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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

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