Tag Archives: Houston ISD

Lights. Camera. Lead. HISD spotlights Star Educator Alvaro Montelongo, Jr.

Alvaro Montelongo, Jr. is the proud principal of Scarborough High School, where he is driving meaningful progress in year two of transformation.

Year one, Montelongo was the principal at Berry Elementary School, where he led the camps from a C to a high-B rating. His effective leadership and strong instructional coaching led to remarkable academic growth across grade levels and a 100% teacher retention rate at the campus.

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Lights. Camera. Lead. HISD spotlights Star Educator Janite Grooms

Janite Grooms is an English and ESL teacher at Wisdom High School and is this week’s Star Educator.

At the New Education System campus, Grooms took on the challenge of making sure the new curriculum worked for ESL students, and her approach became the standard for the transition.

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Lights. Camera. Lead. HISD spotlights Star Educator Xenia Kaniouras

HISD’s Highland Heights Elementary has seen tremendous growth under the New Education System, going from a D to a B rating in just one year.

Teachers like Xenia Kaniouras are driving that success in the classroom. With a love for math and seeing her students excel, she is this week’s Star Educator.

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HISD celebrates one-year of Sunrise Centers serving students and families

November 1, 2024, marks one year since the opening of HISD’s seven Sunrise Centers, which have served more than 30,900 families and counting.

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Lights. Camera. Lead. HISD spotlights Star Educator Lisa Hernandez

Principal Lisa Hernandez currently leads HISD’s Briarmeadow Charter School. Her commitment to teacher-student engagement through high-quality instruction, student achievement, and meeting the needs of Special Education students is what makes her this week’s HISD Star Educator.

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Lights. Camera. Lead. HISD Spotlights Star Educator Amanda Williams

Fondren Middle School’s Amanda Williams loves making a positive impact on her students and seeing them grow. As a sixth-grade social studies teacher last school year, her enthusiasm and commitment earned her Campus Teacher of the Year. This year, she’s thriving in her role as an English Language Development Interventionist for the New Education System (NES) campus and is this week’s HISD Star Educator.

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HISD announces Bond Oversight Committee members

On Thursday, October 10, Houston Independent School District named the members of the Bond Oversight Committee. The Bond Oversight Committee, consisting of 13 members and two alternates, is responsible for monitoring the progress and implementation of the bond and its projects, should it be approved in November.

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