HISD families are invited to join the Early Childhood Team in a fun-filled session of hands-on learning!
The Pre-K Parent Palooza is an exciting event for pre-K parents and caregivers to meet experts in the early childhood field and receive social and emotional board books, make and take activities, and a Pre-K Parent Guide with quick at-home ideas to enhance their child’s socio-emotional, math, and literacy skills.
Continue readingOn the heels of Veterans Day, volunteers with the Houston Rockets and U.S. military spent a day at Blackshear Elementary transforming several book rooms for students and teachers.
The day of service is in partnership with the NBA’s Hoops for Troops program that puts teams to work alongside military members with the goal of helping to better communities.
Continue readingNov. 8 is National STEM Day, but at Energy Institute High School, every day is about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The STEM-focused magnet follows an interdisciplinary instruction model that blends science, math, and language arts into project-based learning. This year, students are learning about ancient architecture and civilizations in English and history and using that as inspiration to create their own modern “world wonders” that exemplify Houston culture.
Monday afternoon, HISD’s District of Innovation (DOI) Committee sent to the District Advisory Committee (DAC) a draft plan for HISD to become a DOI. The draft plan is designed to support the District’s progress toward Destination 2035, where every student graduates prepared to succeed in the modern workplace and world.
To ensure transparency, we are releasing the draft publicly here, even though changes will likely be made before the final plan is posted, voted on by the DAC and HISD School Board, and submitted to the Texas Education Agency.
Continue readingThe 51 million students in America’s schools will be the last generation of children before the skills gap is locked in for the next 30 years. The statement is a prediction and sounds alarmist, but the evidence is mounting and the trendlines are becoming more clear.
As part of his new blog series, Superintendent Mike Miles explains what this means for public education. Read the full post here.
Superintendent Miles plans to publish a post every two weeks to share his thoughts on these topics and others as HISD urgently works to prepare students for a Year 2035 workplace and world.
Voters registered in Harris County may cast their ballot at any HISD polling location on Tuesday, Nov. 7, for the 2023 Texas General Election.
See the full list of host campuses below. All polling locations are open 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Continue readingThe HISD Talent Acquisition Team will host a Campus Hiring Event on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center (4400 West 18th Street, 77092).
Continue readingHISD launched its sixth of seven Sunrise Centers Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the BakerRipley Gulfton-Sharpstown Campus in a ribbon-cutting ceremony and luncheon.
This center will connect communities in HISD’s West Division with vital resources, programs, and services.
Continue readingThroughout October, HISD celebrated National Principals Month by recognizing its dedicated campus leaders through social media shout-outs, campus events, and featured videos.
To create an education system that serves all students well, we must ask the right questions.
In the first post of a new blog series, Superintendent Mike Miles outlines what he sees as some of the Houston community’s most important questions. Read the full post here.
Superintendent Miles plans to publish a post every two weeks to share his thoughts on these topics and others as HISD urgently works to prepare students for a Year 2035 workplace and world.