More than 300 small business owners and supplier diversity professionals learned how HISD has improved its strategic sourcing process during a conference held Thursday. “We always get questions about what are the projects we have available and when are they going to take place,” said Gilberto Carles, the district’s general manager of procurement services. The […]
Second-year HISD teacher Adeeb Barqawi’s physics students at Kashmere High School received a mayoral proclamation today from Mayor Annise Parker and Council Member Jerry Davis naming Tuesday, April 15, 2014 “Kashmere High School Junior and Senior Day” in Houston. The proclamation is in recognition of Barqawi’s students receiving the highest passage rate on the physics […]
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/91969375/ w=320&h=205] Competition was stiff on Saturday, but the culinary team from Westside High School took home the trophy at the inaugural Cooking Up Change Competition to showcase tasty and nutritious school food. “I have a deeper respect and knowledge for all that our cafeteria workers do to prepare food for all of the […]
Six Houston ISD schools have Odyssey of the Mind teams that advanced to the world finals after the state competition on Saturday. Odyssey of the Mind teaches students how to solve problems creatively as a group with up to seven members.
Seven Houston ISD Odyssey of the Mind teams advanced to the world finals after the state competition on Saturday. Odyssey of the Mind teaches students how to solve problems creatively as a group with up to seven members.
HISD eighth-graders choosing high schools and their career and education pathways now have a simple, one-stop way to do that on the district’s “Plan Your Path” website. A chart showing paths and “endorsements” at each campus is now online at www.houstonisd.org/planyourpath. It features breakdowns of which school offers each of the five endorsements – or […]
Thirty-three of Houston ISD’s 44 high schools are on the prestigious Washington Post’s list of America’s Most Challenging High Schools. The rankings of 2,050 most rigorous high schools nationwide were released this week. The rankings are based on the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education tests given at a […]
Photo Credit: Michael Sudhalter/The Leader News A Waltrip High School senior basketball player has received a big honor – he’s been selected to play in the Houston Area Basketball Coaches Association All-Star game. Nathan Washington has been a varsity starter for three years and will continue his basketball career at Grandview College in Des Moines, […]
An airplane hangar and flight simulators will be a few of the first things students see upon arriving inside the new Sterling High School. “When you approach the school, we want the building to speak aviation,” said Principal Dale Mitchell at a community meeting Tuesday. “The airplane hangar and our flight simulator areas will be […]
Students from the Young Men’s College Preparatory Academy and Energized for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Academy competed April 8 for a chance to win all expenses-paid summer internships with the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. The science competition was part of the American Association for Blacks in Energy (AABE) 2014 conference […]