Reading Junior High School

Evan E. Worthing Senior High School is a part of the Houston Independent School District, which operates several elementary, middle and high schools. Evan E. Worthing Senior High School serves students in grades 9 through 12. Its academic curriculum includes various subjects, such as math, science, social studies and English. The school supports a variety of extracurricular programs in art, music, band, choir, fine arts, and health and physical education. Evan E. Worthing Senior High School also offers courses in cosmetology, keyboarding, home economics, and computer and agricultural science. It conducts foreign language programs in Spanish. The school also supports several sports activities, such as volleyball, football, cross country, basketball, soccer, baseball, and track and field. Evan E. Worthing Senior High School is located in Houston.

Birkes Elementary School enrolls more than 1,000 students in kindergarten through grade five. The school s academic curriculum includes various subjects, such as reading, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. It additionally offers classes in technology applications, health and physical education, art, music and theater arts. Birkes Elementary School employs counselors, diagnosticians, speech and language pathologists, content area liaisons, and dyslexia and reading specialists on its staff. It offers bilingual and gifted and talented education programs for students. The school has a learning resource center that houses supplemental multimedia materials and a variety of recreational and informational reading selections. In addition, Birkes Elementary School features enrichment activities, such as student clubs, tutorial sessions, cultural arts programs, academic competitions and field trips. It publishes its own newsletter. The school is located in Houston and is a part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.

De Zavala Elementary School is a part of the Houston Independent School District. The school, founded in 1920, consists of more than 30 classrooms and staffs approximately 35 teachers. It is a bilingual vanguard school located in Houston. De Zavala Elementary School employs subject teachers, nurses, instructional coordinators and counselors. The school provides educational programs and extracurricular activities to students in prekindergarten through grade five. It offers special classes in multicultural arts, music, life skills, computers, speech and physical education. De Zavala Elementary School s core curriculum includes math, science, English, social studies and language arts. The school provides special education classes for gifted and talented students.