HISD has 10 elementary schools that serve gifted and talented students though the Vanguard magnet program, and one of those is Carrillo, located just east of downtown. In addition to a rigorous Vanguard curriculum, Carrillo offers a host of enrichment class options, such as band, music, and art. After-school choir and orchestra programs also give […]
Twenty Burbank Middle Schools girls attended the Gulf Coast Young Women’s Leadership Symposium (YWLS) recently, where the theme was “Empowering Young Women with Tools to Become Leaders of Tomorrow.”
Students looking for a university experience with a special focus on calculus should apply to the Tapia Math-Science Scholars (TMSS) program at Rice University, which runs from July 6 through August 1, 2015. Applications are due by Friday, May 8.
Ten HISD students will be travelling to Israel this summer to experience life on a kibbutz. Every summer since 1980, the Mickey Leland Kibbutzim Internship Foundation has sent high school juniors who live or go to school in the 18th Congressional District to Israel for a month. Amber Wright and Tenaya Oliveras (Yates HS); Malcolm […]
Rice University has chosen 21 HISD juniors and seniors to attend the 2015 Rice Summer Business Institute (RSBI). The program is designed to broaden the expectations of students from low and moderate income communities as to possible career paths and to develop business leaders for Houston’s future. Bryan Davila (Chávez HS); Melissa Guzman (Davis HS); […]
A group of educators from HISD, including three librarians—Jo Reed (Scroggins ES), Cheryl Hensley (MacGregor ES), and Sue Carnes (Bell ES; now retired)—was recognized recently with the Wayne Williams Library Project of the Year Award for 2015 by the Texas Library Association. The librarians were selected for coordinating schoolwide reading campaigns at their respective campuses based on […]
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HISD finished another chapter of its annual Name That Book contest in 2015, as Library Services held the finals for grades 9–12 at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center on Friday, April 10. At the high-school level, the top three competitors were East Early College HS, Milby HS, and E-STEM West. Lanier MS, Pin Oak MS, […]
How do 21st century school designs support HISD’s mission to produce 21st century global graduates? As HISD works to build or renovate 40 schools under the district’s bond program, educational facilities planners, architects, and designers are collaborating with educators to address that question. Their mission is to develop innovative design concepts that will enrich the […]
If you are a high school senior or junior looking forward to college, don’t miss “Surviving the Yard,” a one-day college readiness event designed to help prepare high school students for their first semester at college. This is the 14th annual installment of the Young Professionals University, which is hosted by Houston Area Urban League […]