Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Highlights Hands-On Learning
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD showcased three hands-on pathways that put student skills to work across culinary arts, information technology, and inclusive employment. Advanced culinary arts students at Cypress Park and Cypress Ranch high schools are enrolled in a student-driven baking course. Learners choose categories, research recipes, build menus and grocery lists, and fulfill weekly staff orders while […]
Alief ISD Launches Teacher Apprenticeship Program
Alief ISD proudly announced its successful launch of a new Teacher Apprenticeship Program (TAP). This program is aimed at growing and nurturing the next generation of educators right in their community. TAP provides Alief ISD students and paraprofessionals with hands-on experience, mentorship and development opportunities that will prepare and help them in their career in […]
Klein ISD Students Growing a Green Future
Klein ISD 5th-grade students from McDougle Elementary School have taken the initiative in creating and cultivating their school garden with the help of Ms. Grant and Ms. Swailes. Throughout the whole school year, the students have planted and cared for a variety of vegetables. This project has taught and allowed the students to learn how […]
Fort Bend ISD Students Illustrate Children’s Book
At Fort Bend ISD, three Kempner High School students teamed up with Sugar Land Regional Airport on a creative project. Art teacher Ray Montes guided them through the process. The result was a children’s illustration book titled “Sally, Anne, & Beth – Built an Airport”, written by Ken Durbin. The book draws inspiration from three […]
Goose Creek CISD Fires Up First Culinary Cook-Off
Goose Creek CISD’s Stuart Career Tech High School partnered with La Porte’s Ed’s Bistro for the first-ever Ed’s Bistro Culinary Cook-Off. This exciting event gave senior Culinary Arts Academy students a chance to showcase their skills in a fast-paced, professional-style cooking competition modeled after the TV show Chopped. Three student teams competed in a three-round […]
Lamar CISD Receives Generous Donations
Lamar CISD students from Tamarron Elementary in Ms.Thompkins’s Pre-K class now get to enjoy playful learning thanks to a donation from LEAF. Thanks to this donation, Ms.Thompkins was able to introduce sensory bins that will allow her students to learn in engaging ways. In these bins were things like rice, kinetic sand, and water beads. […]
What Parents Need to Know About School Vouchers
What Parents Need to Know About School Vouchers – Trina Pruitt, parent and Go Public contributor School vouchers are a hot topic these days. I regularly run across articles, political ads, and even billboards that aim to sway parents and voters one way or the other on the subject of vouchers, but neither side delves […]
Katy ISD Robotics Students Shine In Competition
Katy ISD’s Robotics students from various Katy ISD schools had the opportunity to put their STEM skills to use at the first Texas District Championship and the UIL State Championship! Students from Cinco Ranch HS, Jordan HS, Mayde Creek HS, Paetow HS, Tompkins HS, and Seven Lakes HS were all part of the lucky schools […]
Benefits of Dual Language Programs
Blog by: Laura Hermes, Intern, UT Austin What is a Dual Language Program? Dual Language Immersion programs, commonly referred to by the acronym DLIs, are a way for students to be immersed in two languages simultaneously during their early education. DLIs are most commonly offered in English combined with Spanish, French, Mandarin, or American Sign […]
Hempstead ISD FFA Hosts Project Show
Hempstead ISD High School FFA students showcased months of hard work, dedication, and hands-on learning at the annual FFA Project Show. The event provided an opportunity for FFA students to present the projects they had worked on throughout the year and compete against each other in a variety of categories. The Project Show featured broilers, […]
