Category: News

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...