2012 First Day of School for Houston Elementary
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2012 Countdown to Kickoff
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2012 First Day of School for Crockett Elementary
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2012 First day of school for Bowie Elementary
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2012 First Day of School for Coakley Middle School
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HCISD and the Harlingen community celebrate Texas Parents Day
Members of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District community gathered at Pendelton Park to celebrate Texas Parents Day 2012 on Aug. 24. The event provided games and refreshments to welcome...
HCISD kicks off the new school year
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District celebrated the start of a new year with the help of 21st century technology. HCISD hosted its first digitally distributed kick-off celebration on Thursday...
Marching bands get ready for football and competition
Braving the hot summer days, the Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South marching bands committed to honing their routines as both programs pursue a state championship, both band...
Muñiz Pharmacy donates school, nutrition supplies to students
Families attending Meet the Teacher Day at Treasure Hills Elementary were treated to bags with school and nutritional supplies from Robert and Bobby Muñiz of Muñiz Pharmacy. The backpacks included...
HCISD partners with Valley Morning Star for weekly news page
Valley Morning Star readers will be treated to more stories about Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District students, staff and schools. HCISD is proud to announce its new partnership with the...
ACE Coordinator receives state award
ACE Coordinator Roxana Kozem received state honors when she was named Top Site Coordinator for cycle 6 earlier this month at the Ace Convention in Austin. Kozem, the coordinator for...
Person of the Week: Lee prepares facilities for the school year
When you walk in any Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District campus or facility, the work of Ken Lee is displayed. Lee, the maintenance director for HCISD, has been with the...
Travis Elementary staff gather for leadership seminar
Administrators and teachers from Travis Elementary School gathered today to begin their three-day seminar entitled “Leader in Me”. The “Leader in Me” initiative is a school-wide model that focuses on...
Registration brings excitement for new Memorial Middle School
Registration for the new Memorial Middle School began with much excitement yesterday. Students and teachers will be starting the school year in a completely new campus facility that is to...
Benefit raises $14,000 for the Harlingen Area Education Foundation
Using style to help support educational programs, Dare 2 Be Different (D2BD) held its 4th annual “Stride with Pride” fashion benefit to raise a total of $14,000 for the Harlingen...
HCISD welcomes back administrators for 2012-2013 school year
Members of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District school board and administration met to kick-off the school year at its yearly administration meeting. Administration discussed the district's plan of transformation...
Bond Update on the New Memorial Middle School
[youtube height="315" width="560"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ8Z2M6Yaho&list=UUCKT71npg-bteBHOHbzwU5Q&index=13&feature=plcp[/youtube] Early August 2012 bond update on the New Memorial Middle School which is scheduled to open it's doors for the 2012-2013 school year.
Board approves pay increase for all employees
All Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District teachers and staff will receive a pay increase after the Board of Trustees approved the item for the 2012-2013 school year budget during a...
Hawks place second at national FBLA conference
Marshall Irby and Ethan Perez put their problem solving skills to the test earlier this month at the National Future Business Leaders of America conference in San Antonio. The two...
Board approves Romero as new executive director for school leadership
After 23 years working at J.W. Long Elementary, Lori Romero was named as the executive director for school leadership for the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District during the July school...
South grad earns TSTC’s first Presidential Scholarship
The high school senior chosen for the first Texas State Technical College Harlingen (TSTC) President’s Scholarship is Hana Nichole Mitchell of Harlingen High School South. She was among 438 seniors...
AFJROTC earns Distinguished Unit with Merit honors
The Harlingen High School South Air Force JROTC earned the Distinguished Unit with Merit honors this past school year for the sixth consecutive year. The designation from the United States...
Past state spelling champ aims for perfection
Bianca Quintanilla is a gopher, a grammar fiend and a former state champion. The junior at Harlingen High School South won first place in 2011 at the University Interscholastic League...
Hawks bring five medals home from UIL academic competition
The Harlingen High School South University Interscholastic League (UIL) academic competition team won five medals earlier this week in Austin. Bianca Quintanilla and Jessica Young won fifth place in their...
Scribes named as state finalists for national literature competition
Christine Nott and Stephanie Lugo like to read and write because it provides the juniors from Harlingen High School South with a creative outlet, they said. Nott and Lugo were...
Hawk speaker soars in Northwestern Tournament of Champions
Jann Soto arms himself for competitions with a big plastic tub filled with news articles and information. "My tub is just filled with Google News articles about countries all over...
Ambitious senior prepares for career in video editing
Behind her dark rimmed glasses and her glimmering smile, Cassandra Treviño oozes ambition and passion. The senior from Harlingen High School South wants to work on music videos some day, she...
Board forms special committee for innovation and technology
School board members and administrators met on Tuesday June 26 as part of a Special Committee for Innovation and Technology, a new venture that aims to strategically review the district’s...
Hawk vaulter set to soar at UTA
The District 31-5A record holder for pole vaulting has found his next challenge to leap. Harlingen High School South senior Blake White signed his letter of intent Tuesday afternoon to...
Senior hopes to study brain to help families
Merridee Lefner hopes to one day write a new future for patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The senior at Harlingen High School South wants to be a neurologist, she said. Her...
Volleyball player continues tradition signing to play in college
A tradition continued with the Harlingen High School South’s volleyball program. Senior Sydney Herrera signed her letter of intent to play college volleyball at Our Lady of the Lake University...
Hawk baseball player set to soar at next level
From a boy playing little league to a young man ready for graduation, Harlingen High School South senior Zachary Flores announced the next step in his baseball and academic career...
Eizember signs to play college tennis
Dillon Eizember dreamed of playing college athletics, but he didn’t know what sport would get him there, he said. So, when he was a student in the Rio Hondo Independent...
FFA officer named Cover Girl
Savannah Callier likes to get her hands dirty down on the farm, raising and showing animals for livestock shows. But when opportunity knocks, the Harlingen High School South student proved...
Hawk soars to all state jazz band
When Harlingen High School South senior Thomas Gonzales stepped out for his solo “Round Midnight” during a jazz competition at Texas A&M Kingsville last year, he couldn’t help but notice...
Teacher extends learning out of the classroom
South math and CATE teacher Brenda Amitrani has introduced technology into her classroom that allows her to stay connected when students are at home. Students can now follow her...
Board approves new HR director, assistant principal at HHS
Tuesday night the Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Loretta Lynn Sanchez as a Director of Human Resources and Doyle Jackson Todd, Jr. as an Assistant Principal at Harlingen...
South star shines for the Valley
Harlingen High School South junior Zach Flores was recently named 5A First Team All-State Second Baseman by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association. Zach was also named 31-5A 1st...
Musicians take gold at UIL state
Less than 24 hours after stepping off the graduation stage, three Harlingen High School South graduates joined two underclassmen and won gold at the Texas University Interscholastic League music competition....
Hawk track star excels in and out of classroom
Life as a senior at Harlingen High School South yielded an important lesson for Zariah Noyola. It’s not always easy. The Hawk student athlete battled with a back injury, which...
Junior set for National FBLA conference
Courtney Krupala discovered her life’s ambition as a six-year-old, sketching her dream house. The Harlingen High School South junior wants to study architecture after graduation because it’s a profession that...
Harlingen educators bring rigor, engagement to classroom with Project Based Learning training
The hallways of the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Central Administration building have been buzzing all week as 90 effective educators from across the district's schools have been training for...
Board restructures, appoints Dr. Maldonado as president
The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees restructured its board during Monday night’s special meeting. The board appointed Dr. Cesar Maldonado to serve as board president for the...
Bermea wins state championship, makes HCISD history
Under the gaze of the Texas State Capitol and a waving lone star state flag, a world class Harlingen student athlete made history Saturday night. Harlingen High School senior Randy Bermea won...