Under the new initiative, HISD will allow non-profit organizations to run four high schools they say are top-performing, ...

Established in 1971, Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is a fully accredited high school that specializes in rigorous training in the arts. Kinder HSPVA prepares young artists for ...

Five outside nonprofits are seeking to manage several top Houston ISD's schools in the 2026-27 school year. Here's what to ...

A new book out this month celebrates 50 years of HSPVA – the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. It’s called HSPVA at 50: A Unique History. Amy Evans graduated in 1989 from HSPVA ...

(L-R) Alene Coggin, executive director of HSPVA Friends, poses with principal Scott Allen, and Aaron Moss and Ashley Rhodes of McCarthy Building Companies Inc. inside the new HSPVA campus, being ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A talented student from Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is headed to Hollywood! Douglas Mills Jr. wowed the American Idol judges over the weekend. But ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A standout senior at Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts will soon meet the American Idol judges. Douglas Mills, an 18-year-old vocal student, got the ...

The Kinder HSPVA student left the judges speechless Sunday night when he auditioned with Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit." Mills, 18, told them he came "all the way from H-town" for his chance at the ...

DeLenn Maples has known of Houston ISD’s Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts since she worked as a high school dance teacher in Missouri 24 years ago. The renowned, selective campus ...

Kinder HSPVA’s Encore 50 invites audiences of all ages to join the party as Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts celebrates 50 years of excellence. Students will share selections ...

HOUSTON — DocFest was created in 2013 by Chris Walker and Ashley (Tamar) Davis, both alumni of Houston's Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), to honor the career of Robert "Doc" ...