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HHS senior commits to continuing football career

Adriana DominguezFebruary 14, 2014February 13, 2014

Harlingen High School’s Brandon Garza made the decision to pursue his education and athletic career. Garza signed his letter of intent to play college football at the University of Houston...

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HCISD students invited to College:My Future event

Adriana DominguezFebruary 14, 2014February 14, 2014

On Feb. 27th students are encouraged to come participate in the Parental Involvement Department’s College: My Future event. During the event, there will be two different sessions, one for English...

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Sam Houston, Dishman, ECHS chess teams shine at state competition

Adriana DominguezFebruary 13, 2014March 18, 2014

Outsmarting the competition, the HCISD Chess teams shined at the State Chess Tournament. Competing in 6 different divisions with 32 players, the HCISD Chess teams earned multiple awards at the...

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Middle school students showcase their spelling skills at district competition

Adriana DominguezFebruary 12, 2014February 11, 2014

Harlingen Consolidated School District took their Middle School students to the stage of Vela Middle School to boast their spelling skills on Feb. 6. Students competed at the districts spelling...

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HHSS business organization sees 28 students advance to state conference

Adriana DominguezFebruary 11, 2014February 10, 2014

The Harlingen High School South Future Business Leaders of America Chapter put their knowledge and skills to the test at the 2014 Future Business Leaders of America Area Competition. With...

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Coakley keeps tradition alive with 38th consecutive UIL District Championship

Adriana DominguezFebruary 10, 2014

With blue saturating the hallways and cougar artwork proudly displayed on every corner you turn, tradition is something that Coakley Middle School strives to uphold each year. The same goes...

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HCISD approves changes to Class of 2014 Commencement Ceremonies

Adriana DominguezFebruary 7, 2014February 7, 2014

With the growing success of its high schools and mission to keep safety at the forefront at all times, the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District has approved changes to Commencement...

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HHS adds sweepstakes trophy, 2 state qualifications to successful season

Adriana DominguezFebruary 6, 2014February 6, 2014

The Harlingen High School Speech, Drama, and Debate team shined at the Corpus Christi Moody High School tournament where they claimed a third place sweepstakes trophy and earned two more State...

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HHSS students named District Debate Champions, team earns top marks at Moody tournament

Adriana DominguezFebruary 6, 2014February 5, 2014

The Harlingen High School South speech, drama, and debate teams had an outstanding performance at the Cross-Examination Debate District Meet and the Texas Forensics Association (TFA) Moody High School Tournament....

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Students rise to the challenge at elementary UIL District Meet

Adriana DominguezFebruary 5, 2014February 4, 2014

Elementary students at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District had a strong start to their academic competition career during the University Interscholastic League (UIL) District Meet on Saturday Feb. 1....

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HCISD chess teams make the right moves at region competition

Adriana DominguezFebruary 4, 2014February 5, 2014

[caption id="attachment_8220" align="aligncenter" width="588"] Early College High School chess team[/caption] On Jan. 25 and Jan. 26, many schools throughout the valley competed at the Region VIII Chess tournament in...

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HHS business organization heads to state competition

Adriana DominguezJanuary 30, 2014January 30, 2014

Members of the Harlingen High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter shined at the Regional Leadership Conference in Weslaco on Jan. 11. The chapter earned multiple individual and team...

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HHSS, HHS football players named to 2013-2014 Academic All-State Team

Adriana DominguezJanuary 27, 2014January 22, 2014

Earning victories on both the field and in the classrooms, seniors Jeffrey Guevara, Brandon Rodriguez and Gilbert Bermea were selected to represent the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District as ambassadors...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate earn top honors at two tournaments

Adriana DominguezJanuary 23, 2014January 23, 2014

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate team competed in the Richard King High School TFA Qualifying Tournament this past weekend. Brining home first place overall sweepstakes and...

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HHS Speech, Drama and Debate students make campus history

Adriana DominguezJanuary 23, 2014January 22, 2014

Students at Harlingen High School have recently made campus history for exceling in Speech, Drama and Debate. Illiana Silva, junior, is the first student in the school’s history to qualify...

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HHS students earn first bid to national speech, drama and debate tournaments

Adriana DominguezJanuary 17, 2014

This month, the Harlingen High School Speech, Drama and Debate team competed at Churchill Invitational Tournament in San Antonio for a chance to compete at the national level. Students competed...

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HCISD invites eighth grade community to Passport to College event

Adriana DominguezJanuary 17, 2014January 17, 2014

The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District is teaming up with RGV LEAD, Texas State Technical College. Lower Rio Grande P-16 Council and GenTX to host the district’s Passport to College:...

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Bowie students vote for their favorite Texas Bluebonnet Award books

Adriana DominguezJanuary 15, 2014January 15, 2014

Showing their love of reading, students at Bowie Elementary School voted for their favorite Texas Bluebonnet Award books today during a special luncheon held in the school’s Information Literacy Center...

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HHSS counselor named RGV LEAD’s Counselor of the Year

Adriana DominguezDecember 20, 2013December 20, 2013

Harlingen High School South Counselor Valerie Paredes was recently recognized for her efforts to help students at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District on the path towards college and career...

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Sam Houston, Treasure Hills earn top marks at chess tournament

Adriana DominguezDecember 12, 2013December 11, 2013

Using their strategic skills to outsmart the competition, the Sam Houston Elementary and Treasure Hills Elementary chess teams had an outstanding performance at the Ed Downs Chess Tournament in San...

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HHSS Speech, Drama, Debate take awards at two tournaments

Adriana DominguezDecember 11, 2013December 11, 2013

This past weekend Harlingen High School South Speech Drama and Debate divided their team but not the accolade as they shined at both the Harlingen High School Texas Forensics Association...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate earns sweepstakes at Reagan Dutch Invitational

Adriana DominguezDecember 4, 2013December 6, 2013

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate team continued to soar above the competition at the Reagan Dutch Invitational in San Antonio. HHSS earned first place out of...

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HHS Speech, Drama and Debate earns 21 trophies at tournament

Adriana DominguezNovember 20, 2013

Talent shined as the Harlingen High School Speech, Drama and Debate team earned 21 trophies at the 20th annual Harlingen High School South Texas Forensic Association Invitational on Nov. 17....

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Sam Houston Chess Team out moves the competition at high school tournament

Adriana DominguezNovember 5, 2013November 6, 2013

On Nov. 2, the Sam Houston Elementary Chess Team had all the right moves at the Brownsville Porter High School Chess Tournament. The Sam Houston Chess Team earned a total...

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ECHS, HHSS sweep 2013 RGV Best Competition

Adriana DominguezOctober 28, 2013November 1, 2013

The high school robotics teams at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District swept the 2013 RGV Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology (BEST) Robotics Competition with an outstanding performance on Oct....

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ECHS celebrates robotics team with campus pep rally

Adriana DominguezOctober 25, 2013October 25, 2013

The students at Early College High School cheered on their robotics team as they prepare to put their robot to the test during the 2013 Rio Grande Valley Boosting Engineering,...

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Robot of the Day: Meet ECHS’ robot SirKit

Adriana DominguezOctober 24, 2013

The Early College High School Robotics Team is confident that SirKit is going to do well in the 2013 Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology Competition (BEST) on Oct. 26. SirKit...

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Robot of the Day: Meet HHSS’ Robot Nando

Adriana DominguezOctober 23, 2013

Harlingen High School South is putting their robot, Nando, to test on October 26th at the 2013 Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology Competition (BEST). HHSS has had only 6 weeks...

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HHSS Speech, Drama and Debate earn 11 bids to National Tournament

Adriana DominguezOctober 23, 2013October 22, 2013

This past weekend, the Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate team put their skills to the test during their first national tournament of the year in Dallas,...

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High school robotics teams get in gear for annual competition

Adriana DominguezOctober 21, 2013October 21, 2013

The sounds of gears going, and motors being tested are in the air once again as students from Harlingen High School, Harlingen High School South and Early College High School...

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HHS students selected to National Hispanic Recognition Program

Adriana DominguezOctober 21, 2013October 21, 2013

As seniors at Harlingen High School prepare to complete the first half of the year, five students are reflecting on their achievements as they have recently been recognized for their...

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Robot Week 2013

Adriana DominguezOctober 18, 2013October 18, 2013

Starting Oct. 21, the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District will be celebrating Robot Week. The week will showcase a variety of stories, photos and videos related the robotics teams and...

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High school engineers make a splash at NAVY Seaperch Competition

Adriana DominguezOctober 18, 2013October 18, 2013

As participants of the NAVY Seaperch Competition at the University of Texas - Pan American, the Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South engineering teams made quite a splash...

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HHSS seniors make campus history with selection to prestigious program

Adriana DominguezOctober 14, 2013

With their senior year almost halfway completed, ten students from Harlingen High School South are looking back at their hard work with pride as they recently have earned one of...

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Educators gather to transform classroom instruction during technology sessions

Adriana DominguezOctober 4, 2013

A roomful of teachers, administrators and staff at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District kicked off an initiative dedicated to transforming classroom instruction on Oct. 3. Transformation Thursday, which allows...

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HHSS earn high marks at third TFA tournament

Adriana DominguezOctober 3, 2013September 30, 2013

The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate Team traveled to Anderson High School in Austin to compete in their third Texas Forensics Association (TFA) State Qualifying tournament this...

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Travis’ Leader in Me continues to empower students during second year

Adriana DominguezOctober 1, 2013October 7, 2013

This year, Travis Elementary School is continuing an initiative that will help students develop their leadership skills for future success. The campus will continue with the Leader in Me initiative,...

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HHSS junior earns prestigious marks at national FBLA conference

Adriana DominguezSeptember 26, 2013September 26, 2013

Taking care of business, John-Anthony Fraga, junior at Harlingen High School South, has showed his passion for the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) while earning some of their most...

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UT Chancellor visits with students about the future of education

Adriana DominguezSeptember 25, 2013September 25, 2013

Students at the Dr. Abraham P. Cano Freshman Academy looked to their futures during a special visit from the Chancellor of the University of Texas Systems Dr. Francisco Cigarroa. During...

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Sam Houston student holds his own with chess grandmaster

Adriana DominguezSeptember 25, 2013September 23, 2013

Jacob Fox, a fourth grade student at Sam Houston Elementary, is making all the right moves in the game of chess. So much, that one of the greatest in the...

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Teacher of the Week: Hernandez keeps student success at the forefront

Adriana DominguezSeptember 23, 2013

To recognize the outstanding teachers at HCISD, the Communications Department will begin a Teacher of the Week section in HCISD's Valley Morning Star page and district website. Each...

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Long student receives $1,000 scholarship to pursue his dreams

Adriana DominguezSeptember 18, 2013September 24, 2013

[caption id="attachment_7024" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Top Row: School Board Member Verna Young, Dr. Steve Flores, Isaac Castaneda, Margo Vital, Interim Superintendent Dr. Arturo Cavazos and Principal Cynthia Castillo.Bottom Row: Teacher Mrs....

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HHSS speech, drama and debate win big at competition

Adriana DominguezSeptember 17, 2013September 18, 2013

This past weekend the Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate team traveled to Corpus Christi to compete in their second Texas Forensics Association competition at Mary Carroll High...

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High school Speech, Drama, and Debate teams sweep the competition

Adriana DominguezSeptember 13, 2013

The Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate Teams had an outstanding performance at the Texas Forensics Association (TFA) Qualifying Tournament hosted by Kempner High...

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Gutierrez ACE program earns honors at state convention

Adriana DominguezSeptember 12, 2013September 12, 2013

[youtube height="315" width="560"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xhmFEbh8b8[/youtube] The Gutierrez Middle School Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program had another shining year, walking away with two awards at the ACE convention in Austin, TX....

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High schools speech programs partner to create district-wide achievement

Adriana DominguezSeptember 9, 2013September 9, 2013

With two campuses and one goal in mind, the Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama and Debate programs have joined forces to achieve district-wide excellence. “We...

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HCISD presents College Night

Adriana DominguezSeptember 5, 2013

The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District presents an evening of higher education on September 19. Hosted by Harlingen High School, the district’s college night invites students to attend and meet...

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Coakley teacher awarded AEP Teacher Vision Grant

Adriana DominguezAugust 26, 2013August 26, 2013

Coakley Middle School teacher Norma Gonzalez is getting some help from American Electric Power (AEP) to create a new classroom experience for students on campus. Gonzalez, an eighth grade science...

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District gears up second year of Dual Language Academy

Adriana DominguezJuly 23, 2013July 24, 2013

The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District is gearing up to begin its second year of an initiative aimed at giving students an edge in a global economy. This will be...

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HCISD adds three Dual Language campuses for the 2013 – 2014 school year

Adriana DominguezJuly 12, 2013July 16, 2013

The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District will expand its Dual Language Academy to include three more campuses during the 2013 – 2014 school year. In Fall 2013, Dual Language Academies...