This month’s Workshop Wednesday featured marketing strategist and author Toni Harris, who discussed the power of email marketing and social media engagement in growing a business. “Email marketing is a way to hand your message to your clients,” said Harris, who also represents Constant Contact, the largest email marketing company in the world. “Only a […]
In this week’s “I Am HISD,” which features district students, graduates, employees, volunteers, and other team members, Bellaire High School senior Amy Fan talks about why she got involved in the HISD Student Congress, what her goals are for this school year, and the biggest hurdle she had to get over in embracing her role […]
HISD and the National Wildlife Federation’s Eco Schools USA have teamed up to launch the third annual Green Schools Challenge in an effort to decrease the district’s energy consumption and increase environmental awareness. The contest runs from Nov. 1 through April 30, 2016. Schools will have until Nov. 15 to sign up for the competition.
[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000Zkn18eDaU.k” g_name=”20151029-Eastwood” 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” ] Eastwood Academy students, staff, and community members attended the second community meeting on Thursday night to hear about proposed site and […]
Are you one of the more than 900 HISD students with a life-threatening allergy to a particular food or substance? If so, and you carry an emergency epinephrine auto-injector, check your device today to make sure it is not the subject of a recent drug recall. Manufacturer Sanofi US has issued a nationwide recall of […]
Many members of HISD’s Class of 2016 got a clearer vision of their future at Texas College Night on Oct. 28. More than 1,200 students from about 50 high schools attended the event at the University of Houston. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000wC6iBY90rXI” g_name=”20151028-College” 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” […]
Report shows African American, Hispanic, and white students outperforming peers in math. Houston Independent School District fourth and eighth graders outperformed their peers across the nation in math, according to recently released results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The math results also show that HISD students in both grades outperformed their national counterparts […]
[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000ZDtWL4xBTnw” g_name=”20151027-Dowling” 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” ] Dowling Middle School held its second community meeting on Tuesday evening to brief stakeholders on the design process for a 21st […]
Four HISD employees were selected as October’s Employee of the month for Service Excellence and recognized during a special breakfast on Wednesday morning. Each month, HISD’s Business Operations department hosts the event to celebrate employees from the areas of Transportation, Police, Nutrition Services, Construction and Facilities Services, and Business Assistance who provide exceptional customer service throughout […]
This year, in nearly 200 classrooms at nine HISD elementary schools, parents are experiencing a new kind of parent-teacher conference that gives them the tools both to expand their children’s learning and to monitor their progress. Schools in their second or third years of implementing the Academy Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT) program are continuing to perfect […]