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One-Act Play teams put on outstanding performances at Bi-District, Harlingen South advances to Area

Adriana DominguezMarch 21, 2018March 21, 2018

Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South put on outstanding performances at the One-Act Play Bi-District Contest on March 20. Harlingen South took 1st place and will be advancing...

High-school musicians qualify for UIL State Solo and Ensemble Contest

Adriana DominguezFebruary 14, 2018February 16, 2018

High-school musicians competed at the Region 28 Solo and Ensemble competition on Jan. 20. With their outstanding performances, select students advanced to the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest. Students were...

HS Swim Teams find success at District, competitors advance to Regionals

Adriana DominguezFebruary 1, 2018February 1, 2018

Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South swim teams made a splash at the University Interscholastic League (UIL) District Swim Meet held Jan. 26-27. HHS Girls came in 4th...

High-school speech teams CX Debate District Co-Champions

Adriana DominguezJanuary 24, 2018January 24, 2018

Grant Burbach and Ty Kuykendall from Harlingen High School and Christian Villarreal and Ramiro Gonzalez Jr. from Harlingen High School South secured the top two spots at the 32-6A UIL...

South musicians named UIL State Outstanding Soloists

Adriana DominguezAugust 1, 2017August 1, 2017

Four Harlingen High School South musicians were recognized by the University Interscholastic League as some Outstanding Performers at the 2017 Texas State Solo-Ensemble Contest held May 27-29. Winning medals for...

Academics Arts News

South’s One-Act Play takes first at Area and advances to Regional contest

Adriana DominguezApril 3, 2017April 3, 2017

Harlingen High School South's One-Act Play cast and crew advanced to the Regional contest after taking 1st place at Area 2 on Saturday, April 1. The OAP team is one...

Harlingen South captures UIL Academic District Championship

Adriana DominguezMarch 29, 2017March 31, 2017

The Harlingen High School South UIL team won the 32-6A UIL Academic District Championship on Saturday, March 25. Students competed in 25 academic events accumulating the most points out of...

Academics District News

Students compete in 5th annual Elementary UIL District Meet

Adriana DominguezMarch 8, 2017March 8, 2017

[caption id="attachment_18018" align="aligncenter" width="980"] 1st Place- Stuart Place Elementary - Large Schools[/caption] [caption id="attachment_18019" align="aligncenter" width="980"] 1st Place - Crockett Elementary - Small Schools[/caption] Students from all across HCISD participated...

HHS’ Grant Burbach places 5th in the state at UIL Congressional Debate

Ashley RodriguezFebruary 1, 2017

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...

Arts District News

HHS and HHSS Bands advance to State Marching Contest

Adriana DominguezOctober 31, 2016November 4, 2016

The Harlingen High School Big Red Cardinal Band and Harlingen High School South Mighty Hawk are "State Bound" as a result of their exciting performances at the 6A Area G...

Academics District News

HCISD implements district-wide robotics program

Adriana DominguezOctober 4, 2016October 5, 2016

By: Marifer Quevedo In this day and age where technology has transformed and revolutionized human interaction, the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) approach to education is now more critical...

HHSS students place at UIL Academic State Meet

Ashley RodriguezJune 7, 2016

After previous success at the Regional UIL Meet, Harlingen High School South students represented the school district at the 2016 UIL Academic State Meet on May 21 in Austin. In...

South tennis star finishes 2nd in UIL State Tournament

Adriana DominguezMay 20, 2016May 20, 2016

Harlingen High School South's Jeremiah Gonzalez walked away with a 2nd place finish at the Boys 6A Singles UIL Tennis State Tournament. Jeremiah won his quarterfinal match over Nick Ryniak from...

HHSS Orchestra students advance to state, play final performance of the season

Adriana DominguezMay 19, 2016May 25, 2016

Harlingen High School South Orchestra students will have the opportunity to showcase their musical talents and test their skills against the best musicians in the state. The following students have...

Academics Athletics News

HHS athletes awarded for academic excellence

Ashley RodriguezMay 16, 2016

Several Harlingen High School athletes were presented with the University Interscholastic League Scholar Award for the 2015-2016 school year. Addison Dickey, Annika Perez, Claudia Juarez, Elvira Fraga, Marissa Gasca, and Ryane Medrano were presented...

HHS’ Rosales advances to state track meet

Adriana DominguezMay 3, 2016

Harlingen High School student Christopher Rosales had an outstanding performance at the Region IV Track and Field Championship on April 30. Coming in at 2nd place with a time of...

Mighty Hawk Band continues to impress this season

Adriana DominguezApril 28, 2016April 28, 2016

The Mighty Hawk Band has been quite busy over the last few weeks pleasing judges and audience members alike. The Varsity Wind Ensemble received the coveted “Sweepstakes” rating meaning...

HHS basketball students recognized with Scholar Award, Academic All-State

Adriana DominguezApril 25, 2016April 25, 2016

The University Interscholastic League has presented Harlingen High School seniors Juan Cerrillo, Elijah Rhodes, and Esteban Vela with the Scholar Award, a recognition honoring high school athletes who demonstrate excellence...

HS students advance to Academic State Meet

Ashley RodriguezApril 25, 2016April 25, 2016

Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South students competed in the UIL Regional IV meet this past weekend at the University of Texas-San Antonio. Those who placed in the...

Harlingen South sweeps the competition at UIL District Academic Meet

Adriana DominguezApril 7, 2016April 8, 2016

The Harlingen High School South UIL team brought home the 32-6A UIL Academic District Championship last weekend after competing at San Benito High School. The team won with over 500 points...

HHS Speech, Drama, and Debate teams excel in UIL Competitions

Ashley RodriguezMarch 24, 2016March 24, 2016

Cross Examination Team One-Act Play Cast and Crew After months of preparation and several UIL competitions, the Speech, Drama, and Debate teams at Harlingen High School are in the last...

Top 6 teams recognized for UIL Elementary District Meet

Adriana DominguezMarch 9, 2016

[caption id="attachment_14373" align="alignnone" width="600"] Jefferson Elementary - 1st Place Small Campus Division and Sweepstakes Award[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14372" align="alignnone" width="600"] Long Elementary - 1st Place Large Campus Division[/caption] The top six...

Sixth grade students explore UIL sports through pre-athletics program

Adriana DominguezFebruary 16, 2016

[youtube height="315" width="560"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLu4H8u93v0&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Andrew Pena, a sixth-grade student at Vernon Middle School, is building up his strength and endurance to prove he has what it takes to join the...

A winning tradition: Coakley named District Champion for 40th year

Adriana DominguezJanuary 22, 2016January 28, 2016

Guest Author MICHELLE EVERETT The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District has academic talent and a lot of it. Middle school students brought their creative and critical minds forward at the annual...

Academics District News

UIL announces statewide robotics program

Adriana DominguezDecember 10, 2015December 10, 2015

The University Interscholastic League will host the first ever UIL robotics pilot program to begin during the 2015-2016 academic school year. The UIL Robotics State Championship will have two divisions,...

Football fans unite for Bird Bowl XXIII

Adriana DominguezNovember 3, 2015

Bird Bowl XXIII will be played this Friday, on November 6 at Boggus Stadium. The game will begin at 7:30 p.m. Bringing together football fans from all over Harlingen, the annual...

Harlingen South student named State Bronze Winner in Prose Interpretation

Adriana DominguezJune 5, 2015

Matthew Canon junior at Harlingen High School South competed at the State UIL Academic Meet at the University of Texas at Austin May 25-27, 2015 and placed 3rd overall in 6A Prose...

Harlingen South’s Cierra Pena takes bronze at State Meet

Adriana DominguezMay 20, 2015

Harlingen High School South's Cierra Pena had an outstanding performance at the 2015 UIL Track and Field State Championship on May 16. Pena received a bronze medal in the Long Jump event with a jump...

South UIL Social Studies Team wins big at Best of Texas Tournament

Adriana DominguezApril 24, 2015April 24, 2015

The Harlingen High School South UIL Social Studies Team participated in the Best of Texas Tournament and received the second place team trophy. Senior Josh Anderson was awarded the first place gold medal; junior Ryan...

Elementary students rise to the challenge at UIL District Meet

Adriana DominguezFebruary 19, 2015

As part of the Competitive Edge Initiative, Elementary students had a strong start to their academic competition career during the UIL District Meet on February 7, 2015. Jefferson Elementary took...

Cardinal, Hawk Swim Teams make waves at Region and District meet

Adriana DominguezFebruary 17, 2015

The Cardinal and Hawk swim teams blazed past the competition at the University Interscholastic League (UIL) Region 32-6A Swim Meet on February 7 at the Brownsville ISD Margaret Clark...

Academics District News

Coakley UIL team earns 39th consecutive district championship

Adriana DominguezJanuary 16, 2015January 16, 2015

Students from Coakley Middle School continued their tradition for excellence by earning the campus' 39th consecutive district University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academic Championship. During the January meet, Coakley swept away the competition...

Speech, Drama, Debate competitors advance to State Congress Meet

Adriana DominguezNovember 14, 2014November 17, 2014

[caption id="attachment_10411" align="alignnone" width="400"] HHS - 1st Place Amethyst Marroquin[/caption] [caption id="attachment_10413" align="alignnone" width="400"] South - 3rd Place Abby Deleon, 2nd Place Miriam Perez (not pictured)[/caption] On November 7, Harlingen...

HCISD community gets ready for Bird Bowl XXll

Adriana DominguezNovember 6, 2014November 6, 2014

Traditions continue at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District as the entire community gets ready for the 22nd annual Bird Bowl on Nov.7. The annual game is a celebration of the...

HS students outsmart the competition at State UIL Academic Meet

Adriana DominguezMay 29, 2014June 3, 2014

Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South went on to compete in the 2014 UIL Academic State Meet in Austin on May 19-21. From HHSS, in Informative Extemporaneous Speaking,...

HS UIL Academic students advance to state competition

Adriana DominguezMay 13, 2014May 13, 2014

[caption id="attachment_9190" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Not pictured: Emily Susan[/caption] [caption id="attachment_9191" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Not pictured: Clara Duffy[/caption] Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South traveled to the University of Texas...

Middle school bands stay on key at UIL competition

Adriana DominguezApril 22, 2014April 24, 2014

HCISD middle school bands competed in the UIL Competition in Donna, Tx this past Thursday and Friday. Memorial Middle School’s 7th and 8th grade band received all 1’s in...

High school UIL Academic Teams make HCISD history at district meet

Adriana DominguezMarch 31, 2014May 26, 2014

The High School Academic University Interscholastic League (UIL) teams at Harlingen High School and Harlingen High School South outsmarted the competition while making HCISD history at the district meet...

Arts District News

10 HCISD orchestras earn sweepstakes, HHS make history

Adriana DominguezMarch 7, 2014March 7, 2014

HCISD was in full force at the UIL orchestra concert and sight reading contest earlier this week with 14 orchestras from Harlingen High School, Harlingen High School South, Dr. Abraham...

Gutierrez band students stay on beat for upcoming UIL Competition

Adriana DominguezMarch 3, 2014February 27, 2014

Reading each note and keeping their rhythms in sync, Gutierrez Middle School students Nathan Bauer and Albert SantaMaria are preparing to compete for the school’s 10th sweepstakes award in the...

HHSS One Act Play invites community to performance

Adriana DominguezFebruary 25, 2014

Harlingen High School South invites the community to attend its public performance of The Hand of Its Enemy on March 1. Presented by the schools University Interscholastic League (UIL) One...

High school swimmers continue successful season at Regional Competition

Adriana DominguezFebruary 12, 2014February 12, 2014

[caption id="attachment_8378" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Back Row: Ephram Flores, Luis DeLaFuente, Georgia NewellFront Row: Julian Deleon, Jacquelynn Marie Hulings, Celeste Taniguchi, Cynthia Inglett, Hector CastanedaNot pictured: Seton Uhlhorn and William...

Coakley keeps tradition alive with 38th consecutive UIL District Championship

Adriana DominguezFebruary 10, 2014

With blue saturating the hallways and cougar artwork proudly displayed on every corner you turn, tradition is something that Coakley Middle School strives to uphold each year. The same goes...

High school swimmers prepare to make waves at Regional Competition

Adriana DominguezFebruary 7, 2014February 7, 2014

[caption id="attachment_8321" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Front row:Hector Castaneda, Julian Deleon, Celeste Taniguchi, Jacquelynn Marie Hulings, Cynthia Inglett,Back row:Luis DeLaFuente, William Farley, Ephraim Flores, Seton Uhlhorn, Georgia Newell[/caption] [caption id="attachment_8320" align="aligncenter" width="980"]...

HHSS students named District Debate Champions, team earns top marks at Moody tournament

Adriana DominguezFebruary 6, 2014February 5, 2014

The Harlingen High School South speech, drama, and debate teams had an outstanding performance at the Cross-Examination Debate District Meet and the Texas Forensics Association (TFA) Moody High School Tournament....

Students rise to the challenge at elementary UIL District Meet

Adriana DominguezFebruary 5, 2014February 4, 2014

Elementary students at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District had a strong start to their academic competition career during the University Interscholastic League (UIL) District Meet on Saturday Feb. 1....

Athletics District News

Cardinals, Hawks to compete in 32-6A in re-aligned UIL

Adriana DominguezFebruary 3, 2014February 3, 2014

The Cardinals and Hawks will be flocking to a new division with new and familiar opponents starting Fall 2014. The University Interscholastic League (UIL) announced on Monday the re-alignment of...

HHSS choir makes beautiful music at state solo and ensemble competition

Adriana DominguezJune 3, 2013May 29, 2013

Members of the Harlingen High School South Choir hit the right notes and made perfect melodies at the UIL State Solo and Ensemble Competition held at the University of Texas...

HHSS students earn top honors at state UIL Academic Meet

Adriana DominguezMay 29, 2013May 28, 2013

[caption id="attachment_6310" align="aligncenter" width="980"] Not pictured: Maricruz Espinoza and Justin Elizalde[/caption] Students from the Harlingen High School South University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academic Team came out on top at the...

Quintanilla, Gonzalez named UIL Academic State Champions

Adriana DominguezMay 28, 2013May 28, 2013

Bianca Quintanilla and Erica Gonzalez have a couple of things in common. They both have a way with words, are star students and now they are both state champions for...