Advanced Academics

Hooked by young genius! 🌟✨ Pasadena ISD’s Gifted & Talented Showcase at J. Frank Dobie HS (May 13, 2026) brought together 500 students, nearly 300 projects, and the pride of 57 schools — and the community showed up in force! Huge thanks to Dobie High School and our Advanced Academics team for making it possible. 🙌

Swipe through the brilliance → every project showed curiosity, research, and creativity. What kind of student project inspires you most? Pasadena Independent School District

Celebrating brilliance! 🎉 Pasadena ISD’s Gifted & Talented Showcase at Dobie HS featured nearly 300 projects from 500 students across 57 schools — thousands inspired. Huge thanks to Dobie HS and our Advanced Academics team! What project would you have loved to see? Pasadena Independent School District

What an incredible day at the PISD year-end chess tournament! ♟️ Thank you to everyone who came to watch, support, and cheer our students — coaches, families, special guests, and staff. Over the year we watched 792 students from 32 campuses (led by 76 dedicated coaches!) grow into confident critical thinkers. The day was full of quiet concentration, big smiles, laughter, relieved coaches, and a few joyful tears. We saw true sportsmanship, wonderful camaraderie, exuberant first-time winners, and gracious runner-ups.

Special thanks to the Thompson Intermediate family (Tanis Griffin, Coach Paul, Coach Montes), our guests Jeremy Richardson, Staci Barber, Traci Powell, Katherine Rearick, Travis Teichelman, Isaac Romero, and everyone who helped run the event — and to the staff who mastered the new software system.

Enjoy the photos when you can — which moment made you smile the most? 😊📸 Pasadena Independent School District