Jazz pianist Jason Moran to collaborate with three schools on community art project It’s one thing to hear about inspiring, but long-dead, historic figures as a part of Black History Month, but it’s another entirely to have a living, breathing legend in your classroom—and almost beyond imagining that as a student, you might get to […]
More than 90 of HISD’s top student athletes committed to taking their academic and athletic talent to the college level as part of National Signing Day on Wednesday, February 4. The HISD ceremony at the Region IV Education Service Center, aimed to recognize the students’ formal commitment to continue their education and sports careers at […]
Six students from Austin High School’s maritime academy spent the morning of Jan. 30 aboard one of the newest and most technologically advanced harbor tugs on the Houston Ship Channel. Representatives from G & H Towing Company on the 80-foot ZEUS took a break from assisting waterborne commerce to allow the students—all juniors in the […]
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 […]
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February is full of free events to help HISD families Navigating the college application process and finding financial aid to pay for higher education can be somewhat daunting for both students and parents, but HISD and various community partners are here to help throughout the entire month of February. Mark your calendars, and check below […]
Now, EMERGE scholar can just wait and let the acceptance letters roll in Some people thought Olaide Sode was crazy when they found out she was planning to apply to almost two dozen different colleges and universities this year. But the Carnegie Vanguard High School senior persevered, and she wrapped up the last of the […]
HISD is celebrating its commitment to exceptional customer service with the launch of its new Service Excellence website, aimed to promote a service-focused environment across the district. The website will serve as a landing page for the district’s initiative in creating a culture of service excellence by having all HISD employees work together to uphold […]
District and campus leaders gather to review OECD results and share best practices District and campus leaders from more than a dozen HISD high schools gathered with school administrators from across the state this week to discuss the importance of making sure Texas students are globally competitive. Much of the gathering focused on the analysis […]
Jordan High School’s 18th annual, citywide hair-styling competition took place on Jan. 12, 2015, and while all eyes were rightfully directed toward the stage, the focus of this year’s event was service.