Sitting in the audience at Midway ISD’s Distinguished Service Award presentation, it was impossible not to feel inspired by the stories of life change that...
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Each year, Midway ISD honors companies and individuals for their contributions and commitment to supporting educational excellence in our local community...
By: Kylie Drossner, Baylor University Intern Midway High School senior Courtney Janecka recently earned the Congressional Award Gold Medal. The Congressional...
By Chine Okeke, Baylor University Intern Teachers all across the country have consistently been finding creative ways to keep students engaged and continue to...
By: Gia Gulino, Baylor University Intern Midway media students will put their skills to the test with new equipment from the Midway Education Foundation donors...
By: Chine Okeke, Baylor University Intern Playtime is an essential part of children’s development, and may be considered by some students to be the best part...
The Howmet Aerospace Foundation has been a generous supporter of Midway ISD and the Education Foundation through several major grant programs, which have...
By: Chine Okeke, Baylor University Intern Technology is constantly changing the landscape of our everyday lives and the education industry has not been left...
By: Chine Okeke, Baylor University Intern Coding may seem scary and complicated but one Midway ISD coding club showed that anyone can do it! With the help of a...
By: Samantha Marquise, Baylor University Intern “When am I ever going to use this in real life?”. If you have ever taken a math class, these words may have...
Picture this: You are back in 8th grade science class and it is the first experiment day of the year. You and your best friends all try to squeeze around the...
Midway ISD is proud to recognize the following companies and individuals for their steadfast commitment to supporting educational excellence in our local...
By Landry Leatherwood, Baylor University Intern The Education Foundation at Midway Independent School District aims to create resources for projects that...
By: Gia Gulino, Baylor University Intern Educators and students returned to in-person and virtual classrooms shaped by COVID-19. The Midway ISD Education...
The Midway ISD Education Foundation recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the Hunger Free MISD program to help provide program services in the 2020-2021 school...
The Midway Alumni Network, a committee of the Midway ISD Education Foundation, recently named Jonathan Hal Reynolds, Class of 1999, as the 2020 – 2021...
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...
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...
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...
By Samantha Marquise, Baylor University Intern Information Technology used to be the way of the future. However, for today’s children, IT is the way of the...
By Samantha Marquise, Baylor University Intern Math is notoriously one of the trickiest subjects to learn, especially at a young age. However, math is part of...
By Juliann Riggin, MHS Independent Study in Journalism Student Everyone loves a good selfie with friends, but now sixth graders at Woodgate Intermediate School...
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...
One of the most valuable skills all elementary students are expected to master is that of measuring and recording data. This can sometimes be frustrating for...
Technology has become an essential part of the classroom environment. iPads have allowed teachers and students alike to communicate and be creative in many new...
Teaching is a very rewarding career path. It is also one that some people end up in unexpectedly. The Para-to-Pro scholarship program is a partnership between...
by Marshall Tompkins, MHS Student The Mayborn Museum, located at 1300 S University Parks Dr hosted a “SpEd-tacular” night of fun for the special needs families...
Third annual honoree selected as Sharron Zachry Rising Star Award recipient Congratulations to this year’s Sharron Zachry Rising Star Award recipient, Adam...
New Mobile Kitchen Offers Learning Opportunities to Students Order up! Midway students now have the opportunity to learn basic cooking skills and apply them to...
Emily Kate Mosley, Class of 2019, is the latest Midway High School student to earn the prestigious Congressional Medal established in 1979 to recognize...
Along with the unveiling of the sun this week, Hewitt Elementary opened up a new handicap accessible playground. The project includes 3,000 square feet of...
First year teachers to Midway ISD were welcomed warmly to Midway ISD during the August 6 new employee orientation training with a $150 reimbursement provided...
by Katie Frost, Baylor University Intern Special Olympics focuses on what an athlete can do, rather than what they cannot do. Disabilities fade away, and sport...
Last year, the fourth grade students of Castleman Creek Elementary would have never expected to be using robots in their school library. However, thanks to the...
By Marshal Tompkins, MHS Independent Study in Journalism student The computer science teachers at Midway High School and Midway Middle School recently received...
This time of year you might feel that you actually could fry an egg on the hot sidewalk, but a quick look at the Wunderground website (www.wunderground.com)...
Fourth grade students at South Bosque Elementary School were given the opportunity to travel back in time and experience life in Paleo America on a field trip...
Students who can think critically are able to solve problems effectively and will be more successful adults and employees in their future workplaces. Holly...
Midway High School students have dedicated more than 6,645 community service hours to the Waco area this school year alone through the Spirit of Midway...