Alief ISD Points of Pride Week of January 7, 2016 Help us share the news about our Points of Pride! Seven Alief ISD seniors were named Posse Scholars. The students were selected for their extraordinary academic and leadership potential. They will each receive a four-year, full-tuition leadership scholarship from the Posse Foundation’s partner colleges and [...]
Taylor High School students Isaiah Holloway and Sedia Woods were named first in the state of Texas in Duet Acting after competing for Mainstage at the Texas Thespians State Festival. Holloway and Woods had the honor of performing their Duet Acting scene at closing ceremonies in front of 6,400 people in attendance and received a [...]
Alief ISD was recognized by the Children’s Defense Fund and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, as a Texas educational leader working to provide resources to uninsured students and their families so that they can obtain low-cost or free health care coverage. According to the Children’s Defense Fund Texas Associate Director Laura Guerra-Cardus, school districts like [...]
Hastings High School senior Priscilla Cao was nominated to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum: Medicine. This high school medical summer program in Washington, D.C. will allow participants to gain real-world medical career experience and explore professional career opportunities in the expanding fields of medicine and health care. Taylor High School student Vivian Duong was [...]
Alief Early College High School received the AVID Schoolwide Site of Distinction. This is the highest level of AVID implementation fidelity demonstrating excellence in instructional practice and the promotion of college readiness schoolwide. Less than 10 percent of all AVID middle and high schools worldwide are a part of this elite group of schools. Elsik [...]
Alief ISD teachers have been selected to receive training from non-profit organization Neuhaus Education Center. The center understands Alief ISD is committed to quality literacy instruction, and the selected pre-kindergarten teachers will receive customized job-embedded coaching, four full days of training sessions and assessment data to drive instruction. The teachers chosen to participate are: Rachel [...]
Six art pieces by Alief ISD students were on display at the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) art exhibit. Martin Elementary student Keiri Sandoval, Kerr High School student Connie Van, Taylor High School graduate Jasmine Escobar-Perry and Hastings High School students AJ Salas, Stephanei Almond and Andy Torres were selected for this prestigious honor. [...]
Alief ISD was recently spotlighted by the Harris County Department of Education for the Memorial Hermann Alief Clinic. Located on Bear Ram Road, the clinic provides free health services to Alief students who attend Taylor High School, Hastings High School, Hastings Ninth Grade Center, Elsik High School, Elsik Ninth Grade Center, SOAR/LINC/NHS, Crossroads and Alief [...]
Six current Alief ISD students were named Advanced Placement (AP) Scholars with Distinction or Honor based on their AP exam scores from last school year. Steven Gu (Hastings) was named AP Scholar with Distinction for receivng an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of three or higher on [...]
Thanking Dr. John Hansen for his service Dear Key Communicators, I would like to take this opportunity to thank one of our Trustees, Dr. John P. Hansen, for his service to Alief ISD. As many of you know, Dr. Hansen, who lives in Royal Oaks, will fill the District VI position on the Houston [...]
