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4. Support for Educational

Improvement Projects

and School Transformation Initiatives

Academic Honors
• 21 GPISD students earned recognition for their writing at the
Scholastic Art and Writing Contest including 13 honorable
mention writing awards, 5 Silver Key writing awards, and 3
Gold Key writing awards. In the last four years, two GPISD
students have been awarded National Gold Key recognition,
and the Board has voted to fund their national award
ceremony at Carnegie Hall.
• GPISD CTE Robotics students have earned more than $1
million in scholarships over the past 10 years.
• GPISD CTE students were awarded 17 1st place ribbons at
the SkillsUSA state contest.
• GPISD CTE students were awarded five 1st place and eight
2nd place awards at the Texas Public Service Association State
Contest.
• GPISD CTE was awarded 1st place in the Family, Career, and
Community Leaders of America Regional Contest.
• GPISD UIL Accounting and Calculator Applications teams
were awarded 1st place at the UIL State Academic Meet. Jose
Rodriguez, NSSHS student, won 1st place in the Calculator
Applications category at the UIL State Academic Meet.

Fine Arts Honors
452 GPISD students had artwork selected for display in the
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo School Art Program. The
GPISD Art Department was also named to the Super Show Hall
of Fame by The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
• 119 secondary art students were awarded medals at the Texas
Art Education Association (TAEA) Regional Visual Art
Scholastic Event (VASE) competition, with five District high
school students advancing to state level competition.
• 210 secondary band and choir students were named to the
Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-Region
Bands and Choirs, with 31 high school students advancing to the area
contest and five named to TMEA All-State Band and Choir.
• The North Shore High School Marching Band placed 10th in the
UIL State Marching Band Competition.

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