With the school year quickly coming to an end, the Houston Independent School District Police Department is once again teaming up with local law enforcement agencies and religious leaders with its annual Project Safe Start event.
The citywide effort aims to help prevent crime and increase safety, ensuring students’ summer vacations begin on a positive note.
HISD will begin its “40 in Four” work schedule at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center and participating schools and departments for the summer beginning Monday, June 1, 2015. First implemented in 2011, the schedule was designed to save the district money on operating expenses during the hot summer months.
During the 40 in Four schedule, central offices will be closed on Fridays, and participating employees must work 10 hours each day during the four-day work week (Monday–Thursday). The Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center (4400 W. 18th St., 77092) will be open to the public from 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday during this period. Campuses have the option of operating on a four- or five-day work week, but employees there are still required to work 40 hours. Continue reading
The last day of class for the regular academic year was Thursday, May 28, and that means summer school is right around the corner.
Individual campuses have already begun sending out notices to the parents and/or legal guardians of students who will need to attend summer school due to promotion/retention standards, and to make them aware of any enrichment programs available. Continue reading
Take the Stage is a brand-new Houston-based performing-arts TV show for kids debuting on Saturday, May 30—and a student from HISD’s very own Twain Elementary School holds one of the lead roles.
Payne Houck (left) in character on the show
Payne Houck, a second-grader, plays “Sawyer,” a high-spirited student with big dreams in an afterschool performing-arts class. In the show’s first episode, viewers take a ride inside Sawyer’s colorful imagination, where they see his fantasy of becoming an on-air talk-show host/comedian.
Houston Independent School District students will not have to attend school on Friday thanks to a waiver granted by the Texas Education Agency.
HISD schools and district offices were closed today — Tuesday, May 26 — due to overnight storms that resulted in potentially dangerous driving conditions because of heavy flooding throughout the city.
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Lofty goals can make a traveler of anyone. Forty Wheatley High School seniors journeyed to Washington, D.C. May 12-15, 2015, for a leadership conference hosted by Close Up, an organization that encourages students to become engaged with democracy. Students applied for the trip by writing essays about Rosa Parks.
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A large crane arrived at the Sterling High School construction site this week, and on Wednesday it lifted and placed the first three-story, concrete tilt wall panel.
Members of the Project Advisory Team and a handful of Sterling students were on site to celebrate the milestone and add their signatures to the wall before it was lifted.
Students from Patrick Henry Middle School contributed to the fight against hunger on May 21 by volunteering at the Houston Food Bank, where they spent the day organizing and packaging food.
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Several HISD students achieved remarkable rankings at the Texas State Track and Field Meet held May 14-16.
Top sprinter Julia Heyman (Lamar HS) placed first in both the 3200-meter run and the 1600-meter run. Takyera Roberson (Wheatley HS) also gave an impressive performance with a first-place finish in the 400-meter run, as well as third and fourth place in the 100-meter run and 200-meter run, respectively.
Other high-ranking athletes include: Floyd Green (Wheatley HS) with second place in the 400-meter run; Isaac Brown (Washington HS) with third place in the 800-meter run; Tyreik Gray (Lamar HS) with fourth place in the 100-meter run; Holten Hill (Lamar HS) with fifth place in the 110-meter hurdles; and Mikaila Martin (Chavez HS) with sixth place in shot put.
The Lamar HS boys track team also placed fourth in the 4×100 relay.
Keri Wittpenn
Keri Wittpenn, an assistant principal at the Jane Long Academy, has been named the winner of the Founders Award by the Rice Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP). The REEP Founders Award is given to one REEP Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree candidate each year. As a 2015 graduate of Rice’s MBA program, Wittpenn was chosen for this award by her fellow classmates due to her leadership in both the REEP and her educational community. Continue reading