January Teacher of the Month
Superintendent Millard House II and HISD community partner Group 1 Automotive selected Cris Garner from Forest Brook Middle School as January’s Teacher of the Month.
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R.P. Harris ES educator receives May Teacher of the Month award
Superintendent Millard House II along with HISD community partner Group 1 Automotive selected Neka Carwell from R.P. Harris Elementary School as May’s Teacher of the Month.
Continue readingAttucks MS educator receives April Teacher of the Month award
Superintendent Millard House II along with HISD community partner Group 1 Automotive selected LaChante Guidry from Attucks Middle School as April’s Teacher of the Month.
Burrus ES teacher and Wheatley HS coach receives February Teacher of the Month award
Superintendent Millard House in collaboration with HISD community partner Group 1 Automotive selected Deandre Cooper from Burrus Elementary School as February’s Teacher of the Month.
Continue readingSuperintendent celebrates November, December Teachers of the Month
Just in time for the holiday season, Superintendent Millard House in collaboration with HISD community partner Group 1 Automotive awarded Kassandra Rios from Marshall Elementary School as November’s Teacher of the Month, and Tinsley Elementary School’s Melinda Realina as December’s winner.
Braeburn ES teacher named May Teacher of the Month
Braeburn Elementary School teacher Sandy Trejo was not expecting the sights and sounds that greeted her when she stepped outside of the school on Tuesday.
As students waved handmade signs of congratulations, a mini parade of brightly decorated cars snaked through the parking lot, blaring their horns to honor the first-grade ESL teacher as the district’s Teacher of the Month for May.
Continue readingTeachers of the Month named at Gregory Lincoln Education Center, Seguin ES
After nearly 30 years of teaching—in two different countries—it takes a lot to startle Irene Mirasol, an 8th grade teacher at Gregory Lincoln Education Center.
But as she walked into the school’s gym on a Tuesday morning, the English/Language Arts teacher was not expecting to be recognized as the HISD Teacher of the Month.
“I’m so surprised,” Mirasol said. “Gregory Lincoln is my second home. This honor, this recognition is definitely for my students, the staff, and the leadership team here. I’m even more motivated now to do more for my students, and for the community of Gregory Lincoln.”
Continue readingTeacher at The Rice School named Teacher of the Month for March
If you ask Shalisha Kemp why she loves teaching, she’ll tell you it’s because of her “Peter Pan mindset.”
“You have to think like a child to reach out to children, to be able to guide them, to lead them to greater success in adulthood,” Kemp said.
Whatever it may be that sets her apart, it is certainly working.
The second-grade teacher at The Rice School was named HISD’s Teacher of the Month for March, with a surprise parade at her school.
Continue readingGolfcrest ES teacher named February Teacher of the Month
The skies may have been overcast and dreary over Golfcrest Elementary School, but the mood inside the school’s cafeteria was decidedly brighter.
Students waited with colorful signs, balloons framed the stage, and decorations filled the tables as fifth-grade science teacher Ruth Giles entered the room.
“What’s going on? I’m in shock,” Giles said as she passed through the lines of cafeteria tables, headed toward Interim Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan on the other side of the room. Giles, who has been with Golfcrest Elementary for three years, was named the Sterling McCall Teacher of the Month for February, and this socially distanced party was in honor of her.
Continue readingYoung ES science teacher named Teacher of the Month
Young Elementary School fifth-grade science teacher Brittnay Douglas on Tuesday learned that she had been named the district’s Sterling McCall VIP Services Teacher of the Month for January.
“Douglas has served as an amazing science teacher that has made the classroom,” Principal Shanica Smith said. “She is always making the classroom fun as she creates autonomous thinkers.”
In her fifth year of teaching at Young Elementary School, Douglas ensures that her students are gaining exposure to new environments, especially during field lessons to Galveston State Park and TopGolf, where they learned about force and motion.
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