By Chine Okeke, Baylor University Intern Teachers all across the country have consistently been finding creative ways to keep students engaged and continue to...
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Midway High School students continued their legacy of excellence in standardized testing this year with thirteen seniors being recognized through the National...
Congratulations to the MISD 2021 Campus Teachers of the Year! 🎉👏 A special thanks to @Aramark for providing a delicious breakfast. #FutureReadyMidway
Caroline Wolf | Class of 2003 Caroline Wolf is being inducted into the Midway Athletics Hall of Fame as an Outstanding Track and Field Athlete. During...
2021 Central Texas Spelling Bee Champion Vihaan Sibal took 7th place as a finalist in this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. What does it take to...
Midway High School chemistry teacher Krystle Moos was recently named Region 12 Secondary Teacher of the Year after being recognized as Midway ISD’s District...
Two recent Career and Technical Education graduates from Midway High School were awarded with scholarships sponsored by Parsons Roofing. At their summer...
Six Midway High School junior and senior swimmers are being awarded Academic All-State honors this year by the Texas Interscholastic Swimming Coaches...
Eight senior choir students were awarded scholarships at this year’s annual Choir Banquet held Tuesday, May 18th in The Pavilion at the Carleen Bright...
Midway High School students Ethan Horna and Malaina Huff are advancing to compete at the 2021 HOSA (Future Health Professionals) International Leadership...
Each year, the Texas High School Coaches Association recognizes seniors who exhibit excellence in sports while displaying the same commitment in the classroom...
Five Midway High School Baseball seniors earned Academic All-State honors this year, with one being named to the Elite Team. To be recognized on an...
Seven Midway High School seniors were named to the 2021 Girls Track Academic All-State Team by the Texas High School Coaches Association. These seniors earned...
The Press Women of Texas High School Journalism Competition award committee recently announced the winners of their state contest. Midway CTE Commercial...
Midway High School Junior Carson Lutz earned 3rd place in Literary Criticism at this year’s UIL Academic State Meet held on Saturday, May 1. Carson advanced...
Eleven Midway High School Students qualified for the Business Professionals of America Texas State Leadership Conference this year, with 10 students also...
Competing in sports as part of a team brings people together, and this is certainly true for Midway ISD’s Unified Track & Field team. Midway competed...
Once again, Midway ISD is being honored with the Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) distinction awarded by the National Association of Music Merchants...
The original works of art from 17 Midway ISD students from elementary to high school are being recognized at the state level of the Texas Parent-Teacher...
State UIL CX Debate bronze medalists and national qualifiers David Park and Neon Zheng The Midway High School Cross-Examination (CX) Policy Debate team of...
Midway High School senior Angeles Perez has been selected as one of 500 Dell Scholarship winners nationwide. The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation...
Ten MHS student athletic trainers have received the distinction of Academic All-State by the Texas State Athletic Trainers Association. In order to receive...
Each year the Texas School Public Relations Association honors individuals, school districts, education foundations and others for their outstanding...
Kim Buth, MHS Lead Counselor, was selected to represent Texas as the CTAT Career Guidance Award recipient. Kim Buth, Midway High School Lead Counselor and...
FFA tractor tech team members (from left) Delaney Moszkowicz, Savannah Johnson, Caleb Montgomery and Hali Hardesty. -Photo by Toni Rejeck The Midway FFA...
Midway High School Volleyball players are being recognized for excelling in their academics and extracurriculars. Congratulations to these student-athletes for...
Fifteen Midway High School student-athletes were named to the 2020 Cross Country Coaches Association of Texas Academic All-State Team. Congratulations to these...
Violinists Alanna Schubert and Hajin Sim are being honored as members of the 2021 Texas Music Educators Association All-State Orchestra. Alanna was...
The Midway Middle School Chamber Orchestra has been invited to perform for the 2021 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention, held virtually, Feb...
By Landry Leatherwood, Baylor University Intern The Education Foundation at Midway Independent School District aims to create resources for projects that...
Midway High School student athletes are being honored for their hard work and success on the field and in the classroom. The Texas High School Coaches...
Congratulations to our student-athletes who signed letters of intent to continue their academic & athletic careers at the next level. BASEBALLCort Castle –...
Five Midway ISD schools have been named to the 2019-2020 Educational Results Partnership (ERP) Honor Roll for high achievement in student success. The...
Ten Midway High School students have received notice of recognition through the National Merit Program, and one has been named a National Merit Semifinalist...
French horn player AJ Watson is the first Midway HS All-State Band member since 2011. Junior French horn player AJ Watson is being honored as the first Midway...
A record-breaking 13 Midway High School students were selected for the 2021 Texas Music Educators Association All-State Choir, including alternates...
Clint Glaesmann, MMS Assistant Principal Clint Glaesmann, Ed.D., Assistant Principal at Midway Middle School, was recognized by the Greater Waco Chamber of...
Midway schools continue to receive top honors in the Waco Tribune-Herald’s H.O.T. (Heart of Texas) Readers’ Choice Awards. Congratulations to the following...
Midway ISD once again received a ‘Superior Rating’ with 98 of 100 possible points from Financial Integrity Rating from the Texas Education Agency...
MHS Senior Walker Pierce Midway High School Senior Walker Pierce is being recognized as this week’s Texas Best Chevy Dealers Classroom Champion by KWTX. ...
Eighteen Midway Middle School students have been recognized by Duke University for their SAT and ACT scores that they earned last school year as seventh...
Hewitt Elementary Reading Instructional Specialist Trulie Trevathan is being honored with the Acme Bricks in the Community Award. This award serves as an...
Waco, Texas, June 15, 2020 – Local educator, Ms. Williams, and her second-grade class at South Bosque Elementary have been announced as finalists in the 2019...
As the first week of school is underway, we wanted to take this moment to congratulate our 2020 Campus Teachers of the Year! We are so proud of all our...
The Interscholastic League Press (ILPC) Individual Achievement Awards (IAAs) honor top high school journalists in the state. Midway High School students and...
The Midway Alumni Network, a committee of the Midway ISD Education Foundation, recently named Jonathan Hal Reynolds, Class of 1999, as the 2020 – 2021...
Midway’s Special Olympics Coordinator, Julie Biezenski, hosts a virtual banquet to celebrate Midway’s Special Olympic Athletes. We thank you for...
Two Midway High School seniors earned awards and scholarships though two contests held by Optimist Club International. Senior Kayla Bush won the district...
Congratulations to the following students in the BPA Virtual Contest. These students would have traveled to Washington, D.C. in May to compete further and...
Imagine Learning is pleased to inform you that Spring Valley Elementary has been selected as a 2019-2020 School of Excellence for its use of Imagine Math PreK...
Lihn Nguyen, Woodgate’s 6th grade art student, has won a first place title for the Treasure of the Texas Coast Art Contest. She shares the first place...
When the 2019-2020 school year began, there was no way to know what “Midway and Beyond” would truly entail. Congratulations to MISD students...
Congratulations, Graduates! Click here for the a photo album with roving coverage of random moments from the event (additional shots added June 8). The Waco...
The Midway High School class of 2020 walk through the halls as students one last time.
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On Saturday, April 24th, The High School Art Department had four students compete in the annual TAEA Visual Arts Scholastic State Event. They competed against...
Midway ISD annually celebrates a teacher of the year at each elementary campus, and two teachers of the year at each secondary campuses. These 12 educators...
For the twelfth year in a row, Midway ISD has been recognized by the NAMM Foundation (National Association of Music Merchants) as one of the Best...
Christe Hancock, Speegleville’s librarian, and a student put to use the Little Free Library at the front of Speegleville Elementary and restock books...
By Landry Leatherwood, Baylor University Intern Paws for Peace is a Midway ISD Education Foundation Grants for Great Ideas winner that uses animatronic pets to...
By: Samantha Marquise, MISD Intern It is no secret that the importance of STEM is continually increasing, as our world becomes more and more advanced. Now more...
Woodgate Intermediate School in Midway ISD earns National distinction by being designated a School to Watch! The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades...
By: Sam Marquise, MEF Intern The days of anxiously tapping your toes under your desk to focus are over! Swivel chairs, yoga balls, and other forms of active...
By: Sam Marquise, MEF Intern With the growing need for technological, scientific, and analytical understandings in the job market, it is no wonder that such a...
On Wednesday, February 5, 2020, nineteen Midway Panthers signed their national letter of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers. It is through...
By: Samantha Marquise, MISD Intern The overwhelming success of TV shows like CSI, NCIS, and Law & Order show the fascination that people have with forensic...
By: Samantha Marquise At least once in their career, every history teacher has repeated George Santayana’s famous words “those who don’t know history are...
Midway ISD has received the Platinum Recognition award in the 2019 Live Well Waco Healthy Worksite Recognition Program. This award was presented by the Waco...
On Saturday September 28th, Midway High School Choir students traveled to Belton High School to audition for the Texas Music Educators Association Region 8...
Midway High School’s Career and Technology Education (CTE) programs have racked up considerable accolades in the last year… and state leaders have...
By: Ariana Perry, MHS Independent Study in Journalism Student As the years pass at Midway ISD there are a number of teachers who continue to passionately lead...
By: JosevDiaz, MHS Independent Study in Journalism Student Although many people have walked the halls of Midway High School, few have truly captured the...
By Adia West, Midway Independent Study in Journalism Student Piano music softly echoes from a modest brick house on the corner. Inside, Tom Johnson, a former...
courtesy of Education Service Center Region 12 WACO, Texas – Out of 76 school districts across the 12-county education service area of Region 12, two...
On May 21, seven senior choir students were awarded scholarships at the annual Choir Banquet held in The Pavilion at the Carleen Bright Arboretum. $500...
Eleven Midway Middle School seventh graders have been recognized in the Duke Talent Identification Program. Duke TIP students are selected nationwide each year...
Photo of Ricky Lacy in a MHS game vs Belton, Photo by Marshal Tompkins won second place. Several MHS students won state level awards May 4 at the UIL...
Pictured: Midway’s State Champion Vet Sciences Team Midway was represented well at the FFA’s yearly Career and Leadership Development Events (CDE)...
Midway High School’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) students competed for national titles last week in Anaheim, California. Congratulations to...
Jessica Haner reads her winning piece from The Optimist Club of Waco Essay Contest at the banquet this week. Photo by Jamie Beavers By Christian Boesche, MHS...
Midway Independent School District Board of Trustees welcomed a familiar face to a key role in today’s Special Called Board Meeting. Dr. Aaron Peña, the...
Many students submitted their pieces in this year’s Texas Coast Children’s Art Contest, and the winners have just been announced. Among the first...
Courtesy of MHS Student Council, adapted from event script Congratulations to the class favorites of 2019! Best Dressed The young ladies nominated were Josie...
Third annual honoree selected as Sharron Zachry Rising Star Award recipient Congratulations to this year’s Sharron Zachry Rising Star Award recipient, Adam...
Annaliese and Kendall with their certificates.Kendall Lowe (left) and Annaliese Rose (right) pictured with their winning entry (Photo by Hailey Fisher). The...
Congratulations to the UIL Speech, Debate, and Academic Team members who placed first in district! Advancing Teams: “Violet Sharp” One Act Play students...
By Mariah Cox, MHS Independent Study in Journalism student Midway High School AVID student and senior Jasmine Salazar was one of the select few Dell...
Midway High School choral students performed with the Texas All-State Mixed Choir in San Antonio, Saturday, February 16, 2019 at the Henry B. Gonzalez...
Congratulations Art Students! On Saturday, February 16t, The High School Art Department took 30 students to Harker Heights High School to compete in the annual...
Midway High School FFA Senior Zoe Tripp’s recent win at a public speaking contest resulted in a hefty award. Tripp, a MISD FFA member since 10th grade, won the...
This past weekend, Midway High School’s Tractor Technician Team competed in the Houston Livestock Show, placing 3rd overall and taking home thousands of...
This past week, Midway High School student Gus Routh received his certificate of appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Routh was...
Photos by Mariah Cox, Jessica Haner, and Daniel PerryArticle by Krystle Moos On February 26th, Remi Labeille and Sophie Kearney participated in the Central...
Emily Kate Mosley, Class of 2019, is the latest Midway High School student to earn the prestigious Congressional Medal established in 1979 to recognize...
Midway students advance to state cooking competition Congrats to Midway High School Panther Chef Winners DQ Carter and Rifka Hacker. Their “Garden of...
Four Midway High School students earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36 in 2018. Juniors Matthew Stamey, son of Anndrea and James Stamey...
Four Midway seniors recently qualified as semifinalists for the nationally renowned Dell Scholarship, which provides students with financial assistance...
About the Performance Evan Watts, MHS Sophomore, and other community members in the Central Texas Choral Society (CTCS) performed last week at Carnegie Hall in...
Midway alum Julian Diaz-Granados makes his Broadway debut this month in Ruben & Clay’s First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion...
In 2013, Midway embarked on an innovative one-to-one initiative that provided digital devices to every student. This helped level the playing field for access...