McAllen Independent School District - Excellence in Education

Congratulations to David Ruiz, a teacher at James "Nikki" Rowe High, who has earned the Lifetime Achievement President's Volunteer Service Award. Mr. Ruiz teaches Engineering in t...

Students from McAllen ISD’s Lamar Academy were invited by the Texas Council on Family Violence to attend Capitol Day on February 20. This is a day used to inspire legislators to su...

McAllen ISD has seven students who have earned All-State honors in three music programs this year. This includes four students in choir, one in band and two in mariachi. They ar...

Two counselors earned Counselor of the Year awards from McAllen ISD this month. They are Jacqueline Cantu of Houston Elementary and Briana Rojas of McAllen High. Cantu is McAllen...

Twenty-seven McAllen ISD schools have earned the state CREST (Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas) award. This is the third straight year multiple schools from ...

A McAllen ISD graduate, who was involved in McAllen ISD's KMAC program, has been nominated for a major national award. J.P. Jaramillo (Memorial High Class of 2012) is up for his w...

Fernanda Guerrero is one of four students from McAllen ISD to earn a prestigious QuestBridge scholarship. Guerrero, who is in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme hou...

Seven McAllen ISD elementary campuses will benefit from a multi-million dollar grant to construct Schoolyard Forests on their school grounds. “We’re kicking off our Schoolyard ...

McAllen High's Maddox Braxton signed to play football for Tufts University on January 24, 2025. Congratulations to Maddox!

McAllen High's Gabriela Gonzalez signed to play soccer for Texas Southern University on Jan. 23, 2025. Congratulations to Gabriela!

Former NFL wide receiver and one of the top Rio Grande Valley players of the 1990s, Henry Jamaar Taylor, has been hired to be the next Head Football Coach and Athletic Coordinator...

McAllen ISD is being recognized for earning a major state accolade for school business. It is the fifth straight year and eighth year overall for McAllen ISD to earn the Award of M...

Grace Sihn is one of four students from McAllen ISD to earn a prestigious QuestBridge scholarship. Sihn, who attends McAllen High School, is one of nearly 21,000 applicants nation...

Eduardo Cavazos is one of four students from McAllen ISD to earn a prestigious QuestBridge scholarship. Cavazos, who attends Achieve Early College High School, is one of nearly 21...

Gerardo Villarreal is one of four students from McAllen ISD to earn a prestigious QuestBridge scholarship. Villarreal, who attends McAllen High School, is one of nearly 21,000 app...

James “Nikki” Rowe Head Football Coach and Athletic Coordinator Robert Flores has elected to step down from both positions, effective immediately. Coach Flores served in both ca...

AUSTIN — Deisy Trevino of McAllen ISD’s Seguin and McAuliffe elementary schools has been named among the top five finalists for the prestigious Elementary Educator of the Year awar...

It’s the start of a new era. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and McAllen Independent School District celebrated the new UTRGV McAllen ISD Collegiate Academy with a ribbon...

Congratulations to McAllen High's Evelyn Garfield who was surprised with a scholarship to Texas A&M University - Kingsville on Oct. 16, 2024. As part of TAMUK's 100-year celebrati...

Congratulations to Lamar Academy's Taylor Landez, an International Baccalaureate Programme student from James "Nikki" Rowe High. She was surprised with a scholarship to Texas A&M ...