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Chavez High School Wins National Vocabulary Competition

Chavez High School Wins National Vocabulary Competition

Community Events, HISD June 5, 2015 at 7:30 am

Tis the season for championship academic competitions. And while not as well known as UIL or quiz bowl, the inaugural Vocabulary.com  Vocabulary Bowl was notable this year for crowning a champion from Houston. Chavez High School students won the national championship with a collective total of 303, 387 points amassedRead More

Houston Students Perform Well at 2015 UIL State Academic Meet

Houston Students Perform Well at 2015 UIL State Academic Meet

Community Events, Houston Schools June 3, 2015 at 7:30 am

May 27th – High school students from all over the state converged in Austin, TX for the 2015 University Interscholastic League Texas Academic meet. The meet, which was held on campus at the University of Austin, lasted for three days and held over a dozen competitions in subjects such asRead More

The T.H. Rogers team shows off their state championship placard. Image courtesy of HISD News Blog.

Houston Schools Place Well in State and National Quiz Bowl Rankings

Community Events, Houston Schools May 18, 2015 at 7:30 am

As the academic year draws to a close, so too does the season for academic competitions. The Private Schools Interscholastic Association State Meet was held in late April; its public school counterpart, the UIL Academic Competition, will have its state meet next week. And the week after that, the NationalRead More

Thank a Teacher This Teacher Appreciation Week

Thank a Teacher This Teacher Appreciation Week

Community Events May 4, 2015 at 4:53 pm

May 4-8 of this year marks the annual celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week. It can be tempting to brush this off as yet another commercialized greeting-card holiday – doesn’t everything have its own day or week nowadays? But the simple fact is that teachers really do deserve our appreciation, andRead More

Spotlight: Embracing Tolerance Essay Contest Encourages Houston Students to Think about Religion and Culture

Spotlight: Embracing Tolerance Essay Contest Encourages Houston Students to Think about Religion and Culture

Community Events, Travel & Culture May 1, 2015 at 7:30 am

Each year, Rice University‘s Boniuk Institute hosts a writing competition called Embracing Tolerance. The contest, open to high school students in the greater Houston area, encourages young people to think about and engage with the idea of religious tolerance and coexistence. The 2015 prompt asked students to consider the qualitiesRead More

Spotlight: Bess the Book Bus Provides Free Books for Disadvantaged Kids

Spotlight: Bess the Book Bus Provides Free Books for Disadvantaged Kids

Community Events April 24, 2015 at 7:30 am

This week, HISD’s Barrick and Grissom elementary schools welcomed a special guest. Bess the Book Bus visited these schools, as it has visited countless others, to bring free books for the students. Access to books in the home is an important factor in fostering a love of reading, and studiesRead More

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Apply for Tapia Math-Science Scholars Program by May 8

Community Events April 20, 2015 at 7:03 pm

Houston students benefit from a wealth of summer enrichment opportunities, including everything from test prep to day camp at the natural science museum. Today, we’d like to spotlight a summer program hosted by Rice University: the Tapia Math-Science Scholars Program. This is an all-costs-paid, one-month residential program in which risingRead More

Houston-Area Students Earn Recognition at State Science Fair

Houston-Area Students Earn Recognition at State Science Fair

Community Events April 13, 2015 at 5:10 pm

Two weeks ago, the eleventh annual ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair was held at UTSA. Each year, students from all over the state come to showcase research projects in the STEM fields. The event is open to students in grades 6-12 who compete and score well in a qualifying regionalRead More

MFAH Provides Some Family Fun with Spring Break at Bayou Bend

MFAH Provides Some Family Fun with Spring Break at Bayou Bend

Community Events, Travel & Culture March 11, 2015 at 4:09 pm

Spring break is upon us. Several Houston private schools are on break this week, and many more will be on break next week; HISD spring break is next week, too. For students, this means a week of relaxation and no homework, but for parents, spring break can be a littleRead More

There’s Still Time to Apply for These Scholarships, Part 3: Local Edition

There’s Still Time to Apply for These Scholarships, Part 3: Local Edition

College, Community Events March 6, 2015 at 5:34 pm

Parts 1 and 2 of our feature on spring-deadline scholarships listed regional and national scholarship competitions. But of course, there are Houston-specific scholarships, too. The application deadline for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo scholarships may have come and gone, but there are still a few local scholarships with plenty ofRead More

MLK Day at Children’s Museum of Houston Combines Education, Fun

MLK Day at Children’s Museum of Houston Combines Education, Fun

Community Events January 19, 2015 at 2:02 pm

Today, HISD schools and most Houston private schools are closed in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. Many parents also have the day off from work, making it a perfect opportunity to spend quality time with children. The Children’s Museum of Houston’s MLK Day Celebration is aRead More

New Year’s Resolution for Parents and Students: Study Hard, Get Organized

New Year’s Resolution for Parents and Students: Study Hard, Get Organized

Community Events, Health & Science, Study Skills January 1, 2015 at 6:06 pm

At the start of January, many people make New Year’s resolutions – statements of intention to improve themselves or their lives in some way. But for many adults, resolutions quickly fade, forgotten within weeks or months. One study found only 8% of people actually achieve their resolutions. For adults in theRead More

Dickens on the Strand is Family Fun with an Educational Tie-In

Dickens on the Strand is Family Fun with an Educational Tie-In

Community Events, Recommendations, Travel & Culture December 2, 2014 at 8:30 am

Looking for something fun do to with your family this weekend? The annual “Dickens on the Strand” holiday festival will take place December 5-7, 2014, in Galveston. Given the time of year, one might suppose that Dickens on the Strand centered on a production of the author’s holiday classic, “ARead More

Volunteering Opportunity for Parents: Read Houston Read Program

Volunteering Opportunity for Parents: Read Houston Read Program

Community Events, HISD, Recommendations November 26, 2014 at 8:30 am

Yesterday, we posted an article about holiday volunteering opportunities that students can use to earn service hours and give back to the community. But of course, volunteering isn’t just for students – many parents give of their time in serving their children’s schools and the greater community. If you’re lookingRead More

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Houston Holiday Volunteer Opportunities for Teens

Community Events, Recommendations November 25, 2014 at 9:55 am

The holiday season is upon us, and has been since at least the first Christmas-themed commercials began airing in late September. With Thanksgiving merely days away, now is the perfect time to count one’s blessings and give back. Several local organizations are still in need of volunteers to assist with feedingRead More

Hour of Code Will Bring Comp Sci into Houston K-12 Classrooms

Hour of Code Will Bring Comp Sci into Houston K-12 Classrooms

To most of us who aren’t computer scientists, programming seems like a daunting prospect. We know that our computers, tablets, and phones could not function without vast quantities of code, but we couldn’t write that code ourselves – we couldn’t even make sense of it if we read it. WithRead More