Lydia Croupe, Ed.D.

🎉Shoutout to our📚RAA🇺🇸 @irvingisd Beanstack champs!🏆📚 Top readers are earning prizes, pizza parties, & more!🍕🎁Keep logging those minutes-we’re still pushing toward our 🔟MILLION minute @beanstackapp goal. Every page counts!💙Congrats to @townleytorches for being our🏆campus

It’s MIDDLE SCHOOL TIME! Congratulations to all contenders, but special shoutouts to @Lamar_MS and teacher @AdamRGoebel for their winning entries! #Take6FilmFestival @IrvingISD @iisdCTE

Our STEM Open House at @ES_Farine has officially begun! First up, the 4th grade team exploring things like RVR, Bolt+, and Makey Makey!

TCEA’s Elementary Technology Conference is a great opportunity to meet fellow educators and grow your professional network. Join us June 14–16! 🤝 Learn More: elementary.tcea.org #TCEA #Elementary #ETC #Education

Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek! 🍎 @TCEA is celebrating YOU with a FREE membership! Yes, you read that right. Join May 4-8 only to get free access to all of our innovative educational resources. #TCEA #EdTech #EduTwitter Join Today at ➡️ tcea.org/membership

Our team surprised 3 outstanding @IrvingISD First Class Foundations of Teaching educators today. 🎉Congratulations to our finalists for First Class Teacher of the Year: 🌟Jennifer Morales @KeyesTigerCubs 🌟Kemberly Correa @SamhoustonMS 🌟Mary Molina @SingleyAcademy

Inspired, connected, & grateful after attending @IrvingISD 6th State of the District 💙Hearing powerful stories of achievement & celebrating the impact of our incredible community partners reminds us what’s possible when we work together for our students #ExcellenceinAction

We are ready to recognize our graduating Education & Training students from ⁦@IrvingHigh⁩ ⁦@MacArthurCards⁩ ⁦@NimitzVikings⁩ ⁦@CardwellPrep⁩ . They are the future teachers in ⁦@IrvingISD⁩ 🏫📙🚍💻

Great morning at the @IrvingISD State of the District. Our Blindfold Chess Club students were recognized, and my nephew helped sing the National Anthem. Proud of our students! #IrvingISD

@IrvingISD #StateOfTheDistrict Our students represented @BburgCougars very well. IISD goes the extra mile for students, families & staff! 🎉❤️👏🏽 #ExcellenceInAction

A HUGE shout out to everyone who started Day 2 of #SXSWEDU adapting toys 🧸 with @STEMy_Tigg and me! You are now part of our SWITCHED-ON ⚫️ family, and we can’t wait to hear how you take what you’ve learned and continue to make an impact!

Excellence thrives beyond the classroom! 🎨 Irving ISD educators are showcasing their artistic talents at the Teacher Art Exhibit hosted at the Irving Archives and Museum. From painting to mixed media, this exhibit highlights the creativity and passion our teachers bring both inside and outside the classroom. Stop by and support the talented artists who inspire our students every day. 🖌️ 📍 Irving Archives and Museum 📅 On display through March 29 ⏰ Wednesdays through Saturdays 10 AM-4 PM, Sundays 12-4 PM 🎨 Featuring artwork by Irving ISD educators

This evening, Superintendent @IISDMagdaHdz announced that she will retire in December 2026 after a distinguished 34-year career in public education. By the time of her retirement, she will have served eight years as superintendent of Irving ISD. We are grateful for her leadership and the lasting impact she has made on our students, staff, and community. 💙 See below for a letter from Superintendent Hernández to the Irving ISD community. 📄

Our readers are on fire! 🔥📚 During #ReadAcrossAmerica we’re already halfway to our goal of 10 MILLION minutes logged in @beanstackapp! Every page turned brings us closer—keep reading, @IrvingISD ! 💙

Thank you to our distinguished readers, Eddie Valtierra and Enid Sierra, for sharing their love of reading with Ms. Li and Ms. Molina’s classes! It means so much for our Pandas to hear the joy of reading from members of our district community. @IrvingLibraries #LoveOfReading

Thank you, Dr. Croupe for reading to our kinder friends! #ReadAcrossAmerica @EduCroupe #hanescowboys

We kicked off #ReadAcrossAmerica Week @irvingisd with an inspiring visit from author Leticia Ordaz! 📚✨ She met with our 6th grade girls @LamarMS & @netzeroJMS to talk about the power of finding your sister circle—lifting each other up with support, kindness, & empowerment💞🫶🏽

@IrvingISD @Lamar_MS @netzeroJMS @LeticiaOrdazTV Next stop: @WTHanes Elementary for Kinder storytime! 🦖🧜‍♀️ We read: 📖 Axolotl and Axolittle (Jess Hitchman) 📖 Mermaids are the Worst (Alex Willan) 📖 I Hate Everything (Sophy Henn) Thanks @IrvingLibraries for the invite! Thanks @Hanes_APDaniels for the 📸 2/2

Kicking off #ReadAcrossAmerica week with @IrvingISD! 📚 Started with the Sister Circle events at @Lamar_MS & @netzeroJMS. It was an honor to see our 6th-grade girls engage with @LeticiaOrdazTV and her book Sister Circle. 1/2

Honored to represent @IISD_iLearn during today’s Read Across America author visit with @LeticiaOrdazTV ! Students learned the importance of having and supporting each other as SISTERS!