Dear Alief ISD Key Communicator, While we try to use every day to prepare students for college and career, this past week was college week in Alief ISD. If you visited any of our campuses, you may have seen our staff members or students in their college t-shirts or noticed some of the different [...]
September 21, 2012 Dear Alief ISD Key Communicator, The topic of public education has been and always will be a topic followed and critiqued by the public. I believe that is reasonable considering the public is who pays for and benefits from public education. Turn on any television or radio talk show and you will [...]
Various Alief ISD campuses are holding Welcome Coffee sessions during the months of September and October to reach out to their students' families. These events, which are hosted by the Family Centers, aim to encourage family members to take part in their students' education. Families are invited to meet campus administrators and liaisons and to [...]
September 7, 2012 Dear Alief ISD Key Communicator, As our second week of school comes to a close, I thought I would share with you some relevant and important information. So far, we have enrolled 45,758 students as of yesterday and are over our projected enrollment for the start of this school year. Based on [...]
Dear Alief ISD Key Communicator, Schools across Texas opened their doors to about five million students today as the 2012-2013 school year gets underway. Alief ISD welcomed approximately 45,500 students, and we are excited about this new school year! Hopefully, you will have the opportunity during the next nine months to come and [...]
Dear Alief ISD Key Communicator: We are getting ready to launch an exciting new initiative that I believe will have a positive impact on our school district. The Alief Community Leadership Network will bring various members of the Alief community together to participate in and to gain a deeper knowledge of Alief ISD and public [...]
Did you know... Alief Elsik Stage Company took their show, “Driving Miss Daisy,” all the way to the Area UIL One-Act Play Competition at San Jacinto College. Along the way, Daniel Smith won Best Actor; Emily Tunon won Best Actress; and Mario Yang took home an Honorable Mention All-Star Cast Award. Three crew members were [...]
Dear Alief ISD Key Communicator, In just a few days, we will begin administering our first series of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams. Our teachers and our students have worked extremely hard, and I am confident they are ready to tackle this new challenge! My message today addresses what we [...]
Did you know... Alief ISD students captured 14 top awards at the recent 53rd Regional Science and Engineering Fair! A team project by Cindy Diep and Van Vo from Alief Middle School and an individual project by Dat Nguyen from Alief Early College High School took first place and are headed to the state competition [...]
Did you know... Elsik High School art student Quang Vu received the “High School Best of Show” award at the Houston Area Youth Art Month Contest, eight other student pieces were selected for “Judges Choice” awards and eight additional pieces were selected to be taken throughout the southeast Texas as part of a traveling youth [...]
