The Alief ISD Education Foundation kicked off its Pay It Forward campaign, which offers Alief ISD employees the opportunity to donate to the foundation through payroll deduction. The tax-deductible donations will go towards school supplies and uniforms for students, teacher mini grants and senior scholarships. The goal is for 50 percent of the employees to [...]
HD Chambers, Alief ISD Superintendent of Schools, was named the 2013 Ambassador of the Year by the Friends of Texas Public Schools during the annual awards dinner January 17 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas. "I'm honored to have received this award from an organization that does so much to promote public education [...]
Dear Key Communicators: January is School Board Recognition Month throughout Texas, and I would like to take just a few minutes of your time to talk about the vitally important role that the Alief ISD Board of Trustees plays in our school district. Current members of the Board of Trustees are: Mr. Rick Moreno, president; [...]
Points of Pride Hastings High School student Abigail Onwunali placed first in Prose Interpretation, first in Dramatic Interpretation and sixth in Poetry Interpretation at the George Mason Annual Patriot Games. This is the largest individual event tournament in the nation. Abigail was also honored at the award ceremony in the Dramatic category for being the [...]
Points of Pride Kerr High School received a check for $25,000 for placing second in the State Farm Celebrate My Drive contest. The check was presented to the Student Council members who helped promote this event and then broadcast on the afternoon announcements. Cummings Elementary received a donation of 17 guitars from Music Doing Good [...]
The NBC Sunday Night Football (SNF) bus is coming to Crump Stadium on Nov. 1 for the Hastings vs. Elsik game. We would love to have you come out and take a tour of the bus and stay for a great high school football game. The bus will be set up in the northeast corner [...]
Crossroads teacher Michael Miller recently received the 2013 Ching's Champions Award from the Houston Dynamo. Miller was awarded a shopping spree at Kroger with Dynamo midfielder Giles Barnes and donated the items to Alief ISD and Covenant House. He was nominated for making a difference in the Houston community and for his perseverance, devotion and [...]
I want to call your attention to a couple of upcoming events in our district, but first I want to thank you for all of the support you have given our students so early in the school year. Regardless of what you do for a student, a group of students, or the district, please know [...]
The Kerr High School Tiger Marching Band won second place in the Best Entry Award category for the Alief International Parade. The parade, organized by the Alief Community Association, featured more than 90 Alief ISD groups. Fifty-five students from Alief ISD's five high schools were chosen to join the Superintendent's Academically Talented (SAT) Scholars Program [...]
Taylor High School will play Katy High School in a nationally televised game on Thursday, September 5. The varsity football game, which will be broadcast live on ESPNU, will kick off at 7 p.m. at Crump Stadium. Employees and one guest have free admission for all regular season athletic events. Come early, wear red, and [...]
