E-STEM Academy seventh-grader Jada Malveaux (fourth from L) was recently named the “Gold” award winner in Luby’s Achieving Character Together (ACT) program, earning her free Luby’s meals for a year. With her are (L to R): Luby's Marketing Field Specialist Tiffanie Gupton, E-STEM teacher Joshua Wiley, parents Sharon and Bartholomew Malveaux, and E-STEM Principal Argentina James.
Making good decisions in one’s day-to-day life generally does not elicit public accolades or financial rewards, but for one HISD middle-school student, a willingness to help others and withstand peer pressure has brought her both the applause of her teacher and a prize package worth about $3,500.
Jada Malveaux, a seventh-grader at the E-STEM Academy, was one of dozens of students to be nominated throughout the 2012–2013 school year for recognition through Luby’s Inc.’s ACT Program (Achieving Character Together), which was introduced in September 2008 and designed to promote and reward outstanding character achievement in middle-schools students.
Class may be out for the summer, but three Houston ISD schools kept their doors open on Friday, June 7, 2013, as roughly 300 Deloitte employees poured in to beautify the campuses as part of the company’s annual ‘Impact Day’ service project. The Deloitte volunteers divided themselves between Wharton Elementary, Hamilton Middle, and Reagan High School and spent the day providing both aesthetic and functional improvements to the schools.
For as long as anyone can remember, the METRO bus stop beside Hartman Middle School has been little more than an unassuming street corner, a spot where commuters can sit on the dusty curb and dangle their feet in the road while they wait for the bus to arrive. But on Monday, June 3, a group of Hartman Middle School students worked to change that by installing a colorful bench as a part of Mayor Annise Parker’s Love Your Block grant program.
As students across the city enter their final days of the school year, they might see an increased community and law enforcement presence walking the halls.
Revere Middle School has been selected to participate in the