Two Harlingen High School cross country athletes qualified for State by placing in the Top 10 at the Region IV Cross Country Meet. Senior Geovany Cisneros earned 5th place and...

Students at Rodriguez Elementary STEM Academy are learning how to fly drones. The ACE after-school program offers students an opportunity to participate in a variety of classes. “Fifth-grade has the...

BY: CAMRYN HILL The Harlingen High School South Ecology Club was inspired by Homero Gomez Gonzalez, a fierce defender of Central Mexico’s monarch butterfly population, to start a butterfly garden...

Harlingen School of Health Professions was ranked in the Top 100 high schools in Texas by the U.S. News and World Report. The U.S. News Best High Schools rankings include...

The Harlingen High School South Cross Country team received several recognitions at the Brownsville District Meet. The Varsity Girls, Freshman Boys, and Freshman Girls were named 32-6A District Championships. The...

Students and staff admired the beauty of the UTRGV Harlingen Collegiate High School as they walked into the new campus for the first time. “I was in awe; my jaw...

Oziel Ochoa has been named principal of Zavala Elementary. Ochoa has worked in education for 14 years and has been in the district for seven years.  He began his career...

The Harlingen High School South Tennis team won the 32-6A District Championship. The team earned the titles of Overall Team Tennis District Champions, Boys District Champions, and Girls District Champions....

The start of class in the welding shop at Harlingen High School South is marked by the sound of loud machinery and sparks of light. The students in Mr. Alvarez's...

The Partners in Education (PIE) event, a fundraising event organized by the Harlingen Education Area Foundation, allows the community to see what Harlingen CISD is all about. “We invite the...

“Dream big, train hard, and never give up.”  These are the words that Samara and Micah Lerma live by. Inspired by their family motto, they train hard when it comes...

The 29th Annual Bird Bowl was nominated as a big game to be included in the Great American Rivalry Series. At the end of the Bird Bowl game, the Hawks...

Every last Friday of the month, the streets of downtown Harlingen are transformed into an arts district. Art pieces created by HCISD educators lined the walls of an antique hotel...

Peace poles are internationally recognized symbols of the hopes and dreams of humanity; they stand around the world as monuments of peace.    There are an estimated 250,000 peace poles in every country in the world. Each...

Harlingen CISD received a $350,000 grant to purchase a fire rescue training facility that will provide Firefighter Academy students realistic, certified training. The Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) program provides grants to schools to purchase and install equipment necessary for the development...

Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District received a rating of Superior Achievement under Texas’ School FIRST financial accountability rating system. The Superior Achievement rating is the state’s highest, demonstrating the quality...

HCISD students have a new space to design, create, and explore. The district has outfitted a school bus with digital technology, WiFi access, maker spaces, and collaboration stations. The district...

By: Ashley Berrones The blow of a whistle signals the end of swimming class for a group of students in the water at the HCISD Aquatic Center. Another group of...

By: Ashley Berrones Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. That is Newton’s Third Law of Motion, a concept that students in Mr. Gonzalez’s Flight and Space class reviewed...

The Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees approved a resolution to grant COVID-19 leave to all district employees. According to this resolution, HCISD employees will qualify for eight days of leave...

Blended learning is a model of teaching that provides students with voice, choice, and an opportunity for instruction that is tailored to each individual student. “Blended learning is personalized and...

On August 26, the Harlingen CISD Board of Trustees held a special board meeting where they approved a resolution advocating for the district to make local decisions regarding COVID-19. After...

Before the start of the new school year, Harlingen High School South students Mackayla Ledezma, Camila Sanchez, and Kylie Ruiz participated in the 2021 Virtual National Junior Classical League where...

BY: CAMRYN HILL Treasure Hills Elementary welcomed students back to school with a sensory pathway which was funded by the Harlingen Area Educational Foundation. “The sensory pathway is actually a...