Texas Parents Day
The Family and Community Engagement Department will hold a Texas Parents Day event at the Boys & Girls Club of Harlingen on August 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m....
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Gerry Fleuriet announces leave from HCISD school board after 27 years of service
HARLINGEN, Texas (July 25, 2022) -- Longtime board member Gerry Fleuriet announced her resignation from the Harlingen CISD School Board in late July 2022. Fleuriet has served as a board...
HCISD and the city work together to create a culture of safety
HCISD, in partnership with the city of Harlingen, held a public safety conference at the Harlingen Convention Center on July 16. The event opened in the main ballroom with some...
HCISD Conservatory students invited to Noche de Gala
Conservatory students and 2022 seniors Aaron Blount and Ben Trevino were invited to take part in the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts 26th annual Noche de Gala dinner. The...
Gillman raffles prizes for perfect attendance
Students and their families and district and school administrators filled an area near the entrance of Gillman Chevrolet Harlingen for the annual Drive for Perfect Attendance event that was held...
HCISD begins modernizing secondary classrooms
Phase one of the modernization of secondary classrooms has begun at Harlingen CISD. Middle school and high school campuses started receiving new classroom furniture this summer. Coakley Middle School, Gutierrez...
Principals named for Jefferson, Stuart Place, and Harlingen High School
The Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees approved three new principals at the June 14 board meeting. Kimberly McCutcheon was selected as principal for Jefferson Elementary, Katy Johnson as principal for...
State solo and ensemble gold medalists earn Outstanding Performer recognition
Students from Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South received gold medals for earning the highest possible rating on their solos and/or ensembles at the UIL Texas State Solo...
Former HHS student earns high school diploma
It’s been more than 10 years since Jessica Martinez was a student at Harlingen High School, but earlier this year, she decided to take three tests she needed to earn...
Middle school Speech and Debate teams receive national recognitions
The Vela Middle School and Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences Speech and Debate teams competed in the National Speech and Debate Association Middle School Tournament on June 7-9....
HCISD committee discusses current safety initiatives
A Facilities and Safety Committee Meeting was held in June to review and discuss current safety measures at Harlingen CISD. HCISD Director of Emergency Management and School Safety Danny Castillo...
Treasure Hills Elementary celebrates renovation with ribbon-cutting ceremony
Treasure Hills Elementary has been under construction for the last four years, but the end of the 2021-2022 school year marked the completion of the campus renovation. In celebration, a...
Students achieve TMEA All-Region success
Throughout the school year, multiple groups of middle school and high school students advanced to Texas Music Educators Association All-Region competitions. The following groups achieved success for the 2021-2022 school...
South student earns UIL Academic State Championship
Kole Kibler, a 2022 senior at Harlingen High School South, earned first place in poetry interpretation at the University Interscholastic League State competition.
Grant presentation and groundbreaking held for fire training structure
Harlingen CISD held a check presentation and groundbreaking ceremony for a fire training structure. “You know for many years now, HCISD has been on a journey of providing choice and...
Dishman Dynamos chess team named national champions
The Dishman Dynamo Chess team finished in first place in the K-3 Under 1000 category at the 2022 National Elementary Chess Championship in Ohio. "So, we started off in this...
HHS celebrates new greenhouse
From strawberries to corn to cilantro, the Natural Resource Academy students at Harlingen High School have a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs in their garden. “Agriculture plays a critical...
Harlingen Collegiate High student selected as UTRGV Luminary Scholar
Sierra Vidaurri, a senior at UTRGV Harlingen Collegiate High was one of nearly 500 students to apply for the Luminary Scholarship at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. “Sierra...
“If You Can See It, You Can Be It”
BY: LISA CAMPOS Commissioner Julian Alvarez III, representing Labor on the three-member Texas Workforce Commission, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott in 2016, grew up in Harlingen in the Fair Park...
Speech and Debate students advance to Nationals
The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Speech and Debate teams competed at the NSDA Gulf Coast District Qualifying Tournament and advanced to Nationals. The National tournament will...
Lady Hawk softball team earns Bi-District Championship
The Harlingen High School South softball team was named the 32-6A Bi-District Champs.
Transition Academy hosts first awards recognition ceremony
Eight Transition Academy students completed vocational adjustment training courses. Victoria Atkinson, Loren Cordero, Danielle Green, Isaiah Puente, Pablo Lopez, Melissa Martinez, Juan Rivera, and Craig Tenorio received certificates for completing...
Roxanna Moore wins H-E-B Excellence in Education Leadership Award
H-E-B announced its statewide winners for the 20th Annual H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards on April 30. Harlingen High School South chemistry teacher Roxanna Moore received the Leadership Secondary award....
HCISD recognizes Teachers of the Year
There are more than 1,200 teachers at Harlingen CISD. Two educators, one from the elementary level and one from the secondary level, are selected each year to represent the entire...
Lady Cardinal track and field athlete advances to State
Jazmine Thompson, a sophomore at Harlingen High School won first place in shot put and second place in discus, advancing to the 2022 UIL State 6A Track and Field Championships....
Harlingen South One-Act Play advances to State
The Harlingen High School South One-Act Play team advanced to compete at the UIL 6A State One-Act Play meet. The Harlingen High School One-Act Play team also competed at the regional...
South Latin students advance to Nationals
Harlingen South Latin students competed at the 2022 TSJCL State Competition, and the following students have advanced to the NJCL 2022 National Competition which will take place July 24-30 at...
Hawk golf team named District Champions
The Harlingen High School South boys golf team earned the District Champion title.
Fifth graders visit South for Science Day
The 11th Annual Science Day at Harlingen High School South consisted of bubbles, fire, and ice. Every fifth grade classroom across the district was invited to the Harlingen South gym...
HSHP teacher appointed to Pre-AP National Faculty
Aaron Chila, a science teacher at Harlingen School of Health Professions, has been appointed to the Pre-AP National Faculty for demonstrating effective teaching practices, proven classroom success, and his experience...
Students advance to UIL Academic State Meet
Four HCISD students have advanced to compete at the University Interscholastic League State competition. Timmy Mowers from Harlingen High School and Adrianna Rodriguez, Kole Kibler, and Brendan Cisneros from Harlingen...
HAEF awards $42K in Innovative Teaching Grants
The Harlingen Area Educational Foundation presented more than $42,000 of Innovative Teaching Grants this year. HAEF board members and HCISD administrators visited 11 campuses across the district to announce grant...
Cardinal and Lady Hawk track teams earn District Championships
The Harlingen High School boys track team and the Harlingen High School South girls track team earned first place at the 32-6A District meet. The Harlingen High School South boys finished...
Students advance to Texas PTA Reflections
Thirteen Harlingen CISD students advanced to the state level of PTA Reflections Arts program. The Reflections Arts program allows students to participate in Visual Arts, Photography, Music Composition, Literature, Dance...
Cardinal and Hawk Tennis teams earn District Championships
The tennis teams from Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South have students that were awarded District Champ titles and are moved on to play in the next round....
MACA student named State Champion at SkillsUSA
Media Arts and Communication Academy student, Aaron Marroquin, a senior at Harlingen High School South, earned the title of State Champion after receiving 1st place in Desktop Publishing at the...
HAEF hosts Transition Academy housewarming party
The Harlingen Area Educational Foundation hosted a housewarming party for the Transition Academy in March. Student ambassadors greeted guests at the front door, handed them a program, and invited them...
Valley TV Icon and Trailblazer
BY: LISA CAMPOS Retired television journalist Gloria Campos was born in San Benito, Texas and raised in Harlingen, Texas. She has enjoyed a long and illustrious career and is regarded...
Students represent HCISD at 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show
Harlingen CISD students representing Harlingen High School FFA, Harlingen High School South FFA, and Cameron County 4-H Club showed their animals and exhibited their projects at the 2022 Rio Grande...
Gutierrez art teacher builds Harlingen sculpture
Harlingen has a new sculpture featuring the city name on the corner of Jackson and A Street in the Downtown area. Alexander Comminos, art teacher at Gutierrez Middle School of...
Chess regional winners advance to Nationals
After a two-day regional tournament, elementary and high school chess students are headed to Nationals. The Elementary Regional Chess Tournament was held in San Benito and the High School Regional...
South FBLA Parliamentary Procedures team advances to Nationals
The Harlingen South FBLA Chapter competed at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference on March 24. The team competed against 1,500 of the best and brightest students...
Hawk powerlifters earn State championships
Harlingen High School South seniors, Caleb Davis and Daniela Maximo earned first place in their respective weight categories in powerlifting at the state level. Davis lifted a combined weight of...
HHS students advance to TAFE State competition
Eight students from Harlingen High School advanced to the State TAFE competition in Dallas on March 3. The Texas Association of Future Educators, TAFE, is a co-curricular statewide non-profit student...
Lady Cardinal soccer team earns Bi-District championship
After being named District Champs, the Lady Cardinals successfully captured the Bi-District championship. On March 29, they will be playing for the Area championship.
Cano artists earn superior rating in VASE competition
Cano Freshman Academy students Audrey Borjas and Eric Mata received gold medals for their artwork in the Visual Arts Scholastic Event. Both students received a rating of Superior, which is...
Harlingen South teacher named finalist in H-E-B Excellence in Education Award
Roxanna Moore, a chemistry teacher at Harlingen High School South was named a finalist for the H-E-B’s Excellence in Education Leadership Award. Created in 2002, the H-E-B Excellence in Education...
STEM² Battle of the Books team named Regional Champs
The Battle of the Books team at STEM² Preparatory Academy earned the highest scores at the regional competition which included fifteen Region One middle schools. The winning team had to...
Valley Dreamer
BY: LISA CAMPOS Filmmaker David Blue Garcia, whose Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel debuted on Netflix’s top 10 in February 2022, moved to Harlingen from La Feria at age 8. He...
Harlingen High School Black Guard team prepares for Nationals
The Harlingen High School JROTC Black Guard Drill Team was nominated as one in fifteen teams to take part in the United States Army Cadet Command JROTC National Drill Championships and...