HLES hosted Paws & Pages today where students read with fur buddies and adopted a "pet" to read with at home.








HLES had a guest principal today! Sam Jones did a great job helping with cafeteria duty, paperwork, and observing classrooms! Great job, Sam!




Students at HLES celebrated World Kindness day by donating canned goods for the local food pantry. Thanks to everyone who participated! We are thankful to be able to give back to our wonderful community.

Ms. McMullen's kindergarten class has been learning about weight. They went on a hunt to discover which objects were heavier and lighter than a pencil. #HLES #WhereLearningBegins

Here is information for our HLES Fun Day, being sponsored by our PTO.

Parents of HLES car riders, we need your help. Temperatures are falling and tomorrow is supposed to be cold! Please help our teachers by having students ready to exit the vehicle when they pull up. Please have coats, backpacks, etc. ready. Thanks for your helping with this!
Mrs. West’s first-grade reading class read the story, Cupcakes this week. To go with their story, they ate cupcakes in class and talked about how to make their own cupcake recipes! #HLES #WhereLearningBegins





Congratulations to our costume winners for "Scare Drugs Away" day at HLES. #RedRibbonWeek #HLES #WhereLearningBegins





Congratulations to Mrs. Tonya Carter for being recognized as Houston Lower Elementary's 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year. She is very deserving of this honor.

Congratulations to our teacher of the month, Ms. Higgins, our staff of the month, Ms. Hallie, and all of our HLES students of the month for October. #HLES #WhereLearningBegins



Our students at HLES got to participate in a trick-or-treat Accelerated Reader incentive walk this morning! They had a great time going classroom to classroom getting candy! Part 3 #HLES #WhereLearningBegins








Our students at HLES got to participate in a trick-or-treat Accelerated Reader incentive walk this morning! They had a great time going classroom to classroom getting candy! Part 2 #HLES #WhereLearningBegins








Our students at HLES got to participate in a trick-or-treat Accelerated Reader incentive walk this morning! They had a great time going classroom to classroom getting candy! Part 1 #HLES #WhereLearningBegins







We had lots of special guests helping on car rider duty this morning! #HLES #WhereLearningBegins #HappyHalloween







Here are our HLES winners for "Lights Out for Drugs" day! Congratulations to these students! #RedRibbonWeek #HLES #WhereLearningBegins






Congratulations to our HLES winners for "Wake Up Drug Free" day! #RebRibbonWeek #HLES #WhereLearningBegins



We have a variety of fun fall activities happening at HLES. Our first graders are participating in a pumpkin decorating contest. Their creativity is awesome!




Our Red Ribbons winners at HLES today for "Our Future is too Bright for Drugs" day! #RedRibbonWeek #JustSayNo #HLES #WhereLearningBegins






HLES has the best PTO! Thank you for spoiling us like you do. We truly appreciate you all! These snacks were just what we needed to end this month. Thank you so much!



Mrs. Weaver's and Mrs. Salazar's classes enjoyed lots of fun activities at Frankie's Fall Fun Day on Friday. It is always a fun fall event for these students.






