Press Coverage
Frisco Style: When the Game Gets Too Big
By Monica Wallis In cities like Frisco, where the population has surged by over 77% in the last decade and sports are stitched into the community’s identity, the growth of youth athletics is impossible to ignore. Across North Texas, and especially here in Sports...
Scottish Rite for Children Announces World Champion Gymnast Skye Blakely as Its Health Care Ambassador
Scottish Rite for Children proudly welcomes Frisco’s own Skye Blakely, world champion gymnast and former patient, as its newest ambassador. Blakely will use her journey as an elite athlete to help spotlight Scottish Rite’s groundbreaking research in injury...
Scottish Rite for Children Launches Partnership With Dallas Trinity FC
Scottish Rite for Children has been named the official pediatric healthcare partner of Dallas Trinity FC. In collaboration with UT Southwestern Medical Center, Scottish Rite is the official front-of-kit sponsor. This multi-year partnership highlights a continuous...
Lyda Hill Philanthropies Awards Scottish Rite for Children $1 Million to Study ACL Injury Prevention in Young Female Athletes
Groundbreaking studies will address the ACL epidemic in active adolescent females by using movement science Movement science researchers at Scottish Rite for Children have received a $1 million grant from Lyda Hill Philanthropies to fund, in part, two projects...
WFAA: Movement Science Lab Uses Tech to Prevent Sports Injuries
The Movement Science Lab at Scottish Rite for Children is using advanced markerless, 3D motion capture technology to help prevent sports injuries in young athletes. Led by Division Director Sophia Ulman, Ph.D., the lab studies how adolescents move to spot issues...
People and NBC 5 Cover Sadie’s Strength After Rattlesnake Bite
Last year, Sadie, age 5, was bitten by a rattlesnake on her right hand during a trip to her family’s ranch in West Texas. “They were throwing rocks in the pond,” says Dillon, Sadie’s father. “She was standing right next to me, and she reached down to pick up a...
Inside DFW: How Art Helped Lorena Heal
Now in its fourteenth year, Summer Colors showcases original artwork from both established and emerging artists, including Lorena, a young patient at Scottish Rite whose journey through treatment inspired her to give back through creativity. During her two-month...
CBS Texas: Livvy and Georgia go from patients to performers
During their time at Scottish Rite for Children, 12-year-old Livvy and 13-year-old Georgia found inspiration from the doctors, nurses and fellow patients who supported them through scoliosis. "This place will always have a special place in my heart," said Livvy....
Spectrum News 1: Fort Worth ISD approves launch of Bridges and Take Flight Programs
Fort Worth ISD is celebrating significant gains in 2025 STAAR test scores, with most grade levels and subjects showing improvement and several surpassing district targets. At a recent board meeting, the district also approved the launch of two dyslexia intervention...
CBS19: High School Graduate Dreams of Radiology Career After Her Care at Scottish Rite for Children
18-year-old Fernanda was diagnosed with scoliosis in sixth grade. "It was difficult, but I just had to keep going through it," Fernanda says. Her experience at Scottish Rite for Children transformed from a challenge into inspiration, motivating her to consider a...