On Saturday morning, fourth-grader Alanna Herod sat in her bedroom closely watching the screen of her laptop.
But the student at Helms Elementary School wasn’t watching the typical Saturday morning cartoons. She was listening to Dolores Huerta address the Chávez-Huerta Student Symposium.
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Houston Independent School District Police Department K-9 Bjorn will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non–profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.
K-9 Bjorn’s vest will be embroidered with “In honor of Haley’s 21st Birthday.” Delivery is expected within 10 weeks.
Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., established in 2009, is a 501(c)(3) charity whose mission is to provide bullet and stab protective vests and other assistance to dogs of law enforcement and related agencies throughout the United States.
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To kick off The Week of the Young Child, a national event focused on early childhood education, the HISD Office of School Choice and HISD Early Childhood Education are offering a virtual informational fair for parents of incoming pre-kindergarten students.
The fair will be held online at HoustonISD.org/PreKindergartenFair on Saturday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The meeting comes in advance of the April 30 deadline for Phase 1 applications for pre-kindergarten students.
Continue readingAll HISD campuses and offices will be closed in observance of Chavez-Huerta Day on Monday, March 29.
Schools and offices will reopen for normal business on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
The HISD Police Department will be patrolling district facilities. Emergencies may be reported by calling 713-892-7777.
Twelve Houston Independent School District middle schools are among the latest campuses to be selected for participation in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program, which addresses barriers to digital inclusion.
In addition to free mobile devices and data plans, participating schools will be assigned a full-time coach to train teachers in effectively integrating technology into their lessons.
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The Houston Independent School District will hold its 2021 Special Education Spring Virtual Parent Summit on Saturday, April 24.
The summit will provide parents with the opportunity to meet with Special Education professionals and attend online learning sessions. HISD aims to better support families and empower them to be a partner in their child’s education.
The summit is a half day virtual event and will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Spanish translations of the sessions will also be available. Attendance is free; however, registration is required. Register to attend at bit.ly/SPEDSpringParentSummit21.
Continue readingThe speech was virtual, but the stunts were very real.
The “stunt” in question was the image of Interim Superintendent Dr. Grenita Lathan flying hundreds of feet in the air above southwest Houston in a small plane piloted by a teenager.
The segment—with Sterling High School student Trinity Ernest—highlighted the Career and Technology Education programs across the district. It was filmed as part of the 2021 State of the Schools program, held virtually this year for the first time.
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HISD has partnered with the Houston Dynamo and Dash to provide free virtual classes for early childhood students and their families with the Soccer Starts at Home Program (SSAH).
This preschool-targeted program will focus on building the brain-body connection for students, reinforcing and building brain pathways as well as reinforcing parent-child bonds. If you are interested in learning more about this program and its benefits, don’t miss the opportunity to attend a SSAH Parent Workshop.
These parent workshop meetings are important to help improve engagement and development, and include educating parents/guardians on SSAH. The parent workshops will also, and importantly, explain the program components: Development Classes, VDC’s, Skill Builder Card, etc. The presentation is designed to give parents the tools to give their child a flying start in the game of soccer and life.
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The Houston Independent School District is hosting a virtual teacher job fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 10.
Interested candidates need to apply online at TeachHISD.org by April 8. Qualified applicants will then receive an invitation to join the job fair virtually.
Candidates will have the opportunity to meet principals and leadership for on-the-spot interviews, and pool-approved applicants can receive job offers on the spot as well.
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A steady wind churned gray clouds across the sky as dozens of HISD families lined up Thursday outside the Chestnut Hill Apartments office, waiting to pick up student meals for their children.
HISD’s Nutrition Services regularly delivers to this Southwest Houston apartment complex — and 24 others — to provide meals to virtual learning students whose families can’t get to curbside distributions.
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