Lady Hawk softball team earns Bi-District Championship
The Harlingen High School South softball team was named the 32-6A Bi-District Champs.
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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...
HAEF provides a dream backyard for the Transition Academy
A peek into the backyard of the Transition Academy reveals a green landscape, wooden benches that sit under a pergola, a water fountain, a walking trail, and a small garden....
HCISD kicks off Texas Public Schools Week at Rodriguez Elementary
Harlingen CISD kicked off Texas Public Schools Week in the cafeteria at Rodriguez Elementary on February 28. “Why do we celebrate this week? Well, just like every other big celebration,...
Harlingen CISD celebrates Texas Public Schools Week
As HCISD kicks off Texas Public Schools Week, Monday, February 28 through Friday, March 4, the district will have several celebrations and themed events. To view campus activities for the...
Students advance to SkillsUSA state contest
Harlingen CISD students earned top spots at the SkillsUSA district competition held on February 18-19. The following students advanced to the state competition in their respective categories. The event will...
ACE Girls in STEM hear from female industry leaders
As the Girls in STEM program expands to more ACE campuses across the district, the Afterschool Centers on Education program at Harlingen CISD has partnered up with Astra Femina, a...
Middle school students dominate Speech, Drama, and Debate contest
Harlingen CISD middle school students competed in the UIL District 32 Middle School Speech, Drama, and Debate contest virtually in February. The Vela Middle School Speech, Drama, Debate Team swept...
Director named for Early Childhood Academy
Bertha Perea has been named Director of Early Childhood Academy. Perea has 16 years of experience in education. She began her career with HCISD in 2005. Most recently, she served...
Lady Cardinal Basketball team wins Bi-District Championship
The Harlingen High School Girls Basketball team earned the Bi-District Championship title after defeating Brownsville Hanna with a score of 58 to 26 on February 8.
HHS and South students unite to build tiny home
Students from Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South will soon be working together to build, market, and sell a tiny home. “As the district continues its devoted endeavor...
HCISD Architectural Design program receives Garver Gives grant
The Garver engineering firm presented the Architectural Design program at HCISD with a $3,340 check. “They heard about our last project, the home we designed, and that caught their attention,”...
Registration for next school year now open
Online registration for the 2022-2023 school year has opened. Please visit www.hcisd.org to begin the process. Login information for Parent Access Center is required to get started. Forgotten usernames or...
KEYS Academy students take part in dual enrollment at TSTC
KEYS Academy moved to a new facility in the fall. Now, located at the Texas State Technical College campus, students are beginning to take dual enrollment classes. “We started the...
Coakley Middle School coach selected for ROCK mentor program
The Texas High School Coaches Association announced the official class of ROCK mentees for 2022 last month. Coach Nicole Gonzalez from Coakley Middle School was selected as one of 56...
Pre-K at HCISD: a nurturing place to learn and grow
A prekindergarten education provides young learners with an opportunity to begin developing the foundations of math, science, literacy, language, and social and emotional skills. At HCISD, passionate educators lead students...
Assistant principals selected for first cohort of Principal Residency Program
HCISD, in partnership with the Holdsworth Center, has developed a Principal Residency program that will enable select assistant principals to have a unique opportunity to develop into future principal candidates. “The...
HHS students advance to DECA State Competition
Five students from Harlingen High School placed in their events at DECA District Competition in McAllen on January 13. They have advanced to take part in the DECA State Competition...
Cano student named winner in South Texas Book Festival Bookmark Contest
Eliana Wainscott, a student at Cano Freshman Academy, won third place in the South Texas Book Festival Bookmark Contest. The South Texas Book Festival holds hold annual events, including bookmark...
School start times delayed for January 21 due to inclement weather
Based on the most recent guidance from the National Weather Service regarding tomorrow morning's weather conditions, and in consideration of student and staff safety, all school start times and bus...
HCISD students named to TMEA All-State ensembles
Five Harlingen CISD students earned positions in Texas Music Educators Association Texas All-State ensembles. All-State is the highest honor a Texas music student can receive. To qualify for All-State ensembles,...
HCISD Clothing Closet helps thousands
Since 2010, the Harlingen CISD Clothing Closet has met the needs of thousands of students and their families thanks to contributions from organizations, businesses, and individuals throughout the Harlingen community....