At 4 p.m. in the hallways of Chávez High School, chatter and laughter exceeds the typical end-of-school day buzz as a new community comes alive. Afterschool is on. Youth who would normally hit the streets are weightlifting in the field house. A business venture takes shape as the afterschool smoothie shop showcases new recipes. Savvy […]
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/123442324″ ] HISD’s completely revamped career bus is hitting the road. The district’s Career Readiness Department unveiled the newly remodeled vehicle—known as the Career Ready Wagon—on March 26, when it made its inaugural visit to Atherton Elementary School. The bus is designed to allow elementary school students in third, fourth, and fifth grades the chance […]
The Houston Independent School District Board of Education voted Thursday to formally accept $8.5 million in grants for programs designed to help high school students get into and graduate from college. The Houston Endowment awarded the district with two separate grants — $5.5 million and $3 million — in February. The $5.5 million grant will […]
Students from Furr High School placed second in the recent state UIL Young Filmmakers Festival competition held in Austin. Representing the only HISD school to make it to the finals, Furr students Esmeralda Valdovinos, Yamylex Gonzalez, Enrique Vasaldoua, and Victoria Martinez, along with their Environmental Communications instructor Assol Kavtorina, picked up the award for Division […]
HISD students came in second in the Senior Division and second and third in the Junior Division of the 2015 Exxon Mobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair competition held in San Antonio, Texas, the weekend of March 28 and 29.
The Houston Independent School District Board of Education will vote Thursday to formally accept $8.5 million in grants for programs designed to help high school students get into and graduate from college. The Houston Endowment awarded the district with two separate grants — $5.5 million and $3 million — in February. The $5.5 million grant […]
Sometimes a little friendly competition can turn a task one has to do into an activity one wants to do. Such has certainly been the case with HISD’s annual Name That Book competition. It began almost 30 years ago at River Oaks Elementary School, and it became so popular that it eventually expanded districtwide and […]
March 31, 2015 — HISD Chief Human Resources Officer Andrew Houlihan has been selected as the district’s new Chief Academic Officer, replacing Dan Gohl, who is leaving at the end of the school year to take a similar position in Broward County, Florida. Houlihan will assume his new role on April 20, as Gohl moves […]
One of the best aspects of working for a school district is the opportunity to be part of a team—and that is particularly true for speech therapists. “After salary considerations, the most critical thing speech therapists say they look for in a position is the chance to work in a supportive environment where they can […]
For many students, spring break usually means vacation on the beach, a road trip across the country, or simply rest and relaxation at home. But students from the Houston Academy for International Studies spent their time away from school performing hands-on service learning projects in another country. Twelve students and two teacher chaperones participated in […]