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Contents 1 New Article 2 Work delayed 3 Original goals for this article 3.1 Goals 3.2 Potential Sources 3.2.1 Links related to Texas orphanages 4 todo list

[edit] 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)

[edit] Work delayed

I removed {{underconstruction}} ''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)

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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• http://www.homes101.net/texas-schools/masonic-home-isd-d15298/ outdated info about the school from shortly before their closing.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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.