The Houston Independent School District is partnering with Houston Food Bank to host community food distributions over the next three days to ensure Houston families have access to food as they recover from the winter storm. The community distributions will be held it three different locations over the next three days — Barnett Stadium on […]
HISD schools and offices will remain closed through Tuesday, February 23. There will be no virtual or in-person learning on Monday or Tuesday, and employees will not report to work unless notified by their supervisor. All central office staff, principals, and campus-based staff will return to work in-person on Wednesday, February 24. Teachers have the […]
As she stood in the upstairs teachers’ lounge at Helms Dual Language Elementary School, Lola Perejón was talking to her parents on FaceTime, who were calling in from Spain. Perejón, the principal at Helms, does not normally call her family during a regular school day, but this was a special occasion.
The recently released list of Texas Honor Roll schools selected by the Educational Results Partnership includes 49 Houston Independent School District campuses. The schools were selected by the Educational Results Partnership (ERP) for 2019-2020 based on students’ academic performance, closing achievement gaps among groups of students, utilizing evidence-based instructional practices, and having a defined system-wide […]
More than 800 students attended virtual orientations for HISD’s Project Explore program, which helps middle school students in underserved areas across the district. As schools continue to navigate social distancing and virtual learning, Project Explore onboarded more than 800 new members to the program from 28 middle schools. Project Explore advisors held orientations with their […]
A line of cars snaked through the parking lot of Atherton Elementary School, out onto Rawley Street, and stretched toward nearby Boyce-Dorian Park—horns honking as they made their way to the front of the line. But on this sunny Friday afternoon, the cars were not a part of a student pickup line or another traffic […]
The Houston Independent School District has launched a redesigned website to provide more accessibility and improved navigation for all users. The redesign, which retains its mobile-friendly format, is a reflection of the district’s commitment to making the information on its website accessible to individuals with disabilities in compliance with the requirements of Section 504 of […]
Nurse Paul Rademacher was running a little late. Just before he was set to arrive at a meeting with Bruce Elementary Principal Dr. Shawn Nickerson, a third-grader had an asthma attack and needed immediate attention. “That’s the epitome of Nurse Paul right there,” Nickerson said. “Always putting the students first.” A few moments later, Rademacher […]
In the sunny courtyard of Blackshear Elementary, Tanya Fontaine Clark stood speechless for a few moments before elaborating on her passion for her job—and the school she calls home. “My mother was a teacher. I guess I’m a chip off the old block,” Clark said. “I wanted to give back. I wanted to enrich the […]
National School Counseling Week, Feb. 1-5, is an opportunity to recognize the impact that school counselors have in helping students achieve academic success and plan for careers. School counselors play a vital role in the lives of our scholars. They also help students and their families find solutions to real-life problems and point them toward […]