Twenty-four HISD schools receive TEA reward designations
2015 May 7
The Texas Education Agency has recognized two dozen HISD schools for high performance and/or high progress for the 2014-2015 school year based on 2013-2014 student performance results.
Sixteen HISD schools were included on the agency’s list of Title I High Performing Schools and eight schools were named as Title I High Progress schools. All eight of the High Progress schools were also recognized as High Performing schools. Title I schools are defined as campuses with a student population of at least 40 percent low-income.
Get that full story (and a list of all the schools) here.
Congratulations also go out this week to:
- The Energy Institute, which was named the beneficiary of this year’s Offshore Technology Conference dinner. The annual event raises thousands of dollars for worthy causes, and the campus will receive $250,000 to support its programs. Get the full story here.
- Robert Childress, a senior at Sterling High School, who will be following his military dreams to Texas A&M University this fall at minimal cost to himself, after representatives of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced the winners of the Gates Millennium Scholarships for 2015. Childress, who is the valedictorian at Sterling this year, was one of only 1,000 students chosen from more than 52,000 applicants nationwide—and the sole student selected from HISD. You can read more about him here.
- High School Ahead Academy bus driver Clarissa Davis, who was recognized on April 30 for providing exceptional customer service to one of her students. Davis was honored for offering a ride to a student who had missed his bus and gone home to get his bicycle, after recognizing him on the road as he was riding the ten-plus miles back to school. Read that full story here.
- Milby High School senior Nancy Casarrubias, whose video showcasing her campus library won a national digital storytelling contest sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians. Learn more about her and see the video here.
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