A Zavala Elementary School and a Harlingen High School teacher were selected as Harlingen CISD’s elementary and secondary teachers of the year. With school closed for the remainder of the...
The talented filmmakers in Harlingen CISD’s Media Arts and Communications Academy celebrated their hard work and dedication last month. The students participated in the 9th annual Student Film Awards. While...
Nutritious school meals are an essential part of the school day. The Harlingen CISD Child Nutrition staff has been continuously serving hot meals to students throughout the school year and...
Harlingen CISD students across multiple campuses united in spirit last week as part of an Earth Day celebration. Each year, Earth Day is celebrated on April 22. “Over the decades,...
The Harlingen Area Educational Foundation raised more than $117,000 at its annual fundraiser held in March. The funds are distributed as grants and scholarships to teachers, schools, and students in...
Harlingen CISD music students continue to improve their artistic skills through one-on-one lessons with their instructors. HCISD began its School@Home program last month while students remain home until further notice....
Harlingen CISD continues to provide breakfast and lunch meal pick up for all children 18 and younger. Parents and guardians of any child 18 years old or younger may pick...
Harlingen CISD continues to provide breakfast and lunch meal pick up for all children 18 and younger. Beginning Monday, March 30, the free breakfast and lunch will be distributed from...
For the first time in Harlingen CISD’s history, two jazz bands will represent Harlingen at the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference scheduled to be held this December in...
How HCISD implemented School at Home program [gallery columns="1" size="medium" ids="24650,24649,24651,24652,24653,24656,24655,24648"] While public schools across the United States closed to protect the health and safety of students, Harlingen CISD...
The Harlingen High School South girls soccer team secured the district championship, closing out the season with a 8-2 record. The Lady Hawks won their final district game against Brownsville...
Harlingen CISD is closely monitoring reports and information shared by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention about COVID 19. Effective immediately, in an abundance of caution, Harlingen CISD is...
Harlingen CISD kicked off Texas Public Schools week and the ribbon cutting of the newest academy, the Vernon Middle School World Languages Academy. The sounds of the jazz band and...
Harlingen CISD students in the Pre-Law Academy have the choice of enrolling in the legal studies or law enforcement pathways as a way to jumpstart their future careers. Beginning in...
The second and third graders in the Bonham Elementary School robotics team are advancing to the World Championship in Houston this April. Bonham’s Team 9037 competed at the South Texas...
The Harlingen High School Lady Cardinals basketball team secured a back-to-back district championship this season. In their final district game of the 2019-20 basketball season held on Feb. 11, the...
BY MEGAN AUNE AND CATHERINE DUNCAN In seventh grade, Andrew Smith came home one day having firmly decided that he was going to be a pharmacist. It’s a decision he...
The Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees at a board meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 4 presented awards to five students who have been recognized as All-State Athletes. Harlingen High School football...
[gallery ids="24532,24534,24535,24536,24537,24538"] 2020 Regional VIII Chess Championship Results Final Team Standings K-1 Team (28 teams competing overall) 3rd- Dishman 8th- Treasure Hills 11th- Stuart Place 14th- Sam Houston 17th-...
Fourteen students from Harlingen CISD’s five middle schools competed in the district’s annual Spelling be on Thursday. The district-wide spelling bee was held at Coakley Middle School. District champion Olivia...
Harlingen CISD students within the Automotive Training Academy learn how to repair damaged vehicles while earning certifications necessary to enter the workforce. From repairing damage caused by vehicle collisions to...
Harlingen CISD middle schools invited elementary students to Experience Arts and Athletics Night last week. All HCISD 5th grade students were invited to attend the events held at Vernon, Memorial, Gutierrez, Coakley,...
Six students from Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South qualified for the prestigious All-State Jazz Band and Choir. The six students will perform at the Texas Music Educators...
Harlingen High School South’s Lady Hawks head soccer coach achieved a monumental milestone – a 500th career win. Lady Hawks head soccer Coach Omar Pedroza secured his 500th career win...
A Harlingen High School South student earned a perfect score on the ACT, a multiple-choice college entrance exam. James Abbott, the son of Sara and John Abbott, received the news...
Harlingen CISD's director of multi-language earned a distinguished award. Norma Garcia, the director of the multi-language department at HCISD, was selected as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Billingual Educators...
Harlingen CISD alumni returned home this holiday break and spoke with the Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees and district administrators speak about their experiences in high school and college. The...
Harlingen CISD unveiled its new testing center in December as part of its commitment to provide students with the opportunities and resources necessary to prepare them for college and their...
HCISD students from across the school district participated in the 5th annual “Shop with a Cop” event held at Target in Harlingen. The 85 students received $100 to purchase anything...
BY MEGAN AUNE AND CATHERINE DUNCAN The steady strums of ukuleles resonate through the halls of Crockett Elementary, serenading the students in the next room as they meticulously pieced together...
The annual Health and Wellness Kick Off will be held on January 13, 2020, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Boggus Stadium. “HCISD really values our commitment to healthy lifestyles,”...
Harlingen CISD students will perform the National Anthem at an upcoming Spurs game in San Antonio over the holiday. Harlingen High School South and Harlingen High School performers Gabriela Rae...
Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South students brought home awards from the 22nd Annual Longhorn Classic National Speech and Debate Invitational, a Texas Forensics Association event. Harlingen High...
Harlingen CISD graduates students college, career, and community ready by preparing them for their futures through strategically crafted curriculum and programs. That’s why the district created its Academies, educational programing...
Harlingen Superintendent Dr. Art Cavazos was unanimously appointed as chairman of the State Board for Educator Certification Friday morning. Dr. Cavazos will chair the state board whose mission is to...
Boxes filled with free books were delivered to Harlingen CISD schools in November. The books were donated to students by The Molina Foundation, a California-based non-profit organization focused on “reducing...
Harlingen School of Health Professions students along with Media Arts and Communications Academy students partnered with Unidos Contra la Diabetes to launch a health campaign aimed at reducing the prevalence...
Bonham Elementary School students donated money and volunteered at the Harlingen Neighborhood Food Pantry on Tuesday morning. Bonham Elementary School’s National Elementary Honor Society students and their teachers donated...
BY MEGAN AUNE | HCISD WRITER Even before April of this year, Alex Garza knew herself to be a busybody. She constantly juggles dance classes, cheer team, surf lessons, and...
Harlingen CISD expanded its dyslexia program this school year to include additional teaching techniques that benefit children diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disability. Educators teaching students with dyslexia spent last...
The Harlingen Cardinals are district champions once again. The Cardinals secured the championship by remaining the only undefeated football program in district 32-6A. The 2019-20 team celebrated their win after...
The Harlingen High School South Lady Hawks volleyball team secured the Area Championship on Tuesday. This marks the team's second consecutive bi-district title. The Lady Hawks hosted the Edinburg North Lady...
Harlingen CISD hosted its first robotics competition of the 2019-20 school year on Saturday. Robotics clubs from Early College High School, Harlingen High School South, and STEM2Preparatory Academy were joined...
First Community Bank this month announced it will donate oak trees to enhance the outdoor green space at Harlingen CISD’s newest educational facility. The planned Harlingen CISD transition academy, an...
United Way of Northern Cameron County plans to provide Harlingen CISD with a generous donation of about $8,000 in books for all Pre-K and Kindergarten students. United Way was selected...
Both the Harlingen High School South Mighty Hawk Band and the Harlingen High School Big Red Cardinal Band earned Division I ratings on Saturday at the 77th annual Pigskin Jubilee. ...
Region One, a service center established by the state of Texas, surprised Harlingen CISD teachers this week with new resources for their students. Harlingen CISD special education teachers began receiving...
Both the Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Tennis teams captured the bi-district championship this week. The UIL team tennis 6A conference took place from Oct. 14 to...
Gutierrez Middle School students gathered at the Harlingen CISD Performing Arts Center this month for an exciting announcement. Harlingen CISD revealed that Gutierrez Middle School will transform into Gutierrez Middle...
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath visited Bowie Elementary School last week, where he saw first-hand the fun students and teachers are having inside HCISD classrooms. Commissioner Morath was highly...
