Killeen Independent School District

🎨🎶 Killeen ISD is celebrating double honors in fine arts! 🎨🎶
For the third year straight, Killeen ISD has been named a District of Distinction by the Texas Art Education Association — ranking in the top 8% of Texas districts for visual arts excellence.
For the fourth year in a row, Killeen ISD is also recognized as a Best Community for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation for its outstanding music programs and student access.
👏 Huge congratulations to our talented students, dedicated fine arts educators, and the families + community who support the arts in KISD.
🎉 Read more at www.killeenisd.org/news
#KISDProud #KISDP1 #CelebratingSuccess

Alumni Spotlight Alert! Where has life taken you since graduating from Killeen ISD? Whether you're across the globe or right here at home, we want to celebrate your journey! We're looking for inspiring alumni stories to feature.
Tell us where you are now: www.killeenisd.org/alumni-spotlight

An engaging week of secondary visual art camp wrapped up Thursday afternoon at the Killeen ISD Career Center with a burst of color 🎨, paper mache 🖐️, and plenty of creativity 💡. Huge shoutout to the amazing student artists 👩‍🎨👨‍🎨 who brought their imagination to life this week! 🌟👏

#WeAreKISD 🤩 A total of 135 high school Junior ROTC cadets from all five KISD battalions and four others across Texas are training together this week at the Phantom Warrior Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge on Fort Cavazos. ✅ See highlights of their experiences here: www.killeenisd.org/news ✅ PHOTOS: https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720326613115/

KISD one of nine Texas school districts to earn two-year literacy grant - Killeen ISD is among a handful of Texas school systems that will benefit from a two-year grant to bolster literacy among young students. Called TXRL (Texas Reads, Texas Leads), the grant provides training and resources with the goal for every student to read on grade level by fourth grade. KISD is among 17 Texas school districts that have engaged in professional development and strategic planning over the past school year to reform instruction to better match the science of teaching reading and support greater outcomes for early readers. “This grant will allow us to engage in additional professional development, consult with literacy experts, and host other districts from across the state as a model for systems and practices,” said KISD Executive Director for Curriculum and Instruction Carrie Parker. “It’s a great win for our students and teachers.” Killeen ISD is one of nine Texas districts to receive the two years of funding. The grant-funded reading initiative will benefit all 31 of the district’s elementary schools.

Killeen ISD summer musical theater campers will produce two showings of the Big Bad Musical with middle school students performing at 11 a.m. and elementary students at 4 p.m., both Thursday at the Ellison High School auditorium. See our stories and photos about these camps, as well as the ongoing high school theater camp at the following: https://www.killeenisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=29551&ViewID=070DCCB8-A53F-43FD-A714-5764441A973A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=94315&PageID=1

🎉 😎 School’s out and summer learning is in! Killeen ISD students began the first week of academic camps Monday at the KISD Career Center, where coding camp, writing camp and Camp Invention launched successfully. ☀️ See our day one photos and be looking for continued coverage through the summer at www.killeenisd.org/photos

🤩 #WeAreKISD A variety of Killeen ISD educators spent three days at the district’s Multilingual Conference that concluded Thursday at the Franklin and Emily Pratt Learning Center. They learned a wealth of strategies for teaching emerging English learners and participated in fun, interactive activities. #KISDP2 #WeAreKISD ✅ Read more at www.killeenisd.org/news 🎉 View more photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720326419380

Kids under 18 years old eat free at various KISD locations all summer long. Visit www.killeenisd.org/summer to see locations and times.

#WeAreKISD 🤩 Killeen ISD Multilingual Services began its three-day conference Monday at the Pratt Center with a variety of KISD teachers learning strategies for teaching students with a first language other than English. ✅ View more photos at www.killeenisd.org/photos

🎓📚 Big congratulations to Early College High School’s Class of 2025 Valedictorian and Salutatorian! These two outstanding students have shown incredible dedication, perseverance, and academic excellence throughout their high school journey—and they’re just getting started! 🎉 Read more about their achievements and future plans here: https://www.killeenisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=29551&ViewID=070DCCB8-A53F-43FD-A714-5764441A973A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=94183&PageID=1 #WeAreKISD #ECHSClassOf2025 #KISDProud

#CelebratingStudents 🎉 The Killeen ISD Education Foundation and an entire community celebrated on Thursday the brightest stars of the Class of 2025 during the annual Starmakers Academic Recognition Banquet. #WeAreKISD #KISDP1 ✅ Here is the full story and lots of photos: https://www.killeenisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=29551&ViewID=070DCCB8-A53F-43FD-A714-5764441A973A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=94229&PageID=1 🎉 View photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/with/72177720326149676

#CelebratingStudents 🎉 A proud community thanked and honored 49 Killeen ISD seniors contracted to begin military service upon graduation from high school during the Class of 2025 Military Enlistment Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday. ✅ Read more here: https://www.killeenisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=29551&ViewID=070DCCB8-A53F-43FD-A714-5764441A973A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=94216&PageID=1

📢 Killeen ISD is proud to welcome Scott Hequembourg as our new Deputy Superintendent for Business and Operations! A decorated Army veteran and experienced program manager, Mr. Hequembourg is a proud KISD parent and community member. He’s bringing decades of leadership and a heart for service to support our schools, staff, and families. Please join us in giving Mr. Hequembourg a warm welcome! 👏 #KISDleadstheway

#CelebratingStudents 🎉 Five buses carrying about 150 Killeen ISD Early College High School seniors visited 16 elementary schools during the school’s annual senior walk. ✅ See the interaction between the soon-to-graduate seniors and the younger students here: https://www.killeenisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=7135&ModuleInstanceID=29551&ViewID=070DCCB8-A53F-43FD-A714-5764441A973A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=94188&PageID=15424 View more photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720326087947

About 165 Gifted and Talented kindergarten through eighth grade students displayed their year-long “passion projects” during KISD’s annual Texas Performance Standards Project showcase Monday at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center. 🤩🤩 #WeAreKISD #KISDP1 ✅ Read more here: https://www.killeenisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=29551&ViewID=070DCCB8-A53F-43FD-A714-5764441A973A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=94187&PageID=1 🤩 See more photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720326079170

This National Police Week, we proudly honor and celebrate the dedicated men and women of the Killeen ISD Police Department. 💙 From patrolling our campuses to building relationships with students and staff, KISD officers work tirelessly to keep our schools safe and welcoming for every learner. Their commitment, compassion, and courage are an essential part of our district family. Thank you, KISD PD, for your service and unwavering support. We appreciate all you do—this week and every week. #NationalPoliceWeek #KISDProud

#CelebratingStaffExcellence 🎉🎉 Killeen ISD School Nutrition honored its final batch of four stars of excellence awards to high-achieving cafeterias during three days of visits this week. 🤩 See all the awards from March, April and May in our expanded flickr album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720324781322/

A group of 120 eighth-graders from Killeen ISD middle schools heard from a wide variety of student, community, military and national leaders during the Pfluger Leadership Conference Friday on the Texas A&M University-Central Texas campus. 🤩🤩 #WeAreKISD #KISDP1 ✅ View more photos at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720326019044

Killeen ISD Announces Rising Star Schools in Capturing Kids’ Hearts A total of 28 Killeen ISD schools learned this week they are Rising Stars in the Capturing Kids’ Hearts program that fosters a relationship-driven culture in organizations like school districts. The award is reserved for schools in the first year of implementing the CKH motivational program which KISD adopted a year ago, said Executive Director for Student Success Micah Wells. Those Rising Star schools, he said, are on track to becoming National Showcase Schools, a CKH designation all of KISD’s campuses can achieve. “Rising Star is a designation given to campuses that have fully embraced and implemented the CKH processes into their campus culture,” said Wells. Staff, student and family surveys, along with campus visits from CKH strategists create the data that lead to the awards, he explained. “I am very proud of our district and the individual campuses for the way they have embraced the CKH processes and incorporated them into their campus culture,” Wells said. “You can see the impact that positive relationships have on our students’ success, and I am excited to celebrate the recognition of their hard work in this first year of CKH implementation.” KISD CKH Rising Star schools include the following: Meadows Elementary School Peebles Elementary School Clarke Elementary School Brookhaven Elementary School Nolanville Elementary School Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary School Cedar Valley Elementary School Clifton Park Elementary School Maude Moore Wood Elementary School Pershing Park Elementary School Clear Creek Elementary School Dr. Joseph A. Fowler Elementary School Richard E. Cavazos Elementary School Ira Cross Jr. Elementary School Killeen Elementary School Saegert Elementary School Pat Carney Elementary School Palo Alto Middle School Charles E. Patterson Middle School Union Grove Middle School Liberty Hill Middle School Harker Heights High School Early College High School- 9th and 10th Early College High School- 11th and 12th Pathways Academic Campus KISD Career Center Killeen High School