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. 






We are celebrating Red Ribbon this week at HLES. These are our winners for "Red-y Red" day! #RedRibbonWeek #JustSayNo





Ms. McMullen's class at HLES received a Donor Choose grant sponsored by Houston, MS Sonic! Thanks to their generosity, her classroom now has brand new carpet, tons of new books, and classroom manipulatives. We are so grateful for this support! Thank you for investing in our students and helping make learning even more fun and engaging!

Mrs. Tedder's 2nd-grade GT class enjoyed numerous hands-on activities during a Candy Land-themed STEM unit.  #HLES #WhereLearningBegins









We are excited to be hosting the Miss Merry Mistletoe pageant on December 13 at the Houston High School auditorium. This is open to all Houston and Houlka schools. Forms were sent home last week, but if you need another one, they're available at all of the schools. Middle and high school girls can pick up forms from the office at their school. 


HLES had a great day today on their City Walk! We would like to thank all the businesses that participated and made this day so special for these children. It keeps growing every year!
This year's participants:
Houston Police Department, Houston Fire Department, The Bus Stop, City Hall, Carnegie Library, MS State Resource Center, the Post Office, Pearson's Drug Store, Andrea McMicheal, Cadence Bank, Houston Physical Therapy, Blansett Law Firm, First Financial, and Houston Family Pharmacy.
This year's participants:
Houston Police Department, Houston Fire Department, The Bus Stop, City Hall, Carnegie Library, MS State Resource Center, the Post Office, Pearson's Drug Store, Andrea McMicheal, Cadence Bank, Houston Physical Therapy, Blansett Law Firm, First Financial, and Houston Family Pharmacy.




HLES had a great day today on their City Walk! We would like to thank all the businesses that participated and made this day so special for these children. It keeps growing every year!








Happy Maroon Friday from HLES! #goToppers #BeatAmory #HLES #WhereLearningBegins






