Celebrate Parental Involvement Day on November 12

Event to take place from 10:00 a.m. to noon

National School Psychology Awareness Week November 9–13

Helping students to see the positive possibilities in themselves and their lives

Hard-Working HISD Students Rewarded for Reaching Graduation

Teens who kept their pledge to graduate receive free “care packages” from Hashoo

Eastwood Alumna Visits White House to Receive Prestigious Award

Jessica Flores and UH curator of education accept “Coming Up Taller” award for YAAP

Bobbie J. Thomas—November 2009 Employee of the Month

Thomas is a secretary at Houston Gardens Elementary School

Promotion Standards Updated for 2009-2010 School Year

Third-grade students will now only get two opportunities to pass the reading section of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS).

Notice of Destruction of Special Education Records 2009

Request copies of records by Friday, December 18, 2009

• HISD Breaks World Reading Record for Second Consecutive Year

• HISD Doubles Number of Principal for a Day Participants in 2009

• Regional Leader Wins Prestigious Hispanic Excellence Award

• Alternative Certification Program Interns Sweep State Awards

• Governor Hails Sam Houston MST Center’s Dramatic Progress

• Austin High School Graduate Appointed to Texas Supreme Court

• HISD Gets a Bright Idea for New School Fundraising Tool

• HISD Students Read More Than 83,000 Books Over Summer

• National Endowment for Humanities Helping Students Picture America

• HISD Stimulus Package Information: Recovery and Reinvestment Act