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Two middle school students placed in the National Speech and Debate Association tournament June 23, 2018. Aditi R. took second place for informative speaking and Kahani M. took fourth place for declamation and sixth place in Oratory speaking.

Six Village School middle and high school students placed in the Texas Private School Music Educators Association​ ​Instrumental State Solo & Ensemble Competition at the ​Bishop Dunne Catholic School in Dallas May 26.

The Village School BioQuattuor team won first place in the national Thomas Edison Pitch Contest against more than 50 middle school teams. They presented their sweat-powered insulin nanobot prototype to the panel of judges May 17 via a video conference and have been awarded a 3D printer for the school as well as individual gift cards.

Freshman, Jada M. was selected to attend the U17 USA Basketball Team Trials and will compete against 115 players nationwide for a spot on the U17 USA Basketball National Tea

Over 100 students from private schools from the South Texas Region met on April 14th at St. Thomas Catholic High School. Village had 36 students in 38 solo and 1 ensemble string and piano entries. 28 Village students received high honors. Seven solo student entries performed a level one piece (the highest classification of the UIL Prescribed Music List) and received a superior rating, making them eligible to advance to the State Round of the contest.

Middle School Students Place in Houston Art Car Parade

Nord Anglia Education schools are taking action to make the world a safer and healthier place, but we need your help!

Eighth grade language arts students honored victims of the Holocaust in a STEAM project unlike any other. Students selected items that reflected the memories and lives of those lost and began a crystallization process to preserve and transform them using Borax and water. Students then worked to curate the exhibit and write memoirs from the point of the view of their selected items.

The Vikings Spirit Dance Team participated in their first competition at the Houston regional groove competition March 23- 25 against 500 other routines. Viking Spirit Dancers competed in the senior large group novice level, and received a High Gold, 1st place award in the large group senior "pom" division, and a 1st place overall in the senior large group division.

The Village School was well represented at the District PSIA meet March 3, 2018 with a total of 58 individual awards. Our Village team of combined elementary and middle school students came in 2nd place with a total of 30 State Qualifiers. Our elementary students (which includes 5th grade) came in 1st for the team.

We enjoyed afternoon tea at The Langham while raising funds for community service.

Nord Anglia University Connect-ed Newsletter March 2018

The Village High School received the Highest Distinction Award at the National High School MUN Conference held March 2nd - 5th in NYC.

We applaud the results of their first competition!

Wow! Students achieved incredible results at five recent math competitions.

Flutronix led music workshops, performed, and sat down for this interview with Casey in Year 7.

The middle school One Act Play team competed at the PSIA One Act Play competition at Foster High School February 23 with their performance of The Curious Savage. The performance placed second in the competition and multiple cast members won individual awards.

Students baked cookies for families at Ronald McDonald House.

The Village School, in collaboration with ExxonMobil, Houston Methodist and NASA, recently finalized and outlined the details for the second Pumps and Pipes Summer STEAM Academy. The academy is a four-week summer academy level program designed for high school students (rising 9th through 12th graders) who are interested in pursuing further study in an interdisciplinary approach to science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). This is a selective program that requires that students have a working knowledge of at least Algebra 1 and a basic to advanced knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology.

We discovered the incredible dance, music and culture of West Africa.