Author: Cristina Garcia

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

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...