Alvaro Montelongo, Jr. is the proud principal of Scarborough High School, where he is driving meaningful progress in year two of transformation.

Year one, Montelongo was the principal at Berry Elementary School, where he led the camps from a C to a high-B rating. His effective leadership and strong instructional coaching led to remarkable academic growth across grade levels and a 100% teacher retention rate at the campus.

Hear more from Montelongo on the success of the New Education System at Berry Elementary School in the video below.

Montelongo has a proven track record of improving lower performing campuses, making a real impact in HISD. Learn more about Montelongo as a school leader and educator:

Favorite subject in school: Math

Favorite memory of your time with HISD: In my first year of principalship in 2018-2019 at Looscan Elementary, we went from a TEA 66 rating to an 88 rating. That was the highest score in all of HISD Achieve 180 campuses. It was great for the students, faculty, staff, and parents to not have the label of a TEA ‘F’ rating!

Favorite thing about Houston: I love the diversity of our city and District!

Goal for your students and staff this upcoming school year: Our goal for this school year is to achieve a TEA ‘A’ rating!