Tag Archives: Star Educator

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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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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