Deer Park ISD

Deer Park Elementary fourth-graders presented a talent show for their parents, peers, and teachers this morning, and our photographer was there to capture the show! Great job, fourth-graders! @DPISD_DPE

Congratulations to Deer Park High School’s Overpass group for winning the Junior Achievement Rising Star Award earlier tonight!

We appreciate our school principals every single day, but we especially celebrate them today, May 1, which is National School Principals’ Day! They work 25 hours a day, eight days a week serving our students and community, and we are blessed to have them leading our schools.

The Lady Deer are District Champs! Go Deer!

Deer Park ISD is excited to announce that three of our principals, Heather Dobson, Melissa McCroskey, and Jessica Reyna, were selected to participate in @TheHoldsworthCenter's two-year Campus Leadership Program! #Holdsworth #CampusLeadershipProgram #TexasEducation #PublicSchools

Congratulations to the cast, crew, and directors of @DPISD_SOUTH's One Act Play for advancing to the Area Contest after a strong, first place performance at the Bidistrict competition. The Area Contest is this Saturday, April 11, at San Jacinto College’s Slocomb Auditorium.

Congratulations to the Deer Park Varsity Winter Guard for winning first place at area competition! With this accomplishment, the Varsity Winter Guard has qualified for the TCGC State Championships, which will take place on April 18 in San Marcos. Go Deer!

Congratulations to the Deer Park Indoor Percussion group, which participated in the area competition on Saturday and advanced to state competition! The state competition takes place on April 11 at the Fort Bend County Epicenter, and Deer Park competes at 4:04 p.m. Go Deer!

Thanks to the @DEERPARKTXGOV LEPC for donating 200+ shelter in place backpacks to DPISD. Each backpack contains supplies to help secure exterior classrooms during a chemical emergency. Pemex Deer Park delivered the last group of backpacks to the District.

Congratulations to the cast, crew, and directors of @DPISD_South's One Act Play, Jerusalem. Last night, the group took first place at Zone Contest and advanced to the District competition. The cast and crew members also took home several acting and technical honors. Go Deer!

Get hands-on with coding, chemistry, and competition at the STEAM Expo—a celebration of student innovation you won't want to miss!

Deer Park ISD is adopting a new school time schedule that will provide more flexibility for students and their families. The new schedule will affect school starting and dismissal times for all students and grade levels. For more information, go to dpisd.org/time.

Do you know a Deer Park High School graduate who has made an outstanding contribution to his or her profession or community? The Felton F. Waggoner Hall of Honor is seeking nominations for the Hall’s 2026 induction class. For more details, go to: dpisd.org/hall/.

The annual “Game Against the Seniors” basketball game hosted by Deer Park Special Olympics is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, at Watkins Gym, which is located at @DPISD_South. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the game will start at 6 p.m.! This event is open to the public.

LIMITED OPEN ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN! DPISD is once again offering its successful Limited Open Enrollment program, which allows non-resident students from neighboring areas to apply for enrollment in the District. Details: dpisd.org/loe and dpisd.org/steam

Limited Open Enrollment starts TODAY, March 4, at 4 p.m.! For more details and a link to the enrollment application, go to dpisd.org/loe!

Deer Park ISD is excited to host the 2026 STEAM Expo Join us for the fun from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, at the Deer Park High School-South Campus cafeteria! For more information, see the attached flyer or go to dpisd.org!

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Congratulations to Deer Park ISD’s principals of the year! Heather Dobson was named Elementary Principal of the Year and Amy Russell was named Secondary Principal of the Year. Dobson is principal at @DPISD_DPE, and Russell is principal of @DPISD_FJH .

Join us on Feb. 28 at Dow Park for arts, crafts, face painting, balloon animals and more. Be inspired by DPHS art students as they create chalk art masterpieces in real time. This event is for all ages and is free to the public, so please bring the whole family!