The 2010-'11 school year has started, and the Wild for Cats academic booster club is once again providing significant supplemental support to our students and teachers in the form of personnel, materials, and resources.

Since our founding in 2005, Wild for Cats has raised and provided almost $700,000 in direct support to Lake Highlands High School.

Unfortunately, the "Robin Hood" law continues to take away a portion of our property tax revenue, and public schools continue to be subject to the whims of state government in Austin.

But the need for sufficient resources and the expectations of excellence at Lake Highlands High School continues unabated.

Not surprisingly, the Lake Highlands community has responded to those needs and expectations by creating Wild for Cats and generously contributing to our mission – which is to make sure Lake Highlands High School remains the "School of Champions."

Wild for Cats raised $117,000 last year, and those funds are being put to excellent use this school year in the form of instructional supplies, laptop computers, lab headphones, equipment for Physics classes, AVID programs and college visits, grants for teacher-mentors, and many other tools and resources that would otherwise go unprovided.

And, for a second year, Wild for Cats is funding the outstanding on-campus resource of Dr. Brenda Prine, our College and Career Counselor.

Lake Highlands High School is the only high school in the Richardson Independent School District that has such a position – and it is the specific and direct result of funding provided by Wild for Cats – and that can come about only as a result of the community's continued generous support.

There are countless ways to show your support for Lake Highlands High School, but Wild for Cats is the only organization dedicated exclusively to the pursuit of overall academic excellence.

Please consider joining me in helping ensure that our kids continue to have access to nothing less than the best possible education we can provide.

Support Wild for Cats today!

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You can contribute to Wild for Cats online by clicking here or mailing contributions to: Wild for Cats, 9449 Church Road, Dallas, TX 75238.

Contributions in any amount entitles donors to a brand-new 2010-'11 edition of the Wild for Cats yard sign.

Contributions totaling $500 or more received by April 30, 2011 will earn a place on the Major Donor Board, which hangs each year in the LHHS foyer.