Lutheran High North seniors Lucy Byers and Micah Brouwer have less than two months to write their respective graduation speeches for the May 25 ceremony.

Winners galore at Clifton The Clifton Speech, Acting and UIL Academic Team went into the winter break on a high note after taking second place in December’s HISD UIL tournament at Pin Oak Middle School. Trophy winners were: Impromptu Speaking-Saige Cade 2nd, Shannon Norwood-3rd In the Spanish division, Eva Pacheco took 1st, Tania Jimenez Garcia [...]

The easy part was done in the November general election, when Houston voters overwhelmingly passed a bond issue that will improve some of the area’s neediest schools. Now comes the real work – the bricks and mortar, literally.

What’s happening on Leader-area campuses and in the Houston Independent School District.

HISD scores 3 stars in state FAST ratings The state comptroller’s office released its annual Financial Allocation Study for Texas ratings recently, combining student performance with per-pupil spending — and Houston ISD scored a 3 out of a possible 5 stars. HISD was ranked by its academically acceptable accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency, [...]

Here are stories making news on campus in Leader neighborhoods. Please submit your school news from public, private or parochial schools, to news@theleadernews.com Crockett petitioning for magnet status Parents at Crockett Elementary School in the Sawyer-Washington Heights area have started an online petition drive to get Houston ISD to designate the campus as a fine [...]