Challenging program lets students work in the field, earn college credit The Futures Academy of Petroleum Engineering Technology at Furr High School is preparing students to pursue college degrees in fields such as engineering and business administration at four-year universities. The academy was designed to train students to work as engineering technicians in the downstream […]
Houston Ballet’s first black principal dancer Lauren Anderson talked to dance students about her 20-plus-year career as a ballerina on Nov. 11 at Gregory-Lincoln Education Center. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000gZhezwAKAJk” g_name=”20141111-BallerinaVisitGregoryLincoln” 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″ f_link=”t” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”t” f_ap=”t” f_up=”f” height=”400″ […]
Designs are also available for purchase by the general public through Friday, Dec. 5 Each winter, HISD sends out holiday greeting cards to hundreds of people and organizations, including school principals, board members, legislators, local leaders, parent groups, and community partners. Since 2003, these cards have featured the artwork of district students, and this year, […]
[su_vimeo url=”http://vimeo.com/95757557″ width=”320″ height=”180″ responsive=”no” ] Nearly 2,000 HISD sophomores, juniors and seniors got together Sunday to let the world know it’s Cool to Be Smart. It also pays to be smart – many students left with prizes — and one senior won a brand new car. The event honored students who have taken Advanced […]
This year the Houston Independent School District honored the artistic talent of its students by selecting three finalists’ artwork for the 2013 HISD Holiday Greeting Card. The winners were Adrian Pizarro from Park Place Elementary School, Amy Vaughan from Johnston Middle School and Tam Ngo from DeBakey High School for Health Professions. “This is one […]
Artwork by more than 30 finalists considered What: Each year HISD honors the artistic talent of its students by choosing one of their designs for the district’s holiday greeting card. This year more than 30 students from elementary, middle, and high schools were selected as finalists. District officials will reveal on Friday HISD’s […]
Bellaire High School graduate Kevin Dwyer, who caught a ride with his friend to the event, left the third Annual Cool to Be Smart celebration on Sunday in a brand new 2013 Dodge Avenger donated by the HISD Foundation and Helfman River Oaks Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram. “This is really cool! I never thought I’d […]
HISD Foundation supports the event for third year in a row Nearly 1,000 recent graduates will have the chance to enter a drawing to win a brand new car and more than $10,000 in scholarships at the upcoming third annual Cool to Be Smart celebration on Aug. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the […]
About 300 elementary students from across the Houston area spent the last few weeks learning how to build renewable energy-based vehicles as part of a concerted effort to increase the number of minority engineers in the future. The students were part of the Summer Engineering Experience for Kids (SEEK) camp at the Young Women’s College […]
Physics students at Chavez High School are revving up their math and science skills and putting them to the test in a real life application that has the potential to hit speeds of over 180 miles per hour. Chavez science and engineering teacher Greg Ditch helped create Chavez Motorsports Engineering – an after school program […]