Courtesy Yvette Treviño, (Laredo, Texas)-Despite the cooler temperatures United ISD students have started cashing in on the United ISD’s latest initiative to motivate students to reach high and achieve their academic goals. Ride the Wave to Success Program aims to motivate all students of United ISD to strive to do the very best they can and come to school everyday.  Encompassed in the program are two opportunities

Courtesy Yvette Treviño, (Laredo, Texas)- Blue Bell Creameries sponsored an Ice Cream Soiree for Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) Teacher of the Year Finalist Andrea Garza. “On behalf of Blue Bell we would like to congratulate you on your recent achievements,” stated Gerardo Mendoza of Blue Bell Creameries. Blue Bell provides every TASA Teacher of

Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-Students in the United South High School (USHS), Book Club, sponsored by librarian Griselda Gonzalez and ELA teacher Linda Lee Ramon, recently completed the task of reading the novel The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Once the assignment was completed, club members met regularly to discuss the literary elements, symbolism, and thematic

Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-Recognizing the achievements of successful graduates is the goal of United Independent School District’s League of Legends Distinguished Alumni Program. Nominations are being sought for individuals who graduated prior to 2012 from John B. Alexander High School, Lyndon B. Johnson High School, United High School or United South High School. The nomination application is located on

Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-Nine United ISD 8th graders were among those recognized as outstanding students for October 2017. The top-performing students were honored for their academic excellence, participating in projects that benefit our community and being excellent role models. This month’s recognition ceremony was hosted at Antonio Gonzalez Middle School. The program is sponsored in part by Friends of the Family, KGNS-TV, Family Nissan,

Courtesy Yvette Treviño, (Laredo, Texas)-Students at Kennedy-Zapata conducted a research study on how they could help the community better take care of pets. To showcase their learning they held a short presentation and performance during the September Parent Teacher Committee meeting. During the presentation students shared important information and tips to help pet owners properly

Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-Sometimes, all it takes for dreams to come true is to say them out loud and, perhaps, someone out there is listening. For one United High School student this rang true today. Martin Alexis Aviles, or Alex as his friends know him, was recently featured in an article by The Laredo

Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-The Elias R. Herrera Middle School, will be the future home of the mighty Hawks. The school was named posthumously in his honor. United ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the renaming of the existing Trautmann Middle School to the Elias R. Herrera Middle School at the general meeting this month.  “The

Courtesy Rocio Moore, (Laredo, Texas)-United ISD’s hosted their 5th annual Press Conference to kick off the Kia in the Klassroom Program at Sames Kia Auto Center at 6621 San Dario Rd. Students from John B. Alexander High, Lyndon B. Johnson High, United High, and United South High were all in attendance to kick off the