Students started their week with a bang as Dr. Kate Biberdorf, a lecturer at The University of Texas, set fire to chemicals and triggered explosions during visits to Harlingen High...
A key concept among successful athletes is persistence – which incidentally, also happens to be essential to attaining success in life. Coaches at Gutierrez Middle School aren’t just showing students...
The Harlingen High School Jazz Ensemble from Harlingen, Texas put on a special honor performance at the Texas Music Educators Association conference in San Antonio on Friday, February 10. The...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved bids during a special board meeting on February 7, to install an aisle handrail system at Boggus Stadium and carry...
The Harlingen Area Educational Foundation with assistance from the Club Dare 2 Be Different collected nearly $15,000 during their circus-themed, 7th Annual Stride with Pride for Education held at HCISD's Performing Arts...
More than 1,400 students competed in the two-day 2017 TCA Region VIII Scholastic Chess Championship. The elementary, middle school, and high school chess teams from Harlingen CISD walked away with...
The Harlingen High School South Speech, Drama, and Debate team competed at the Victoria East High School TFA state-qualifying tournament this past weekend in Victoria. The team earned first-place amongst...
Harlingen High School South senior Aransas Haley has dedicated most of her high school career to swimming. Her athletic success unexpectedly assisted her in obtaining the $100,000 Mood Scholar Award at...
Harlingen CISD Robotics teams surpassed the competition at the FIRST Tech Challenge League Championship held Saturday, February 4, at PSJA Southwest High School. More than 40 teams from across the...
School can be intimidating for students who don’t speak the English language. Coakley Middle School is helping English language learners overcome the language barrier by perfecting several different strategies that...
By: Amaris Hernandez Sounds of cowbells and school chants flooded the Harlingen High School South gymnasium as schools from across the Rio Grande Valley flocked to watch robots do battle...
Grant Burbach, a junior at Harlingen High School, attributes his innate gift for talking, a skill that often got him in trouble when he was younger, to his current success...
Georgia Newell made history earlier this month after being crowned as the first ever Miss Harlingen High School. The event sought to single out a strong, confident woman to represent...
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District will be celebrating Robotics Week from January 30 - February 3, 2017, to highlight the growing importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education. Taking...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District’s Music Department will be hosting the 16th Annual Bob Irby Memorial Scholarship Faculty Concert on Tuesday, February 7 at 7:00 P.M. The community is invited...
Over 30 middle-school musicians represented the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District at the Donna High School during the All-Region Band Clinic and Concert held on January 20-21.
City leaders and community members gathered on January 24 at Pendleton Park to celebrate the groundbreaking for one of three new all-inclusive playgrounds to be built in the City of...
The Harlingen South Speech, Drama, and Debate team competed at the Harlingen High School Texas Forensic Association state qualifying tournament on January 21 along with 16 other schools. The team...
As Harlingen School of Health Professions approaches the year in which it will graduate its legacy class, the trailblazing campus is in the planning stages of creating new opportunities for...
Pre-kinder, kinder, and first-grade students along with their families came together at Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District'sPerforming Arts Center for a jungle-themed 3rd Annual Family Fun Night on January 19....
The Harlingen High School South Speech Drama and Debate Team walked away with numerous awards after competing at the Richard King High School TFA state qualifying tournament on January 14...
HCISD's mission is to provide all students with a world-class education that allows them to develop the knowledge, skills, and learning habits necessary for global achievement. In support of...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees’ continues to be honored at the state level for excellence in leadership. H-E-B announced on January 13 that eight school districts...
Robotics teams across the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District have received nearly $10,000 this school year to help boost their robotics programs at their respective schools. Through robotics, students learn...
Harlingen CISD is partnering with the City of Harlingen to compete with other communities across the state in the It’s Time Texas Community Challenge. Together, we are working to not only...
The first School Board Meeting of 2017 celebrated outstanding elementary, middle school, and high school student leaders throughout the district. Recognition awards were distributed to students who exhibited leadership excellence...
Select high-school students from the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District music programs recently received one of the highest honors a music student can achieve – to be recognized among the...
The Harlingen South Speech Drama and Debate team competed at the Winston Churchill High School TFA state qualifying tournament this past weekend in San Antonio. Students contributing to the team's...
During the month of January, the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District honors its Board of Trustees for their dedication and willingness to serve as advocates for our children and public schools....
Alumni from the Class of 2016 reunited with district administrators and School Board members on January 5 for the annual Recent Graduate Luncheon. “Today’s luncheon was amazing. Our former students...
Matthew Garcia, a sophomore at Harlingen School of Health Professions and viola player for Harlingen High School Orchestra, recently earned a spot in the Texas Music Educator’s Association All-State Philharmonic...
Josue Ayala, a two-time Texas All-State Jazz musician, earned first place in the Texas Music Educator’s Association All-State Jazz competition following his stellar performance at auditions. After winning second chair...
Before breaking off for the holidays, HCISD's Student Advisory Board hosted a clothing drive across several campuses in the district to collect donations for the children at Maggie’s House in...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District will be holding pre-registration sessions for secondary students for the 2017 -2018 school year. Pre-registration dates are as follows: Jan. 9, 2017---Parent Night @...
Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees member, Bobby Muniz, joined 34 other school board members from across Texas on November 17-19 at the second session of the Leadership TASB class of...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District invites the community to attend a Family Fun Night on January 19, 2017 from 6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. at the Performing Arts Center....
This holiday season Superintendent Dr. Art Cavazos reflects on the many advancements that have taken place across the district this year. To view Dr. Cavazos’ message, click on the video...
Students, coaches, community members, college representatives and administrators shared in the excitement during the official signing ceremony of Harlingen High School South Softball athlete, Ashley Reyna, on Friday, December 16. Reyna...
A motorcycle-riding, blue Santa led an HCISD school bus to the Harlingen Target store on December 16 for the 2nd Annual Shop with a Cop event. A crowd of officers...
Harlingen High School South students spread holiday cheer as they delivered presents to eight different elementary campuses early Friday morning as part of their annual Operation Santa. "This is...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District will be accepting Sealed Bids for the sale of a two-story framed house. The sale includes house structure only. Bids are due at the...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a bid to replace existing running tracks at Coakley, Gutierrez, and Vela Middle Schools as part of continuing TRE projects....
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District held a Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Program at the Harlingen Boys and Girls Club on Thursday, December 8. The Motor Activity Training Program is...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District’s Department for Advanced Academic Services recognized the 2016 high school scholars from Harlingen High School, Harlingen High School South, and Early College High School...
The Harlingen South Speech Drama Debate Team continues their success with another sweepstakes win. The team competed at the Veterans Memorial High School TFA State Qualifying Tournament on December 10 in...
The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) recently selected Cassandra Chavez, a teacher at Early College High School as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction. A role model to...
Victoria Salinas has been swimming most of her life. She swam competitively throughout high school, went on to swim for Texas A&M University College Station for five years, and now...
The United Launch Alliance presented the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District with a check in the amount of $2,500 to help fund Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs. “This...
While Matthew Canon has been focused on completing his freshman year at Texas State University in San Marcos, the 2016 Harlingen High School South graduate is still receiving praise for...
Every Fall, over 14,000 high school choral music students from across the state of Texas begin the audition process in hopes of becoming a member of the Texas All-State Choir. Harlingen High...
