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HISD opens Sunrise Center at YDC to serve northeast Houston families

For more than 25 years, the Youth Development Center has been providing elementary students in the North Forest and Scenic Woods neighborhoods with critical after-school care and instruction. Through a new partnership with HISD’s Sunrise Center, they’ll be able to help even more youth thrive academically. The Center serves up to 120 students in grades […]

Celebrate Red Ribbon Week in HISD with drug prevention initiatives

HISD’s Counseling and Student Services Department is encouraging staff, students, parents, and the community to join the national mission to keep kids drug-free. Red Ribbon Week runs Oct. 23-27, and this year’s theme is Be Kind to Your Mind, Live Drug Free.

HISD North and Central Divisions help students re-engage and return to school

Over the holiday weekend, teachers and administrators from 10 HISD high schools hit the streets in Houston’s North and Central Divisions hoping to connect with the community and re-engage students who did not return to school this fall.

HISD magnet programs provide an individualized education for a unique student body

With more than 186,000 students of different interests and talents, HISD offers 128 unique magnet programs at schools throughout the district. From STEM, medicine, and biotechnology to law and performing and visual arts, and the programs are designed with accessibility, equity, and individual student growth in mind. “HISD magnet programs serve as a bridge for […]

HISD PD joins forces with HPD and local faith leaders for Project Safe Start

In preparation for the first week of the new school year, HISD Police is teaming up with the Houston Police Department and Houston Ministers Against Crime (HMAC) for their biannual school safety initiative, Project Safe Start.

HISD Athletics hosts second-annual Media Day for student-athletes

Hundreds of HISD student-athletes filled Delmar Fieldhouse Wednesday, Aug. 23, for Athletics Media Day, an initiative created by Athletics Director Andre’ Walker in 2022 to provide high school athletes exposure to professional media training at no cost. “I think it’s very important for our kids to have some form of training and understanding in how […]

HISD provides $1 million in Grow Your Own Grant awards to Texas universities

Houston Independent School District announced three university educator preparation programs will be awarded Grow Your Own grants through HISD’s competitive grant program to create pathways for aspiring educators to become teachers for free and get paid to do so. HISD’s Grow Your Own grant program funds partnerships with educator preparation programs from Texas public institutions […]