Claire Partain
Student Achievement Reporter at Houston Chronicle
@HoustonISD student achievement reporter @houstonchron | past: Woodlands, @austinfc, TXST | [email protected]
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houstonchronicle.com | Claire Partain |Megan Menchaca
Milby High School students walk through the hallway past university flags on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 in Houston. Elizabeth Conley/Staff PhotographerAs a middle school student, Jhonny Almeida chose to attend Houston ISD’s Sterling Aviation Early College High School because, even then, he knew he wanted to be an aerospace engineer.
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houstonchronicle.com | Megan Menchaca |Claire Partain
When Jayla London arrived as a freshman at Houston ISD’s Yates High School in 2020, she wanted to pack her schedule with as many advanced courses as she could. By tenth grade, London was taking both Advanced Placement and dual credit courses that the school offered in partnership with Houston Community College. As a junior, she enrolled in the school’s International Baccalaureate courses, part of a rigorous national diploma program that teaches students critical thinking and research skills.
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houstonchronicle.com | Megan Menchaca |Claire Partain
Every spring, more than 10,000 Houston ISD students, capped and draped in black, walk the stage in June to receive their high school diploma. What they do after graduation is less uniform. Just over half of HISD’s high school graduates will enroll in higher education within a year of graduation, and even fewer of those students will end up earning college degrees or making a living wage within six years.
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2 days ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Claire Partain
Houston ISD Lamar High School graduating seniors Devin Lewis, from left, 19, Kennedy McClure, 18, and Karrington Johnson, 18, playing music they made at the Threat of Joy exhibition at Eldorado Ballroom in Houston, Friday, May 9, 2025. This collaborative exhibition, organized by the 15 Houston-area art teachers, showcases the resilience of joy through paintings, textiles, drawings, animations, interactive installations and more.
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4 days ago |
houstonchronicle.com | Claire Partain
Cameron, Kennedy, Madison and Austin Tran, quadruplets who were featured in the Chronicle in 2007 and are now upcoming high school graduates, are photographed in their home on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 in Houston. Raquel Natalicchio/Staff photographerCameron, Kennedy, Madison and Austin Tran, quadruplets who were featured in the Chronicle in 2007 and are now upcoming high school graduates, are photographed in their home on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 in Houston.
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