Achievements

North Hills Prep excels across many areas. Some of our most recent highlights include:

Ranked 14th best public high school in the country by Newsweek Magazine in May 2010.
Rated as a top International Baccalaureate program in the nation by US News & World Report for 2010.
International Baccalaureate certified for Primary Years Program, Middle Years Program and Diploma Program.
100% of 2010 graduates were accepted into a 2-4 year college.
Shehnaz Wadhwania, North Hills MYP coordinator, has been invited to serve as a workshop developer/leader for Language A curriculum development and assessment design.
Dawn Burkholder, PYP coordinator at North Hills, recently received notice that a proposal she wrote was selected for a $1,000 Texas IB School Innovative Teaching Award. Funding from this award will be used to create the North Texas PYP Teacher Forum.
North Hills Prep receives the Texas Honors Circle Awards for Public Education Excellence

North Hills Preparatory is a recipient of the Texas Comptroller’s 2011 Texas Honors Circle Award, which recognizes schools and districts that are achieving academic success through cost-effective operations. Award recipients achieve strong academic performance while spending relatively little compared to their peers.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has announced that 46 Texas school districts and 313 school campuses received the Texas Honors Circle Award for high rankings received in the 2011 Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST).

FAST, mandated by the 2009 Texas Legislature, is an annual study that examines both academic performance and financial efficiency to identify school districts, charter operators and campuses that deliver high-quality education at relatively low costs. Combs created the Texas Honors Circle Award program to recognize districts and schools that receive high marks in the FAST analysis.

“In these challenging times where schools are under pressure to do more with less, it is more important than ever to shine a spotlight on those that are achieving strong student performance with cost-effective spending,” Combs said. “Your efforts to help our state and local governments wisely manage educational spending while preparing students for success in college or the work force is crucial to the future of Texas.”

The Texas Honors Circle program awards certificates based on FAST results. Districts and charters receiving the Texas Honors Circle Award have achieved a Five-Star FAST rating. Only 46, or 4 percent of all Texas school districts, earned five stars. Elementary campuses receiving the award achieved a five-star FAST rating, while middle and high-school campuses tapped for the honor achieved at least a 4.5-Star FAST rating.

Letter to Mr. Stover Texas Honors Circle

Last Modified on November 19, 2009