of this fledgling nation.

And they did not identify Jesus as "the" Lord, but rather as "our" Lord, each signer acknowledging his own submission to him as master over his own life. And since they were acting on behalf of the whole American people, the Founders in essence were entering into a covenant with Jesus Christ as our rightful lord and liege.

Some will say, "You can't attach any significance to that. That's the way they dated everything in those days." This just makes the case much worse for secularists, because it is an explicit admission that the advent of Jesus Christ was so widely accepted as the dividing line of human history that every document without hesitation or question was dated from the year of his birth.

There was a time when claiming that the earth revolved around the sun rather than the reverse was a controversial, worldview-transforming declaration. Now we all accept that routinely. The very lack of controversy is an evidence of how widespread it is now to accept what was once a radical breakthrough and a giant leap forward.

The very ordinariness of dating the document to the birth of Christ, the utter lack of any controversy over including Christ in the Constitution, is the most compelling evidence of all that the Founders saw him as the pivotal figure in all history.

For this reason, we can't commemorate the Constitution without at the same time commemorating the Nativity. And every time we do something as mundane as sign a check, we bear silent witness to the influence of the God-man in history. Civilization is divided into two epochs: the era before his incarnation and the era after. Jesus himself is the center point of human history.

But we must note that this dating may not, in fact, be as routine as our secularist friends want us to think. For the Founders did not just date the Constitution from the birth of Christ but also from the birth of the nation: "in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth."

This quite obviously was a dating decision that was deliberate, thoughtful, and intentional.

Bottom line: for the Founding Fathers, the two most important dates in all human history were the birth of Jesus Christ and the birth of the United States of America. I'm inclined to agree.

So celebrate Christmas this season content in the knowledge that Christmas is not only perfectly constitutional, it is IN the Constitution itself and will be until the end of time. Merry Christmas, everybody, from me and every signer of the Constitution of the United States.

Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Allan Ahlberg.

Kirsty Young's castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of our best-loved children's authors, Allan Ahlberg. He started writing stories for children at his wife Janet's suggestion - she wanted someone to write the words so that she could provide the illustrations. They went on to produce more than three dozen picture books together including The Jolly Postman, Each Peach Pear Plum and Peepo! and their books sold in their millions.

In this moving programme, Allan describes the impact of Janet's diagnosis, how she faced up to the knowledge that she was dying and how, after her death, he worked through his grief by compiling another book - a very personal collection about her life and work.

Luxury: A wall to kick a football against.

Judy Garland: Classic Songs from the Stage and Screen.

The British Music Collection: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford.

An Anthology of English Song.

The Rodgers & Hart Songbook, Vol.2.

Josef Locke, Tenor 1917-99 - Goodbye.

In a press release today, the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau announced a new set of security screening procedures for all ticketed live performances at Robinson Center, First Security Ampitheater and the Statehouse Convention Center, to be launched January 21, when Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit play a show at Robinson Center Performance Hall.

Walk-through magnetometers, the release stated, will be "mandatory for all live performances at LRCVB-managed properties."

That "new normal" means that guests are advised to arrive early to clear security, and are encouraged to bring only necessary items into the performance, with exceptions for medically necessary items, the release said. Expectant mothers and people with pacemakers will be scanned with a handheld device.

"Backpacks, bags larger than 14” x 14” x 6”, more than one bag, weapons of any kind, knives of any kind, pepper spray/mace, fireworks or pyrotechnics of any kind, outside food and beverage, flasks, coolers, drugs, illegal substances, skateboards, rollerblades, bicycles, helmets, beach balls, Frisbees, streamers, confetti, laptop/tablet computers, 2-way radios, cameras, laser pointers, flashlights, balloons, permanent markers, spray paint, noise making devices, audio or video recording devices (except cell phones and authorized media equipment), signs/flags/banners, selfie sticks, chains, spikes, and any other item that may be deemed by event organizers and/or staff as a potential safety or security threat."

MVP: Andre Nunley, Eul. Trinity, Sr.

Offensive Player of the Year: Deng Alier, Hurst LD Bell, Jr.

Defensive Player of the Year: Augustine Sherman, Haltom, Sr.

Newcomer of the Year: Nazir Brown, Hurst LD Bell, Fr.

Marcus Ervin, Eul. Trinity, Jr.

Dev Minix, San Ang. Central, Sr.

Jaden Wells, Hurst LD Bell, Jr.

MVP: Isaiah Crawford, North Crowley, Sr.

Offensive Player of the Year: Jaedaun Slack, Arlington, Jr.

Defensive Player of the Year: Jay Gates, North Crowley, Sr.

Newcomer of the Year: Monterrio Golightly, FW YMLA, So.

Sophomore of the Year: Donta Coady, Arl. Bowie, So.

Trey Glenn, Arl. Martin, Jr.

Wesley Hayes, Arl. Sam Houston, Jr.

Billy Hill, FW Paschal, Sr.

Malcolm Mayes, Arl. Bowie, Sr.

Shannon Robinson, Arl. Lamar, Jr.

Isaiah Wyatt, North Crowley, Sr.

Davion Younger, FW YMLA, Sr.

Co-MVP: De'Vion Harmon, Den. Guyer, Sr.; Jalen Wilson, Den. Guyer, Sr.

Co-Offensive Player of the Year: JaKobe Coles, Den. Guyer, Jr.; Brandon Haddock, SL Carroll, Sr.

Defensive Player of the Year: Zach Novitske, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.

Newcomer of the Year: Jesse Iweze, TC Byron Nelson, So.

Tyler Mcghie, Den. Guyer, Jr.

Latrell Jossell, Kel. Central, Jr.

Jonathan Zapinkski, SL Carroll, Sr.

Jordyn Vicente, Kel. Timber Creek, Jr.

Nico Matheus, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.

Jason Makayabo, TC Byron Nelson, Sr.

Austin Garner, TC Byron Nelson, Jr.

MVP: Tariq Aman, Coppell, Sr.

Offensive Player of the Year: Keyonte George, Lewisville, Fr.

Co-Defensive Player of the Year: KJ Pruitt, Lewisville, Jr.; Isaiah Gardner, Irv. Nimitz, Jr.

Newcomer of the Year: Devion Daily, Irv. MacArthur, So.

Jeff Mills, Flower Mound, Jr.

Carius Key, Irv. MacArthur, Sr.

Zach Meyer, FM Marcus, Sr.

Co-MVP: Max Abmas, Jesuit, Sr.; Isaiah Stevens, Allen, Sr.

Offensive Player of the Year: Byron Schoby, McKinney, Sr.

Defensive Player of the Year: Julius Marble, Jesuit, Sr.

Newcomer of the Year: Thailand Elder, Allen, Jr.

Freshman of the Year: Alex Anamekwe, McKinney, Fr.

Daylen Minor, Plano West, Sr.

Ryan Zambie, Plano West, Sr.

Miqah Matthews, North Garland, Jr.

Jemarcus Caldwell, Gar. Lakeview Centennial, Sr.

Zaakir Sawyer, Mes. Horn, Jr.

Drake Brown, Rockwall Heath, Sr.

Kameron Pruitt, Rockwall Heath, Jr.

Jamal Jones, Tyler Lee, Jr.

Co-MVP: Cortland Blake, FW Brewer, Sr.; David Woosley, FW Brewer, Sr.

Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Baylor Hebb, Colleyville, Jr.; Tre Hester, Birdville, Sr.

Defensive Player of the Year: Devin Avent, FW Brewer, Jr.