Friendswood ISD Teacher Shares Story of Her Return to FISD
Friendswood ISD’s 2023 High School Teacher of the Year Amanda Davies shared her personal story about her pride and dedication to FISD, and her journey back “home”. “I was later than most to my teaching career. I didn’t go back to school for my teaching degree until I was almost 30. I juggled motherhood and […]
Animal Science Program Growing in Fort Bend ISD
Fort Bend ISD’s Animal Science Program introduces students to the world of animal-oriented agribusiness. Students learn about the science and businesses associated with animals. Austin High School senior Cassidy Watts plans to use what she has learned in the district’s Animal Science Program, combined with her love for animal well-being, to pursue a career in […]
Cleveland ISD Teacher Wins Weekend at Disney
Cleveland ISD kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Bobbie Rodriguez, received an incredible honor to spend a weekend at Disneyland! The Walt Disney Company recently kicked off its 100 year celebration, in which they are conducting numerous celebrations and recognitions. One of the contests through their Disney Imagination Campus program aims to find and “recognize 100 exceptional teachers […]
Huffman ISD Engineering Students Launch Rocket
Huffman ISD’s Hargrave High School senior level engineering students participated in their third annual large scale rocket launch with SystemsGo. SystemsGo is the most real world engineering experience the students have had in their engineering career this far, working with NASA engineers to prove that their rocket is safe to launch. The students had the […]
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Transportation Department Hosts Young Cancer Survivor
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD transportation employees hosted 3-year-old cancer survivor Olivia and her family at the Westgreen Transportation Center to help bring to life Olivia’s love for buses. Olivia, who was declared cancer free in December 2022, developed a fascination for all types of buses while traveling to and from MD Anderson Cancer Center. Olivia and her […]
Alvin ISD’s Transportation Employee of the Year
Alvin ISD is proud to honor one of its long-serving bus drivers, Peggy Worrel, who has been driving an Alvin ISD school bus for 40 years. Ms. Worrel has been named Transportation Employee of the Year in recognition of her dedication and service to the district. Ms. Worrel began her career as a bus driver […]
Clear Creek ISD’s Teachers of the Year
Clear Creek ISD announced the 2023 Teachers of the Year nominees, finalists and top two winners at the traditional awards luncheon. Jennifer Ramsey from Wedgewood Elementary School was named the Elementary Teacher of the Year and Erin Quinones from Clear Creek Intermediate School was named the Secondary Teacher of the Year. Ramsey has been an […]
Alvin ISD CTE Students Learn Dental Skills
When Alvin ISD dental assistant students from JB Hensler College and Career Academy work with their first patients in a dentist’s office, they’ll be old pros at working with the equipment. Thanks to a $183,000 grant through the High Demand Job Training program, students are working with state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line dentistry equipment currently seen in dentist […]
Friendswood ISD Custodian of the Year Nominee
Friendswood ISD Custodian Mr. Quan is nominated for the Cintas Custodian of the Year Award! Mr. Quan is known for his impeccable work ethic. He was raised in Vietnam and noticed American soldiers helping Vietnamese people as he grew up which led him to be a medic in the Vietnam Army for several years then […]
Fort Bend ISD Pre-K Students Receive Donated Books
Fort Bend ISD’s prekindergarten students and their families received a generous book donation from a new statewide program that encourages reading at an early age. Books Beginning at Birth is a new statewide program offering Texas families with children from birth through age four free access to print and digital books to promote reading at […]
