14 high schools to distribute more than 18,000 laptops in January
More than 18,000 students at 14 schools will be receiving laptops in January as part of the district’s one-to-one plan to give all high school students a digital device to use for learning at school and at home. The one-to-one laptop program is a key component of HISD’s PowerUp initiative, which aims to digitally transform teaching and learning throughout the district.
A group of students from Carnegie Vanguard High School’s Interact Club teamed up with the Houston Independent School District Police Department for its annual holiday Toy Drive on Thursday.
Members of HISD PD and Carnegie Vanguard High School’s Interact Club.
For the second year in a row, the club collected boxes and gave from their own personal pockets to create about 30 gift boxes filled with items such as T-shirts, shorts, soap, pencils and other items for boys and girls.
In a written memo to the Interact Club, HISD Chief of Police Robert Mock thanked the student organization for their kindness.
“You have certainly set a fine example of defining your mission through your thoughts and actions,” Mock said. “Not only did your organization donate gifts for less fortunate children, but you went the extra mile of wrapping the presents and labeling the boxes for easy distribution.”
The mission of the Interact Club aims to show students how to overcome obstacles, such as distance and cultural barriers, while learning to embrace other kids like themselves around the world.
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You can help a first-grader learn to read by spending at least 30 minutes reading to a child per week as part of HISD’s Read Houston Read program. Volunteers can become a Read Houston Read mentor, in person or over the Internet, by reading to a child at their school or by logging onto the web. Volunteers also listen to the child read, help the child learn new words, and play fun games to reinforce what he/she has learned.
Houston is in a literacy crisis, and it will take everyone – schools, families, communities — to help provide this basic skill that can make the difference between lifelong learning and achievement or frustration and failure.
For a listing and map of participating schools, click here.
Faculty and staff at Gallegos Elementary School are celebrating a victory for learning this week, after more than 99 percent of the student body reported to school for seven days straight.
The streak began on Dec. 10 with an attendance rate of 99.4 percent, and continued through Dec. 18, when the rate topped out at 99.8 percent. Continue reading
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Sutton Elementary School students performed classic and original holiday songs at its annual winter concert for parents and the community. Students performed songs from the movie, Frozen, and sang songs from a musical written by their music teacher, Dwain Dancy. The concert was held at the school on Dec. 8 and at Clarewood Nursing Home on Dec. 15. The students also delivered personalized holiday cards that they made for the elderly at the nursing home.
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J.P. Henderson Elementary School recently celebrated its 15th annual Breakfast with Santa event with presents and photos with Santa for students. The celebration has been sponsored by the school, teachers, and staff as well as by the donations and support of Alamo Tamale & Taco, Merida Restaurant, and Unlimited Auto Solutions.
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Milby High School students, parents, alumni, and staff gathered at the school’s historic campus on Broadway in Houston’s East End on Thursday to break ground on the school’s new 21st century campus.
In the Vanguard magnet program at Black Middle School, students are taking advanced courses such as biology, geometry, and creative writing. They’re working on their own experiments, researching history on a local and national scale, and even writing their first novels.
“Our students are taking high-school level courses in the seventh and eighth grades,” said Katelyn Riley, the school’s Vanguard coordinator. “Our sixth-graders are learning seventh-grade math, and we have students taking geometry and biology as eighth-graders.” Continue reading
The Houston Independent School District’s 2014 Winter Holiday schedule is as follows:
Students do not attend school from Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, through Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Students will return to school on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015.
HISD central and administrative offices will be closed beginning Dec. 22, 2014, and reopen on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
Employees with questions should consult the duty schedules posted here.
The HISD Police Department will be patrolling district facilities all during the holiday break. Emergencies may be reported by calling 713-892-7777.