Incoming sixth graders at Lanier Middle School got a head start on picking up debate skills for the upcoming school year. “These kids are going to be ready for competition before maybe some of the other sixth graders,” debate coach Franz Hill said. “We want them to develop confidence and learn the rudiments of putting […]
Hilarion Martinez, principal of Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, will discuss Literacy By 3, a district wide initiative which aims to have every child reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade. The program is based in guided reading, independent reading and teacher-facilitated read-alouds at the elementary level and in varying proven […]
The Houston ISD FUTURES Academy will recognize 84 students who earned an associate’s degree or work certification from Houston Community College at a graduation ceremony as part of the academy’s mission to prepare students for job opportunities in high-demand technical fields. The ceremony is scheduled for 7 p.m. Aug. 7 at Houston Community College Southwest, […]
Even HISD’s own Assistant General Counsel Izzy Anderson is a product of the CIS program Until this summer, Davis High School student Shantelle Martinez had never set foot in a real courtroom. Now, the rising senior is planning for a career in criminal justice—and all because of her experience in an eight-week legal internship program […]
Educators from almost two dozen high schools got a lesson in super-quick video production and “flipped” classrooms recently, when their peers from the Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina came to Houston to share their expertise on one-to-one student/laptop initiatives. This cute video, created by the team from Mooresville to show how easy short […]
[su_vimeo url=”http://vimeo.com/101969768″ width=”320″ height=”180″ responsive=”no” ] Whether they are new to the classroom or just to HISD, nearly 1,000 eager educators gathered at the Kingdom Builders Center on July 28 to begin the New Teacher Academy in anticipation of the coming school year. The week-long workshop is held every summer to give the district’s newest […]
New federal initiative eliminates applications so youngsters don’t go hungry Students at 169 HISD schools will be able to eat lunch for no charge this year, regardless of their income, thanks to a new federal initiative that became available to all states and eligible schools July 1. “This new program is a wonderful opportunity for […]
12 schools earn recognition for both high performance and progress The Texas Education Agency has recognized several HISD schools for high performance and high progress for the 2013-2014 school year. Seventeen HISD schools were included on the agency’s list of Title I High Performing Schools and 17 schools were named as High Progress schools. “The […]
Performing manual labor outdoors in July is probably not the way most Houstonians would choose to spend their time, but for some HISD students, there’s nowhere else they’d rather be. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000ZYeP_vypvV4″ g_name=”20140721-SCA” 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″ […]
On June 9, Cindy Puryear became HISD’s new director of literacy. We sat down with her recently to talk about how she overcame her own reading difficulties as a young person, when she first knew she would be a teacher, and what her goals are for the first year of Literacy By 3. Following is […]