[caption id="attachment_16232" align="alignnone" width="980"] Harlingen High School Jazz Ensemble[/caption] [caption id="attachment_16233" align="alignnone" width="980"] Harlingen High School South Jazz Ensemble[/caption] Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South Jazz Ensembles shined...
Vela Middle School students Aaron Blount and Kole Kibler gave outstanding performances at the Harlingen South TFA State qualifying speech and drama tournament on September 24. The seventh-grade students competed...
By: Marifer Quevedo Exactly one year after the Harlingen community voted in favor of a school board adopted tax rate, students continue to see the direct impact of the Tax...
When Irma Figueroa’s grandson took Safely Educating Aquatic Learners (SEAL) swimming lessons in second grade, she never imagined he would be using the skills he learned through the program to...
Cardinal and Hawk football fans will come together to revel in the excitement of Bird Bowl XXIV. will be played at Boggus Stadium on September 23. The game will begin...
HCISD's Financial Fitness Expo is a free financial seminar available to all HCISD employees and their spouses. The event is part of the district’s overall health and wellness initiatives....
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District earned 72 distinction designations in the 2016 accountability ratings announced September 14 by the Texas Education Agency. The district along with each of its...
The technology of the 21st Century has transformed once strictly quiet libraries into innovative activity centers where children can expand their creativity in a variety of ways. Memorial Middle School was...
Lee Means Elementary fourth grade teacher, Felix Rodriguez is taking math out of the classroom and into the garden. Last school year, after reading “The Lemonade War,” his class was...
The Harlingen South Speech Drama Debate Team achieved a 1st place sweepstakes win at the Mary Carroll High School State qualifying tournament on September 9 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The following students placed in...
Students learned to balance a ball on their tennis rackets this morning as a new wellness program swung into action for third-graders at Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District. Lee Means...
The team with the all-time record of 655 wins in the Rio Grande Valley, the Harlingen High School Cardinals, will play its 1000th game tonight, September 9. The Cardinals will...
The Harlingen High School South Latin Club excelled at the National Junior Classical League 63rd Annual Convention that took place at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana from July 24 to...
[caption id="attachment_16050" align="alignnone" width="980"] Left to Right: Cara Cash, Kennedy Boykin, and Georgia Newell[/caption] The Harlingen High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) officers traveled to Dallas this summer to...
This year is Janine Marie Campbell's ninth year with the Harlingen Area Educational Foundation. For the past three years, she has served as the HAEF President. On August 16, she was recognized...
Planning is underway for the revamp of Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District’s auto collision and repair courses thanks to a Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant awarded by the...
Music filled the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District’s Performing Arts Center as crowds of teachers and staff gathered to kick off the 2016-2017 school year during a two-day celebration on...
By: Marifer Quevedo According to the comprehensive language reference catalog Ethnologue, Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world, spoken by 1.2 billion native speakers. It is no...
HCISD students entered their classrooms for another wonderful school year on August 23. The district's Senior Team and Public Relations/Community Engagement Department visited campuses across the district to capture memorable...
[caption id="attachment_15945" align="alignnone" width="980"] Harlingen High School athletes, coaches, and administrators. Click image for more photos.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_15946" align="alignnone" width="980"] Harlingen High School South athletes, coaches, and administrators. Click image...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District invites the Bowie Elementary, Long Elementary, and KEYS Academy learning communities to meet their respective campus leaders during the Meet the Principal events. The...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District will enter the 2016-2017 school year with a plan unlike any other in its history. On July 26, the Board of Trustees unanimously approved...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District earned the top honors in six categories of the Reader’s Choice Awards earning the best school awards for Best Elementary School, Best Middle School, and...
With the first day of school right around the corner, DISH Network employees have made it their mission to make a difference in the lives of young learners. On August...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Bobbie Jo Hushen as Principal for Long Elementary during a special board meeting on August 2. Hushen...
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District invites the community to attend the 2016 Texas Parents Day Celebration. The event will be held Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at the Harlingen Boys and Girls...
By: Marifer Quevedo While indulging in the latest fiction novel might be on most students’ to-do lists this summer, Harlingen High School South alum Adelina Cecilia Ramirez has opted to...
By: Marifer Quevedo, Writer Students at elementary campuses across the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District will be greeted with transformed learning spaces as they enter their new classrooms for the...
[caption id="attachment_15764" align="aligncenter" width="1020"] Hope Corkill (left) and Anissa Vitela (right)[/caption] Anissa Vitela and Hope Corkill, both juniors at Harlingen School Of Health Professions, presented their research projects on obesity...
Harlingen High School South's Speech Drama Debate Team is hosting their annual summer speech camp August 1-5 for students in grades 6-12. The camp will take place from 10:00 A.M....
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District’s Superintendent, Dr. Art Cavazos, to the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) for a five-year term. “I am honored to...
The Harlingen High School Jazz Ensemble will put on the performance of a lifetime as they play their hearts out before thousands of attendees at the Texas Music Educator’s Association...
The Harlingen "H" Association will be hosting the Future Champs Camp for students 6th through 9th grade. The camp will be held August 3-4 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m....
Kristi David principal at Wilson Elementary and Roland Ingram principal at Treasure Hills Elementary were among the 95 Principals sponsored by Raise Your Hand Texas to attend leadership programs at...
Harlingen High School South will be hosting a football camp for students 2nd through 9th grade. The camp will be held from August 1-3, 8:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. at...
Alex Torres, an incoming sophomore at Harlingen High School, will be representing the HCISD community at the Ford Next Generation Learning National Conference on October 18-21. His invitation to this...
[caption id="attachment_15647" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Madison Pallikan and Lorie Negrete(Front) with Valley Haven founders Kristen Millon and Gracie Bradwell (Back).[/caption] Lorie Negrete and Madison Pallikan teamed up to help the Valley...
[caption id="attachment_15635" align="alignnone" width="980"] Gutierrez Middle School students compete at robotics meet during the 2015-2016 school year.[/caption] Boot up the robots. RGV Robotics will be hosting a Summer Robotics Camp...
[caption id="attachment_15626" align="alignnone" width="980"] Renteria was recognized by HCISD administration at the July 2016 board meeting.[/caption] It has been an eventful summer for Early College High School junior Katelynn Renteria....
“Hana, dul, ses,” counting in Korean was one of the first lessons Alyssa Barnes, an incoming freshman at Dr. Abraham P. Cano Freshman Academy, learned from Taekwondo when she began...
Featured below is artwork from the 2015-2016 PTA Reflections Contest that was featured in the Valley Morning Star on July 4. Camryn Hale 7th Grade Gutierrez Middle School Dana...
Elementary Schools New to District and Regular Registration Starting Tuesday, August 2, please contact your elementary student's campus to register. Middle Schools (Coakley, Gutierrez, Memorial, Vela, Vernon) Regular Registration...
Gerry MacPherson Fleuriet was born into a home that prioritized education, healthcare and service to others. Family was her inspiration to pursue these avenues of community service. The Girl Scouts of Greater...
The Harlingen High School South Speech Drama Debate team returned from their performance at the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament held in Salt Lake City, Utah bringing home the...
2016 Chess Academy Champions from Wilson Elementary The third Annual Chess Academy camp took place June 7-23 and brought together 115 participants from HCISD elementary schools and one middle school...
Schools from across the district submitted artwork created this past school year. The submissions below were featured in the Valley Morning Star’s Student Contest Summer Showcase on June 27. Adrianna...
Hawk baseball player Alec Garza signed his letter of intent to play ball for the Texas A&M International University Dustdevils on June 22. The event took place at the...
Heroes for Health Nutrition Camp participants ranging from third to sixth grade Heroes for Health Ambassadors and Program Coordinator Broccoli black bean quesadillas and obstacle courses. These two subjects were...
On June 20, Eladio Jaimez was officially sworn in as a member of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees during a Special Meeting. As a Harlingen native...
