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HISD classes to resume, offices to reopen Wednesday

Houston Independent School District schools and offices will reopen at their regularly scheduled time on Wednesday, April 20.

HISD officials have been closely monitoring the weather forecast and have determined that classes will resume and all district administrative offices will reopen on Wednesday.

HISD schools and district offices were closed Monday and Tuesday due to the storms. The district’s designated inclement weather make-up days are Thursday, May 26 and Friday, May 27.

A few schools have experienced water damage and flooding as a result of the storm. Liberty High School is the only campus that is scheduled to be closed Wednesday due to storm damage. The district is still working to identify a temporary location for Liberty students and will notify students and parents directly.

For additional updates, please visit www.houstonisd.org, or call the HISD Inclement Weather Hotline at 713-267-1704. You can sign up for HISD text message alerts to receive updates on school weather conditions by texting YES to 68453.  You also can follow the district on Twitter and Facebook: twitter.com/houstonisd and facebook.com/houstonisd.

Carnegie Vanguard ranked 10th best high school in nation

Carnegie Vanguard High School has been ranked as the 10th best high school in the country, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 Best High Schools rankings.

Three additional Houston Independent School District schools were ranked in the top 100 — DeBakey High School for Health Professions, which was ranked 29th, Eastwood Academy, which came in at the 50th spot, and Challenge Early College High School, which was ranked 78th. Continue reading →

HIPPY program empowering parents to become their child’s first teacher

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This school year, nearly 600 families across the Houston area began receiving free lessons in their homes to prepare their children to succeed in HISD schools, before they ever set foot in a classroom.

Parents began participating in the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program, which models simple educational activities for parents to practice with their three-, four-, and five-year-old children.

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It’s a year of victories for North Forest HS, on the field and in the classroom  

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The North Forest High School track team recently won the District 20-5A state championship.

It’s all good news at North Forest High School this year. Most recently, their track team won the District 20-5A championship, and earlier this year, the undefeated football team—the Bulldogs—was district champion. The Bulldogs also were the UIL bi-district champions, with five players receiving all-state honors. Coach Mike Ferrell won District 20-5A coach of the year, and 30 of his players were all-district.

The North Forest boy’s and girls’ basketball teams qualified for the playoffs, and Sonny Cousin was nominated for McDonald’s All-American team, an honor bestowed only on the nation’s best high school basketball players. The volleyball team had the best season in school history, and the inaugural North Forest wrestling team had four students qualify for regionals.

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7 HISD schools named winners of SAT promotional campaigns

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Representative from HISD’s College Readiness department and The College Board spent most of Friday driving across Houston to surprise 11th-grade students at seven high schools who were named winners of the School Day Incentive program.

The purpose of the program is to increase student participation and scores for the School Day SAT on April 12, thereby increasing student access to higher education and money for college. Two contests were introduced through the incentive: the You Khan Do It Scholarship and the Best SAT Campaign Ever. Students were encouraged to participate in taking the SAT for a chance to earn scholarships toward college-bound materials or activities.

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Sanchez ES dance students win big at national folklorico competition

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Sanchez Elementary School dance students captured five awards at the ACADEZ (Academia de la Danza Amalia Hernandez) National Folklorico/Contemporary Dance Competition held April 9 in San Antonio.

Students with the Sanchez Dance Company brought home three first-place trophies in the Large Group, Mascot Solo, and Ensemble Elementary categories, and two second-place awards in Duet and Solo.

“We are extremely proud of our boys and girls,” said Sanchez Elementary Principal Mayra Ramon.