More than two-thirds of the high schools in the Houston Independent School District made the Washington Post’s annual list of the Most Challenging Schools in America — and four schools cracked the top 100. Carnegie Vanguard High School took home top honors for HISD, ranking 11th out of the 2,156 high schools from across the […]
Last month, we shared the news that two HISD graduates had earned perfect scores on an Advanced Placement test in macroeconomics. Now, here comes Janett Ordoñez, a student at the DeBakey High School for Health Professions, who was one of just 91 students worldwide to earn every point possible on her Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish […]
More than 120 students from 11 different HISD schools earned recognition at the regional level of the Scholastic Art & Writing competition this year, which qualifies them to advance to the national level of judging in New York City. Forty-two students won the Gold Key award, while 31 took home Silver Key awards, and the […]
[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000iUVjwhQgwvE” g_name=”Bond-celebrations” width=”600″ f_fullscreen=”t” bgtrans=”t” pho_credit=”iptc” twoup=”f” f_bbar=”t” f_bbarbig=”f” fsvis=”f” f_show_caption=”t” crop=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”t” f_htmllinks=”t” f_l=”t” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_show_slidenum=”t” f_topbar=”f” f_show_watermark=”t” img_title=”casc” linkdest=”c” trans=”xfade” target=”_self” tbs=”5000″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” ] Right on schedule, the fourth quarter of 2014 brought the beginning of construction for the 17 schools in Group 1 of […]
Two years ago, Houston voters approved a $1.89 billion bond to replace or repair 40 HISD campuses, including 29 high schools. Now, taxpayers are starting to see the fruits of that decision, as HISD officials and community leaders have broken ground on four brand new campuses over the past two weeks, and recognized the first […]
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/114802669″ width=”500″ height=”280″ responsive=”no”] Preschool students at Farias Early Childhood Center enjoyed an early holiday treat Tuesday, Dec. 16. Santa and his helpers along with HISD high school students and members of Leading Ladies, a nonprofit female youth service organization, distributed toys to 380 excited four-year-olds.
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The construction phase for the 17 schools in Group 1 of the 2012 bond is gearing up, and this means that all of the work, previously being done behind the scenes, will move front and center. To prepare sites for construction, a number of schools are undergoing demolition, utility work, and installation of fencing and […]
Earlier this year, we introduced you to Edgar Avina, a graduating senior from the DeBakey High School for Health Professions. Now, we’ve caught up with him at his new school: Yale University.
The Houston Independent School District is hosting another series of community meetings for five schools to discuss the progress being made within the 2012 bond program, which will renovate or rebuild 40 schools to create 21st century facilities.