Fifteen uniformed men and women gathered with friends and family Wednesday at the High School for Law and Justice to be sworn in as the district’s newest law enforcement officers. The audience cheered after each officer had a shiny silver badge affixed to their uniform by a family member or friend. The new officers walked […]
Inspired by Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan’s mission to provide fine arts education to more students, HISD will add a fine arts teacher to 37 elementary schools across the district for the 2019-2020 school year. “For the first time in recent history, all HISD elementary students will have access to a certified fine arts teacher,” HISD […]
The Houston Independent School District will kick off its second year of Parent University on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at all district campuses. The workshops will connect parents and children to resources offered by the district to create successful academic careers as well as safe and healthy environments at home and at school. A variety of […]
As parents prepare for the upcoming school year, Nutrition Services has taken one key responsibility off their plates — providing students with breakfast, lunch, and dinner free of charge for the second year in a row. All HISD schools are once again qualified to operate under the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service Community Eligibility Provision, […]
The Houston Independent School District will provide free breakfast and lunch to students for the 2019-2020 school year, but parents will need to fill out a new form to ensure Title I funding for HISD schools. All HISD schools are qualified to operate under the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service Community Eligibility Provision, which allows […]
HISD leadership geared up the for the new school year, gathering at Delmar Stadium for the district’s annual Welcome Back meeting. More than 1,500 principals, deans, assistant principals, and district leaders packed the general session to hear the breakdown of Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan’s strategic priorities, attend area breakout sessions centered on their campus goals for the upcoming school year and celebrate successes from the previous year. “Last school year, we made great strides in closing the […]
Queinnise Miller has been selected as the new principal of Marshall Middle School. Miller has served as an elementary and high school teacher, department chair, and educational trainer. She has also served as a middle school assistant principal. She also has a background in English as a second language, bilingual education, and foreign language instruction. […]
As the summer break comes to a close, preparations for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year are in full swing across the district and in the HISD Police Department. The department is hosting a slate of professional development training courses in the weeks leading up to the first day of school. “Training is always important because […]
Officers with the HISD Police Department were visibly excited Wednesday when representatives from The 100 Club of Houston formally presented new active shooter kits for campus officers. The 100 Club, established in 1953, provides financial support to the dependents of law enforcement officers and firefighters who are killed or catastrophically injured in the line of […]
Cesar Martinez has been selected as Northwest Area Superintendent within HISD’s School Offices department. Martinez brings 22 years of experience as a leader at the local, regional, and state levels of education. He started his career in the Broad Prize-winning Brownsville ISD as a middle school teacher, elementary school assistant principal, and principal. Martinez then […]