
February 26, 2025
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...

February 25, 2025
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...

February 19, 2025
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...

February 14, 2025
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...

February 13, 2025
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 ...

February 10, 2025
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...

January 30, 2025
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...

January 28, 2025
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 ...

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

January 24, 2025
McAllen High's Gabriela Gonzalez signed to play soccer for Texas Southern University on Jan. 23, 2025. Congratulations to Gabriela!

January 17, 2025
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...

December 20, 2024
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...

December 18, 2024
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...

December 17, 2024
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...

December 16, 2024
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...

November 22, 2024
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...

November 1, 2024
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...

October 30, 2024
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...
October 17, 2024
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...
October 16, 2024
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 ...