West Region News
- Varsity Yates Debaters Win Second Urban Debate League Tournament
 
- MacGregor Students Have Global-Warming Solution in the Bag
 
- More Than 6,500 Students Earning College Credit While Still in High School
 
- Students Honor Those Who Served With Veterans Day Activities
 
- Final TEA Ratings Are In and HISD Has Even More Top-Rated Schools
 
- Hard-Working HISD Students Rewarded for Reaching Graduation
 
- HISD Doubles Number of Principal for a Day Participants in 2009
 
- HISD Helps Break World Reading Record for Second Consecutive Year
 
- Alternative Certification Program Interns Sweep State Awards
 
- HISD Students to Participate in Gallup Poll This Fall
 
- Four Schools to Study New-Teacher Mentoring
 
- 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
 
- Pin Oak Takes Top Spot at 2009 Texas Quiz Show
 
- HISD Teams Up with Texans Mascot to Clear the Air About Asthma
 
- Houston Urban Debate League Opens Season with Record-Breaking Event
 
- Rain Did Not Dampen Desire to Get Dropouts Back to School
 
- Board to Vote on Facilities Upgrades for Ten HISD Schools
 
- Information For Parents About President Obama’s September 8 Speech
 
- HISD Breaks Another Record on Superintendent’s Last Day
 
- What’s New at HISD for the 2009–2010 School Year
 
- 2008–2009 Annual Board of Education Student Awards
 
- 89 Percent of HISD Schools Meet the Federal Accountability Standard
 
- More Than 70 Percent of HISD Schools Earn State’s Top Academic Ratings
 
- Group Project Promoting Sportsmanship Nets Pin Oak Students National Prize
 
- Students from Four Schools Honored in Rice Essay Contest
 
- Seven HISD High Schools Make List of Nation’s Best
 
- Teachers Receive Grants to Save Energy While Energizing Students
 
- Five Dozen HISD Teachers Go to Work at Houston-Area Businesses
 
- HISD Class of 2009 Offered More Than $76 Million in Scholarships
 
- Board Approves New Advanced Virtual Academy at Scarborough
 
- Students, Mentors Alike Reap Benefits from Real Men Read Project
 
- Asian-American College and Career Day Draws Road Map to Success
 
- HISD’s Strong Progress on TAKS Scores Continues
 
- Visit to Austin Inspires Asian Student Club Members
 
- HISD’s Class of 2009: Amazing Stories of Success Against the Odds
 
- Water Pollution Solution Proves Undiluted Success for Bellaire Junior
 
- Bellaire Teacher Travels to the Other End of the Earth
 
- Students Gain Valuable Leadership Skills at Peer Mediation Forum
 
- Tinsley Elementary May Have Record Number of Twins Enrolled
 
- HISD Fundraisers Don’t Let Recession Slow Them Down
 
- Two Facilities Named for Outstanding Houstonians
 
- HISD Dubs VIPS Greatest Volunteers on Earth at Annual Salute
 
- Johnston Health Professional Named Top Houston-Area Nurse
 
- HISD Begins Screening Sixth-Graders for Heart Defects at Key Middle School
 
- Oak Forest and Lanier Educators Named HISD’s Teachers of the Year
 
- Chávez, Love, Milby Teachers Win Awards at Recognition Banquet
 
- New Web-Based Program Helping HISD Close the Achievement Gap
 
- Thank an Educator During Teacher Appreciation Week May 3–9
 
- HISD Weather Updates for April 28, 2009.
 
- Superintendent Search Forums Scheduled to Gather Input from Community, Employees
 
- Bellaire Debate Team Wins Second Consecutive National Championship
 
- Bellaire, Carnegie Seniors Named Presidential Scholar Candidates
 
- Fitness Program, Athletes’ Health Screenings Approved
 
- Shadowbriar Elementary’s Outdoor Education Center Named
 
- HISD Students Learn and Grow at Model UN Competition
 
- New HISD Program Gets to the Heart of Athlete Health
 
- Valley West Students Celebrate New Library After Ike Damage Repaired
 
- MacGregor Student Chefs Show Off Culinary Talents During Spring Fling
 
- Three West Region Schools Win AP Laying the Foundation Awards
 
- HISD Partners with Rice Professor on Exciting Science Project
 
- Extraordinary Students Receive Free Front Row Jonas Brothers Tickets
 
- Aetna and Magic Johnson Bring Health Competition to Five HISD Schools
 
- Students Speak Their Minds at Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools Summit
 
- Give to Condit’s Heavenly Hats Fundraiser by March 13
 
- Request for Proposals: HISD Superintendent Search
 
- Three Bellaire High School Freshmen Honored for Clean Air Research
 
- Ivy League Schools Helping Foerster Create a College-Bound Culture
 
- NCEA Names 19 HISD Campuses as Highest-Performing Public Schools
 
- Students to View Live Opera Performances from the Met
 
- Pershing, West Briar Students Honored Through Youth Art Month Contest
 
- Academic Growth of HISD Students Leads to Record-Breaking Bonuses
 
- ASPIRE Community Forums—Working Together to Create a Culture of Excellence
 
- Students Explore Core Values in “Realizing the Dream” Essay Contest