HEB ISD School & Family Magazine Spring 2017 | Page 19

HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD ISD is consistently one of the

HIGH ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE :
• 93 % of our schools earned state awarded academic distinctions .
• 1 of only 10 Districts in Texas to earn Post-Secondary Readiness Distinction two years in a row .

HIGHEST PERFORMING districts for Academic Performance and Financial Efficiency

EMPOWERING TODAY TO EXCEL TOMORROW :
• Students in the International Baccalaureate ( IB ) Program have exceeded the IB Degree World average for the past 6 years .
• 96 % pass rate on technical certifications and industry licenses .
UNIQUE SCHOOLS OF CHOICE PROGRAMS :
• Elementary World Languages
• Suzuki Strings
• International Business Initiative
• Spanish Immersion
• S . T . E . M . ( Science , Technology , Engineering , Math ) hebisd . edu facebook . com / hebisd @ hebisd

Euless Junior High

Mentoring Program
Euless Junior High is very fortunate to have a strong mentoring program partnership with Calvary Pentecostal Church . Tara Ryan , the Communities in Schools social worker at Euless , coordinates this program with Roy Ballard , mentor coordinator from Calvary . Each week , 15 dedicated mentors from the church come and spend quality time with their mentees . They talk about academics , family , and goal setting , with the mentors acting as another caring adult for their students to talk with .
In November each year , Calvary hosts a homemade lasagna dinner for all the mentee students and their families , so parents can meet the mentors and enjoy a family dinner together . At the end of the night , all families go home with a turkey and all the trimmings for a nice Thanksgiving dinner … plus door prizes !
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