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News image University of Houston's Think Tank 2019 Won by Village School Junior - university-of-houstons-think-tank-2019-won-by-village-school-junior News | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
University of Houston's Think Tank 2019 Won by Village School Junior
Junior Aaryan P.’s pitch of his fully-functioning business Tide Media won first place at The UH Bauer College of Business’s 2019 pitching competition.
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News image Jada Malone ALL-VYPE Private School Women's Basketball Player of the Year - jada-malone-all-vype-private-school-womens-basketball-player-of-the-year News | athletics | High School
Jada Malone ALL-VYPE Private School Women's Basketball Player of the Year
The Village School's Jada Malone (10th grade) was recently named ALL-VYPE Private School Women's Basketball Player of the Year. She also earned District MVP and 1st Team All-State for a Lady Vikings basketball team that finished with a school record 39 wins and runner-up in the TAPPS 6A state championship game. She was the team leader in points, rebounds, blocks and field goal percentage, setting numerous school records along the way.
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News image Student Accepted Into Medical Program | The Village School - student-accepted-into-competitive-dual-bs-do-medical-program News | highschool | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Student Accepted into Competitive Dual B.S./D.O. Medical Program
Class of 2019 Senior Sharan S. was recently accepted into a highly competitive B.S./D.O. Program at Nova Southeastern University (NSU). Out of 8,000 applications, 800 were called to attend and interview on-campus at the NSU's Shark Preview Weekend. There were only 80 spots available for the medical school and Sharan was one of two participants accepted from the state of Texas.
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News image 10th grade Entrepreneurs Take 2nd Place at The University of St. Thomas Pitching Competition - 10th-grade-entrepreneurs-take-2nd-place-at-the-university-of-st-thomas-pitching-competition News | highschool | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
10th grade Entrepreneurs Take 2nd Place at The University of St. Thomas Pitching Competition
At this weekend's University of St. Thomas Bold Ideas Pitching Competition, three Village School 10th graders won 2nd place. Vivian T.'s project took 2nd place for Entrepreneurship and Mariela A. and Beatriz D won 2nd Place in Social Entrepreneurship for their business idea. We had a total of 65 STEAM Superhero product models/prototypes developed and presented by our high school students, competing against 19 college teams.
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News image Village School MUN Team Travels to Doha, Qatar for THIMUN - village-school-mun-team-travels-to-doha-qatar-for-thimun News | highschool | High School
Village School MUN Team Travels to Doha, Qatar for THIMUN
THIMUN, The Hague International Model United Nations, is the largest international MUN conference held each year in 3 locations, The Hague, Singapore and Doha. The Village High School MUN team has worked extremely hard these past few years to be recognized as one of the top 25 MUN High School teams in the nation. Our team decided to push themselves even further this year by attending the THIMUN conference in Doha Qatar, January 23th - 25th. There were over 1600 students from around the world that participated and the students were so excited to have this opportunity.
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News image Entrepreneurship Student Honored at Luncheon - entrepreneurship-student-honored-at-luncheon News | highschool | High School
Entrepreneurship Student Honored at Luncheon
Zoe Lalji is being honored for her work in launching and leading the Lalji ALS Foundation and ALS Heroes. She was recognized January 12 at The Mad Hatter’s Luncheon, a Houston fundraising event hosted by Le Jardin de Nicole, and spoke about her business experiences so far.
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News image Student Place in First Ever TAPPS Fall Photo Contest - student-place-in-first-ever-tapps-fall-photo-contest News | highschool | High School
Student Place in First Ever TAPPS Fall Photo Contest
High School students competed in the first ever TAPPS Fall Photo Contest and saw incredible success. Five students placed and one was select as Best in Class for the 6A Division. Winners are as follows.
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News image Students Intern with Houston Fashion Designer - students-intern-with-houston-fashion-designer Blog | highschool | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Students Intern with Houston Fashion Designer
Two of our own Village School Entrepreneurship Diploma students, Hajra A. and Kurumi T., had the unique opportunity to intern for critically acclaimed Houston fashion designer, Danny Ngyuen Couture and assist with his most recent fashion show fresh off the Paris runway. From seating arrangement design to readying the models to walk the runway, the students experienced first-hand the behind the scenes work and preparation required to execute such a premier event.
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News image Model United Nations team brings home awards from Austin - model-united-nations-team-brings-home-awards-from-austin Blog | highschool | featured | High School
Model United Nations team brings home awards from Austin
The Village School Model United Nations team competed in the Central Texas Model United Nations (CTMUN) conference in Austin Nov. 10.  They were awarded Best Large School Delegation as well as a multitude of individual awards.
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News image Entrepreneurship Student Receives Award for Innovative Business Solution - entrepreneurship-student-receives-award-for-innovative-business-solution Blog | highschool | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Entrepreneurship Student Receives Award for Innovative Business Solution
Entrepreneurship student, Divyesh K. attended the University of Houston's’ EXPLORE Business Summer Institute hosted by the Bauer College of Business this summer and received second place for his teams innovative business solution.
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News image Student Brings Home Purdue PREFACE Honors - student-brings-home-purdue-preface-honors Blog | highschool | athletics | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Student Brings Home Purdue PREFACE Honors
Student-athlete Ashley Turnage attended the Purdue University PREFACE Engineering program this summer and returned home with 4 Top Honors.
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News image UNICEF Global Goals Student Summit - unicef-global-goals-student-summit Blog | featured | Global Campus | High School | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide | Village In The Press
UNICEF Global Goals Student Summit
In collaboration with UNICEF, secondary school students from Nord Anglia Education, the world’s leading premium schools organization, have converged in New York City for seminars, debates and speaking opportunities, including presentations at the High-Level Political Forum at the Headquarters of United Nations.
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News image Class of 2018 IB Scores - class-of-2018-ib-scores Blog | highschool | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article | School Wide
Class of 2018 IB Scores
The Village School is proud to announce that students achieved strong results in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for the 2017/18 academic school year. Village high school student Angela Z. scored 44 out of 45 points, which is the highest in Village history. Alex L. also had a high score of 43 out of 45 points. Below are a few other highlights:
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News image Students Place in State TPSMEA Solo and Ensemble Competition - students-place-in-state-tpsmea-solo-and-ensemble-competition Blog | finearts | featured | Fine Arts | High School | Middle School
Students Place in State TPSMEA Solo and Ensemble Competition
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.
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News image Thirds Annual VESPYS Awards - thirds-annual-vespys-awards Blog | athletics | High School | Middle School
Thirds Annual VESPYS Awards
The VESPYS athletic banquet has become a unique tradition at The Village School. This event is hosted by our athletic department each May and it is a fun way to celebrate all of the team and individual accomplishments and recognitions that we achieved this year.
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News image Student selected for U17 USA Basketball Team Trials - student-selected-for-u17-usa-basketball-team-trials Blog | athletics | featured | High School | Homepage Featured Article
Student selected for U17 USA Basketball Team Trials
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
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News image Sweeping Success at TPSMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest - sweeping-success-at-tpsmea-solo-and-ensemble-contest Blog | finearts | Elementary | featured | Fine Arts | High School | Homepage Featured Article | Middle School
Sweeping Success at TPSMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest
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.
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News image Vikings Spirit Dance Team brings home first place - vikings-spirit-dance-team-brings-home-first-place Blog | athletics | featured | High School
Vikings Spirit Dance Team brings home first place
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.
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News image Village Athlete Named VYPE Private School Hooper of the Year 2018 - village-athlete-named-vype-private-school-hooper-of-the-year-2018 Blog | athletics | High School | Village In The Press
Village Athlete Named VYPE Private School Hooper of the Year 2018
Village Basketball player Nestor D. was named VYPE Private School Boys Hooper of the Year for his impressive performance in his senior season. Nestor was elected by popular poll and chosen over numerous other contenders.
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