Madison Hushen, a Harlingen High School South junior and Harlingen Performing Arts Conservatory student, was recognized for her technical theatre work by Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC). Recently, Hushen programmed and...
The Harlingen Area Education Foundation donated funds to Sam Houston Elementary IB World School to add a wheelchair-accessible swing to their playground. When the Mighty Eagle Student Council heard about...
The Harlingen High School Volleyball team was named 32-6A District Champions. This year’s Lady Cardinal team earned the district championship for the first time in 15 years.
Ericka Villarreal has been named Director of Talent Acquisition and Development. Villarreal has been involved in education since 2004. Throughout her career, she has worked as a teacher's aide, art...
Two Harlingen High School cross country athletes qualified for State by placing in the Top 10 at the Region IV Cross Country Meet. Senior Geovany Cisneros earned 5th place and...
Students at Rodriguez Elementary STEM Academy are learning how to fly drones. The ACE after-school program offers students an opportunity to participate in a variety of classes. “Fifth-grade has the...
Harlingen School of Health Professions was ranked in the Top 100 high schools in Texas by the U.S. News and World Report. The U.S. News Best High Schools rankings include...
The Harlingen High School South Cross Country team received several recognitions at the Brownsville District Meet. The Varsity Girls, Freshman Boys, and Freshman Girls were named 32-6A District Championships. The...
Students and staff admired the beauty of the UTRGV Harlingen Collegiate High School as they walked into the new campus for the first time. “I was in awe; my jaw...
Oziel Ochoa has been named principal of Zavala Elementary. Ochoa has worked in education for 14 years and has been in the district for seven years. He began his career...
The Harlingen High School South Tennis team won the 32-6A District Championship. The team earned the titles of Overall Team Tennis District Champions, Boys District Champions, and Girls District Champions....
The start of class in the welding shop at Harlingen High School South is marked by the sound of loud machinery and sparks of light. The students in Mr. Alvarez's...
The Partners in Education (PIE) event, a fundraising event organized by the Harlingen Education Area Foundation, allows the community to see what Harlingen CISD is all about. “We invite the...
“Dream big, train hard, and never give up.” These are the words that Samara and Micah Lerma live by. Inspired by their family motto, they train hard when it comes...
The 29th Annual Bird Bowl was nominated as a big game to be included in the Great American Rivalry Series. At the end of the Bird Bowl game, the Hawks...
Every last Friday of the month, the streets of downtown Harlingen are transformed into an arts district. Art pieces created by HCISD educators lined the walls of an antique hotel...
Peace poles are internationally recognized symbols of the hopes and dreams of humanity; they stand around the world as monuments of peace. There are an estimated 250,000 peace poles in every country in the world. Each...
Harlingen CISD received a $350,000 grant to purchase a fire rescue training facility that will provide Firefighter Academy students realistic, certified training. The Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) program provides grants to schools to purchase and install equipment necessary for the development...
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District received a rating of Superior Achievement under Texas’ School FIRST financial accountability rating system. The Superior Achievement rating is the state’s highest, demonstrating the quality...
The Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees approved a resolution to grant COVID-19 leave to all district employees. According to this resolution, HCISD employees will qualify for eight days of leave...
Blended learning is a model of teaching that provides students with voice, choice, and an opportunity for instruction that is tailored to each individual student. “Blended learning is personalized and...
On August 26, the Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees held a special board meeting where they approved a resolution advocating for the district to make local decisions regarding COVID-19. After...
Before the start of the new school year, Harlingen High School South students Mackayla Ledezma, Camila Sanchez, and Kylie Ruiz participated in the 2021 Virtual National Junior Classical League where...
The HCISD Transition Academy, which stands near Harlingen School of Health Professions and Memorial Middle School, was completed at the end of last school year. However, the Harlingen Area Educational...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Tanya Garza as Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Garza has worked in education since 2002. She...
Over the last three years, HCISD has lowered property taxes by more than 16 cents. This year, the school district will be lowering the tax rate by 1.6 cents. “We...
House Bill 3, passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in June 2019, established an optional Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA). The Teacher Incentive Allotment is a program meant to provide incentive...
Gabriela Molina, a seventh-grader at Vernon Middle School World Languages Academy is a top 12 student in her class and an advocate fighting against animal cruelty. She was recently named...
Rebecca Rodriguez has been named interim principal for Lamar Elementary Dual Language Academy. Rodriguez has 24 years of experience in education. Most recently, she served as assistant principal at Austin...
Aspiring female leaders listened intently to the powerful words presented to them on a Saturday morning at the Summer LeadHERship Summit. The group of high school girls sitting in the...
From the outside, it looks like an ordinary yellow school bus, but the inside has been transformed into an innovative learning space with carpeted floors, TVs, iPads, and books. Traveling...
She is passionate, self-driven, and always looking for the next challenge. Zena Nazar Arocena is a 2021 Early College High School alumna who has been a part of the Boys & Girls Club of Harlingen for nine years. “I...
The HCISD Virtual Teacher Academy began last year as a way to prepare educators for teaching during the pandemic. Now, it has evolved into more than 200 courses. “It’s teachers teaching teachers during this time,” instructional technology specialist Monica Alvarado said. “We...
Patricia Muniz has been named interim principal of KEYS Academy. Most recently, Muniz served as an assistant principal at Harlingen High School. She began her career with Harlingen CISD in...
Every year, Beyond the Bell offers engaging summer activities for students. The program features a variety of courses in academics, athletics, and the arts. This year, the program was held...
At Tuesday’s board meeting, the HCISD Board of Trustees approved to keep Blue Cross Blue Shield as the district’s medical insurance provider and approved to change its pharmacy benefit manager...
During the 2019-2020 school year, Cesar Ruiz Elizondo was a senior in the classrooms of Harlingen School of Health Professions, preparing for college and his future career. This year, he...
Elementary and middle school students in the ACE afterschool program discovered that Leonardo da Vinci was not only a famous painter but also an inventor. Crockett Elementary, Long Elementary, Gutierrez...
The Speech, Drama, and Debate team at Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences received the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Schools of Excellence in the Middle School Speech...
School nurses Verna Garza and Elvia Loera were selected as HCISD Nurses of the Year. They were celebrated for their selfless spirits and all that they accomplished this year, even...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the hiring of two new directors at the June 8 regular meeting. Kara Hoeflinger was hired as Director of Music...
Seniors Pedro Cervantes, Alejandro Becerra, Jonathan Trevino, Cameron Ermel, Jessiah Medrano, and Leonel Ponce Morin successfully completed all four portions of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection state exam. “Students...
He strides across the track at an incredible speed, pumping his arms back and forth, racing towards the finish line. Ten seconds later, Jose Garcia completes the race and is...
The Robostormers, the robotics team at Lamar Elementary Dual Language Academy earned first place in the HCISD FIRST Lego League Robotics Championship. The team was presented with a traveling trophy...
A group of administrators arrived at Harlingen High School with balloons and a floral arrangement for a surprise visit to Teresa Cuellar’s classroom on the morning of June 2. Cuellar, a Career Technology Education teacher at Harlingen High School who...
A group of four Harlingen High School South athletes made the commitment to pursue their academic and athletic dreams after high school. Seniors Sandra Lopez, Isaac Garza, Carlos Hernandez Jasso,...
The Speech, Drama, and Debate team at Gutierrez Middle School of Arts and Sciences earned first place overall in the National MASQ Jr. tournament which was held virtually in May....
Mario Leal, an art teacher at KEYS Academy and STEM2 Preparatory Academy won third place in the 2021 Texas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest. His winning piece, “Lost in Space”...
Middle school and high school music programs across the district earned 22 sweepstakes trophies at the 2021 UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation. These groups received a 1st division in concert...
