Hempstead ISD offers career and technical education programs in business, management and administration; accounting; agriculture, food and natural resources; career preparation, culinary arts, cosmetology, floral design; computer automated drawing (CAD); human services; manufacturing and welding; health science; and information technology. Admission to these programs is based on student interest, age, and grade requirements specified by TEA as well as availability and teacher recommendation.

Please click here to learn about endorsements and the graduation toolkit.

Our High School students have the ability to receive a certificate or license in the following programs (with teacher listed): 

• Texas State Foral 1 & 2 (Shelby Spiess)
• Microsoft Office Specialist- Excel/Word (Autumn Florus)
• Pharmacy Tech (Bobbie Ryan)
• ServSafe Food Handler & ServSafe Manager (Timothy Ryan)
• American Welding Society D.1.1 Structure Steel Welding (Todd Thiel)
• Google Suite Certified User (Wendy Fausset)
• Adobe Cloud (Freddy Arteaga)​