The Houston Independent School District is announcing new area superintendents for the 2018-2019 school year to lead three areas of the district. In HISD, area superintendents lead key areas covering all schools in the district, which are being modified from seven to six areas for 2018-2019: Achieve 180 Schools, and the North, Northwest, South, East, […]
Lamar High School Football Head Coach Tom Nolen has announced his retirement after 33 years of coaching football at HISD. Nolen led the Lamar Texans to 308 University Interscholastic League (UIL) wins and 19 district championships. In his 33 years, the Texans made the playoffs 31 times. “Lamar has become part of my identity,” Nolen […]
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/280445905″ width=”640″ height=”480″] More than 900 parents and members of Team HISD filled Kingdom Builders’ Center on Tuesday to kick off the district’s Fifth Annual Special Education Conference. The two-day conference, themed Engage, Restore and Support Every Student, focused on arming participants with new and effective instructional, compliance and behavioral strategies. “We have come a long way from our very first conference with approximately 70 attendees,” Senior Manager of Special […]
HISD hired nearly two dozen interns for its 2018 Summer Leadership Program, exposing students to possible careers and skills employers demand in an increasingly technological workforce. The students were assigned to various administrative departments, including Informational Technology, College and Career Readiness, Communications, and Procurement.
Three veteran sergeants from the HISD Police Department have been promoted to the new rank of captain, HISD Police Chief Paul Cordova announced on Thursday. The three are Capt. Richard Morris, Capt. Artina Walker, and Capt. Robert Barbosa, and they will report to Asst. Police Chief Lucretia Rogers. Their promotions take effect on Monday, July […]
Registration is open for the eighth annual Mayor’s Back to School Fest on Saturday, Aug. 11. The event helps children prepare for the new school year with free health screenings, school supplies, and more.
Christina Lovette has been selected as the new principal of Whidby Elementary School. Lovette began her teaching career in Louisiana in 1994 and joined HISD in 1996 as a history teacher at Henry Middle School. She served as assistant principal and principal in both Alvin and Houston ISDs, as well as director of curriculum and […]
Steven Stapleton has been selected as the new principal of Furr High School. Stapleton began his career as a high school science teacher and eventual high school department head. He went on to serve in various roles, including district technology curriculum specialist, assistant principal, and director of professional learning and innovative teaching in Alvin ISD. […]
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Geovanny J. Ponce, principal of Jones Futures Academy, has been named the 2018 Region 4 Principal of the Year by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP). Ponce joins winners from the state’s 19 other Education Service Center regions in a pool of candidates for the honor of Texas Principal of the Year title. TASSP […]