HISD FACE is now Family and Community Empowerment (previously Engagement). This name change conveys the work FACE has been doing over the past several years of empowering campus leadership, staff, parents, and stakeholders to foster engagement and advance learning across the district.
Children at Risk announced its annual list of the top schools in the greater Houston area, and for the seventh consecutive year, HISD’s DeBakey High School for Health Professions was listed as number one among high schools. Four other HISD high schools were included in the top 10 and dominated the top five: Challenge Early College High School (#2), […]
Juniors and sophomores, this free college fair is for you! The 14th Annual Summer Celebration/College Fair + Workshop takes place on Saturday, June 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the George R. Brown Convention Center. At this FREE event, you will learn about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). You will have a […]
You live and play in the city, so why not teach in the city? The Houston Independent School District’s Talent Acquisition team is hosting a mixer for new and experienced prospective teachers from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7 at 3rd Floor Loft Bar in Midtown. This is a great opportunity for teachers […]
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Parents who would still like to apply for a magnet school for the 2017-2018 school year or would like to reapply to a school at which their original magnet application was dropped or released have until Wednesday, May 31 to do so. Parents who participated in Phase 1 of the application process (Sept. 30 – […]
Videos on Read Houston Read and Superintendent Listen and Learn tour honored With over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries, HISD has been awarded with five Telly Awards for outstanding video production. The Telly Awards was founded in 1979 and is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials […]
Nearly 11,000 high school seniors from across the Houston Independent School District will receive their diplomas at graduation ceremonies this week for the Class of 2017. Students from HISD’s Class of 2017 have received more than 10,000 acceptances to state colleges as well as top-tier colleges and universities across the country. To date, the entire […]
Houston Independent School District will be kicking off its Summer Meal Program May 31 at more than 250 area schools. Children ages 1 to 18 can enjoy a free healthy breakfast and lunch from May 31, 2017 through Aug. 4, 2017. Children do not need to be enrolled in summer school to participate in the […]
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States, and this year, HISD is honoring the district’s Asian principals. Jonathan Trinh, Wisdom High School Jyoti Malhan, Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan Nirmol Lim, Park Place Elementary School John Hendrickson, Field Elementary School Chaolin Chang, […]