Education

Almost Normal: Summer band camps return at BISD

A measure of normalcy returned this week to high school campuses across the Brownsville Independent School District in the form of summer band camp. Practicing...

Getting Connected: CIS, BISD distribute free tablets

Communities in Schools, Boost Mobile and the Brownsville Independent School District spent the morning Tuesday distributing 230 tablet computers to students in the district's...

Alumni Voices: Guadalupe Regional launches junior board of directors

Guadalupe Regional Middle School has capitalized on the time students spent sheltering at home during the novel coronavirus pandemic to launch a junior board...

Army vet graduates from UTRGV hoping to help other servicemen

UTRGV’s 2020 military graduates banded together to push each other through the challenges of higher education. The sacrifices they made to serve were honored...

Code Switching: Professors work to document blend of languages spoken the Valley

Last week the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced that two linguists on staff at the school’s Edinburg campus won a federal grant...

Texas colleges expect larger online summer classes as students lose jobs, internships

By Sami Sparber, Texas Tribune This fall, Macy and Barry Waldman, sisters from Wimberly, won’t be among peers returning to their respective college campuses at...

UTRGV boosts testing capacity to 1,000 virus samples daily

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine is substantially boosting the number of COVID-19 tests it’s able to process in-house from...

UTRGV celebrates military graduates with curbside graduation

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley held a curbside celebration for veteran and military students who are graduating this semester, continuing a long-standing...

Last Goodbye: Kenmont Montessori School bids farewell to students

Parents and students at the Kenmont Montessori School packed into vehicles decorated with balloons, colorful streamers, window paint, and even pictures of students printed...

Together at Last: BISD graduations to kick off Monday

For one final time, the Brownsville Independent School District’s Class of 2020 will gather for commencement ceremonies beginning Monday at Sam’s Memorial Stadium. The ceremonies...