School consolidation plan community meetings
Corpus Christi ISD invites our families, staff and community members to join us for a series of community meetings as we discuss the possible School Consolidation Plan.
These meetings are an opportunity to learn more about the plan, ask questions and share your feedback. Your input will help guide decisions as we continue working to provide high-quality learning experiences for all CCISD students.
FAQs about the consolidation plan are available on our website: ccisd.us/page/school-consolidation-feedback
💬 Have questions or want to share feedback throughout the process?
Text: (361) 600-3691
Email: ccisd.tx@k12-lets-talk.com
Corpus Christi ISD invites our families, staff and community members to join us for a series of community meetings as we discuss the possible School Consolidation Plan.
These meetings are an opportunity to learn more about the plan, ask questions and share your feedback. Your input will help guide decisions as we continue working to provide high-quality learning experiences for all CCISD students.
FAQs about the consolidation plan are available on our website: ccisd.us/page/school-consolidation-feedback
💬 Have questions or want to share feedback throughout the process?
Text: (361) 600-3691
Email: ccisd.tx@k12-lets-talk.com
❄️ It’s the most musical time of the year! 🎶
Join us for the 44th Annual Holiday Choir Concert featuring special guest stars from our CCISD Guitar Program!
The event begins at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Selena Auditorium.
Join us for the 44th Annual Holiday Choir Concert featuring special guest stars from our CCISD Guitar Program!
The event begins at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Selena Auditorium.
School consolidation plan community meetings
Corpus Christi ISD invites our families, staff and community members to join us for a series of community meetings as we discuss the possible School Consolidation Plan.
These meetings are an opportunity to learn more about the plan, ask questions and share your feedback. Your input will help guide decisions as we continue working to provide high-quality learning experiences for all CCISD students.
FAQs about the consolidation plan are available on our website: ccisd.us/page/school-consolidation-feedback
💬 Have questions or want to share feedback throughout the process?
Text: (361) 600-3691
Email: ccisd.tx@k12-lets-talk.com
Corpus Christi ISD invites our families, staff and community members to join us for a series of community meetings as we discuss the possible School Consolidation Plan.
These meetings are an opportunity to learn more about the plan, ask questions and share your feedback. Your input will help guide decisions as we continue working to provide high-quality learning experiences for all CCISD students.
FAQs about the consolidation plan are available on our website: ccisd.us/page/school-consolidation-feedback
💬 Have questions or want to share feedback throughout the process?
Text: (361) 600-3691
Email: ccisd.tx@k12-lets-talk.com
Gifted & Talented testing application deadline for grades 1-11 is Dec. 2. For more information, visit, www.ccisd.us/gt-testing.
School consolidation plan community meetings
Corpus Christi ISD invites our families, staff and community members to join us for a series of community meetings as we discuss the possible School Consolidation Plan.
These meetings are an opportunity to learn more about the plan, ask questions and share your feedback. Your input will help guide decisions as we continue working to provide high-quality learning experiences for all CCISD students.
FAQs about the consolidation plan are available on our website: ccisd.us/page/school-consolidation-feedback
💬 Have questions or want to share feedback throughout the process?
Text: (361) 600-3691
Email: ccisd.tx@k12-lets-talk.com
Corpus Christi ISD invites our families, staff and community members to join us for a series of community meetings as we discuss the possible School Consolidation Plan.
These meetings are an opportunity to learn more about the plan, ask questions and share your feedback. Your input will help guide decisions as we continue working to provide high-quality learning experiences for all CCISD students.
FAQs about the consolidation plan are available on our website: ccisd.us/page/school-consolidation-feedback
💬 Have questions or want to share feedback throughout the process?
Text: (361) 600-3691
Email: ccisd.tx@k12-lets-talk.com
Are you interested in Career and Technical Education? We are now accepting applications for our Programs of Choice!
Explore our programs: https://www.ccisd.us/o/ccisd/page/programs-of-choice
🍎 Meet Roberto Gonzalez III 🍎
Roberto attended Calk Elementary, Hamlin Middle School and Ray High School. He is an Area Safety Manager for Turner Industries South Texas and a UIL Texas Wrestling Official.
"My time at Hamlin Middle School and Ray High School helped shape me into the person I am today. I was fortunate to have incredible mentors who saw potential in me even when I struggled to see it in myself. I was also blessed to have a second father figure in my wrestling coach, Coach Ed Arvin. Coach Arvin instilled in all of us the importance of doing the right thing—even when no one is watching—and taught us to always keep pushing the pace."
Are you a proud graduate of Corpus Christi ISD? ✏️ Please take a moment to fill out the alumni form: https://bit.ly/44xNm0t
Roberto attended Calk Elementary, Hamlin Middle School and Ray High School. He is an Area Safety Manager for Turner Industries South Texas and a UIL Texas Wrestling Official.
"My time at Hamlin Middle School and Ray High School helped shape me into the person I am today. I was fortunate to have incredible mentors who saw potential in me even when I struggled to see it in myself. I was also blessed to have a second father figure in my wrestling coach, Coach Ed Arvin. Coach Arvin instilled in all of us the importance of doing the right thing—even when no one is watching—and taught us to always keep pushing the pace."
Are you a proud graduate of Corpus Christi ISD? ✏️ Please take a moment to fill out the alumni form: https://bit.ly/44xNm0t
'Tis the season to support CCISD students! ❄️🎁
Stop and shop at the 2nd Annual CTE Holiday Market on Dec. 11 at the Mary Carroll High School Arena. Find gifts created by our CCISD Career & Technical Education students. We can't wait to see everyone there!
Stop and shop at the 2nd Annual CTE Holiday Market on Dec. 11 at the Mary Carroll High School Arena. Find gifts created by our CCISD Career & Technical Education students. We can't wait to see everyone there!
Chromebook Tips for CCISD Parents! 💻
Through CCISD’s 1 to 1 for Everyone program, students in grades 3–12 have access to Chromebooks for learning in class and at home. Parents, here are a few tips to help your student make the most of their device.
Through CCISD’s 1 to 1 for Everyone program, students in grades 3–12 have access to Chromebooks for learning in class and at home. Parents, here are a few tips to help your student make the most of their device.
🎓✨ 2026 graduation dates are here! 🎓✨
We can’t wait to celebrate the Class of 2026 as they walk the stage and begin their next chapter.
We can’t wait to celebrate the Class of 2026 as they walk the stage and begin their next chapter.
📣 Join us for the 2025 CCISD Cheer Showcase as all six of our high school cheer teams hit the floor for a night of energy, talent and school pride! 📣
📅 December 17
🕠 Doors open at 6 p.m. Showcase begins at 6:30 p.m.
📍 Veterans Memorial High School Main Gym
Come out to support our teams and help us celebrate the incredible student-athletes who bring the spirit to CCISD all year long! Which team will you be cheering for?👏📣
📅 December 17
🕠 Doors open at 6 p.m. Showcase begins at 6:30 p.m.
📍 Veterans Memorial High School Main Gym
Come out to support our teams and help us celebrate the incredible student-athletes who bring the spirit to CCISD all year long! Which team will you be cheering for?👏📣
All campuses and district offices will be closed Nov. 24-28 for Thanksgiving break.
All campuses and district offices will be closed Nov. 24-28 for Thanksgiving break.
CCISD is bringing the holiday cheer to La Palmera Mall! ❄️⛄
Join us Dec. 6, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. for music, art, Pre-K info, program demos and more!
Join us Dec. 6, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. for music, art, Pre-K info, program demos and more!
📣 Join us for the 2025 CCISD Cheer Showcase as all six of our high school cheer teams hit the floor for a night of energy, talent and school pride! 📣
📅 December 17
🕠 Doors open at 6 p.m. Showcase begins at 6:30 p.m.
📍 Veterans Memorial High School Main Gym
Come out to support our teams and help us celebrate the incredible student-athletes who bring the spirit to CCISD all year long! Which team will you be cheering for?👏📣
📅 December 17
🕠 Doors open at 6 p.m. Showcase begins at 6:30 p.m.
📍 Veterans Memorial High School Main Gym
Come out to support our teams and help us celebrate the incredible student-athletes who bring the spirit to CCISD all year long! Which team will you be cheering for?👏📣
CCISD’s Ray High School athletic coordinator, head coach announces retirement
After 11 years of service to the district, Craig Charlton, athletic coordinator and head football coach for W.B. Ray High School, has announced his retirement, effective in December.
Charlton joined Corpus Christi ISD during the 2014-2015 school year, following 21 years of teaching and coaching in other districts. His record with the Texans is 40-74, including three trips to the playoffs. In 2018, the Texans celebrated a bi-district victory.
“Coach Charlton demonstrated exemplary devotion to his Texan athletes, developing them to be fine competitors on the field as well as teaching them to apply their experience to learn maturity and goal-setting skills that will serve them for a lifetime,“ said Superintendent Dr. Roland Hernandez. “We are grateful for his dedication to Ray, to our district and to the greater coaching community. We wish him and his family the very best.”
All CCISD schools and district offices are closed Nov. 24-28 for the annual Thanksgiving Break, with classes resuming Monday, Dec. 1.
After 11 years of service to the district, Craig Charlton, athletic coordinator and head football coach for W.B. Ray High School, has announced his retirement, effective in December.
Charlton joined Corpus Christi ISD during the 2014-2015 school year, following 21 years of teaching and coaching in other districts. His record with the Texans is 40-74, including three trips to the playoffs. In 2018, the Texans celebrated a bi-district victory.
“Coach Charlton demonstrated exemplary devotion to his Texan athletes, developing them to be fine competitors on the field as well as teaching them to apply their experience to learn maturity and goal-setting skills that will serve them for a lifetime,“ said Superintendent Dr. Roland Hernandez. “We are grateful for his dedication to Ray, to our district and to the greater coaching community. We wish him and his family the very best.”
All CCISD schools and district offices are closed Nov. 24-28 for the annual Thanksgiving Break, with classes resuming Monday, Dec. 1.
Happy National Substitute Professionals Day!🍎
To all of our substitutes, thank you. You support our teachers, guide our students and help our schools continue to shine. We are grateful for all you do. 🍎
To all of our substitutes, thank you. You support our teachers, guide our students and help our schools continue to shine. We are grateful for all you do. 🍎
CCISD’s Carroll HS principal to relocate, interim leader named
Robert Arredondo, a Mary Carroll High School graduate who has been the school’s principal since 2021, has accepted a position with a district outside the area and has announced his mid-December departure. During his time with the district, Arredondo also served as principal of Dawson Elementary School and dean at Veterans Memorial High School. He is currently pursuing an Ed.D. at the University of Texas at Austin.
“Mr. Arredondo comes from an esteemed family of educators with a long history of service to our district,” said Superintendent Dr. Roland Hernandez. “We thank him for his enthusiastic devotion to our district and wish him the very best in this next stage of his education career.”
Russell Whitehead will serve as interim principal, effective in January 2026. Mr. Whitehead, a substitute administrator, has extensive experience in Corpus Christi ISD, including service as a middle school principal as well as a substitute administrator at all levels.
The district will post the position for a permanent leader, to be named in time for the 2026-2027 school year.
“Mary Carroll High School will be in good hands with their strong, existing campus leadership team and with Mr. Whitehead, a respected leader who has thorough familiarity with our district,” Hernandez said. “We look forward to a great spring semester for our Tigers.”
All CCISD schools and district offices are closed Nov. 24-28 for the annual Thanksgiving Break, with classes resuming Monday, Dec. 1.
Robert Arredondo, a Mary Carroll High School graduate who has been the school’s principal since 2021, has accepted a position with a district outside the area and has announced his mid-December departure. During his time with the district, Arredondo also served as principal of Dawson Elementary School and dean at Veterans Memorial High School. He is currently pursuing an Ed.D. at the University of Texas at Austin.
“Mr. Arredondo comes from an esteemed family of educators with a long history of service to our district,” said Superintendent Dr. Roland Hernandez. “We thank him for his enthusiastic devotion to our district and wish him the very best in this next stage of his education career.”
Russell Whitehead will serve as interim principal, effective in January 2026. Mr. Whitehead, a substitute administrator, has extensive experience in Corpus Christi ISD, including service as a middle school principal as well as a substitute administrator at all levels.
The district will post the position for a permanent leader, to be named in time for the 2026-2027 school year.
“Mary Carroll High School will be in good hands with their strong, existing campus leadership team and with Mr. Whitehead, a respected leader who has thorough familiarity with our district,” Hernandez said. “We look forward to a great spring semester for our Tigers.”
All CCISD schools and district offices are closed Nov. 24-28 for the annual Thanksgiving Break, with classes resuming Monday, Dec. 1.
Alis Martinez stood in front of her classmates on Friday morning as her teacher pinned a red heart on her shirt, a pin that recognized her heroic efforts in saving a young boy’s life.
She recounted the experience to her classmates just before receiving the Life Saver Award and a plaque.
Alis, a junior at Carroll High School, received the honor after saving a 10-year-old boy from a medical emergency at a restaurant where she works.
On that day, the boy’s mom asked Alis to check on her son. Alis assessed the boy, checked his pulse, and found he was not breathing.
“I started doing the chest compressions,” she said. “I did that for a good five to 10 minutes. They asked how I knew all that, and I said from the health program at my school.”
Alis had become CPR certified just the week before the incident.
The boy made a full recovery. Alis credited her teacher, Casey Pyle, for teaching her what she needed to know to save the boy.
“It makes you feel like what you do makes a difference,” Mr. Pyle said. “In this case, what we learn in the classroom saved a little kiddos’ life.”
Pyle, who has been with CCISD for 15 years, started the Health Science program at Carroll High School nine years ago. This is the second time one of his students has performed CPR to help save someone’s life.
“It’s a big deal. She said, ‘That’s what I’m supposed to do. I was there. I know it, I should save a life,’” Pyle said. “That’s exactly how it should be. But on our side, we should celebrate her. Because she did something that shows she has learned something and is impacting those around her.”
Six seniors also received the Life Saver pin, as they were instrumental in teaching her CPR.
More photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tR7kSvdkrwKrJ4MC_Iq8LmKJA96zZAzh?usp=sharing
Learn more about CCISD CTE programs online: https://www.ccisd.us/page/career-and-technical-education-cte
She recounted the experience to her classmates just before receiving the Life Saver Award and a plaque.
Alis, a junior at Carroll High School, received the honor after saving a 10-year-old boy from a medical emergency at a restaurant where she works.
On that day, the boy’s mom asked Alis to check on her son. Alis assessed the boy, checked his pulse, and found he was not breathing.
“I started doing the chest compressions,” she said. “I did that for a good five to 10 minutes. They asked how I knew all that, and I said from the health program at my school.”
Alis had become CPR certified just the week before the incident.
The boy made a full recovery. Alis credited her teacher, Casey Pyle, for teaching her what she needed to know to save the boy.
“It makes you feel like what you do makes a difference,” Mr. Pyle said. “In this case, what we learn in the classroom saved a little kiddos’ life.”
Pyle, who has been with CCISD for 15 years, started the Health Science program at Carroll High School nine years ago. This is the second time one of his students has performed CPR to help save someone’s life.
“It’s a big deal. She said, ‘That’s what I’m supposed to do. I was there. I know it, I should save a life,’” Pyle said. “That’s exactly how it should be. But on our side, we should celebrate her. Because she did something that shows she has learned something and is impacting those around her.”
Six seniors also received the Life Saver pin, as they were instrumental in teaching her CPR.
More photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tR7kSvdkrwKrJ4MC_Iq8LmKJA96zZAzh?usp=sharing
Learn more about CCISD CTE programs online: https://www.ccisd.us/page/career-and-technical-education-cte
All campuses and district offices will be closed Nov. 24-28 for Thanksgiving break.
