Taylor Gayden and Lynlee Harmon were Principals for the Day at HLES! They earned this honor by being respectful, responsible, and ready and earning 100 tokens! They got to supervise recess, help with Paws and Pages, make announcements, and complete paperwork for their school! Great job, girls! Thanks for the help!
HLES - K4 and Head Start classes walked to downtown to visit with our local library! They enjoyed listening to music and painting Christmas ornaments. Thank you for letting us come and visit with you!
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
