Finding ‘The Right Mix’

Challenges are found in all professions. In education, it can be hard to find a common ground between parents, students and co-workers. Recently, Spring Branch ISD set out on a quest for “The Right Mix” to build lasting professional and courtesy-infused relationships by teaching employees how to combine vinegar and oil into a tasty vinaigrette  dressing with the...

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Not a Luck(y) Day

Stratford High School graduate and valedictorian Andrew Luck endured five sacks and a clear 29-17 defeat Sunday as the on-a-roll Houston Texans gained a second consecutive AFC South title. For at his family, friends and coaches in Reliant Stadium on Sunday, Texans fever wasn’t the biggest draw, but rather Indianapolis Colts’ rookie quarterback Luck. Sunday’s game was...

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Little Readers, Big Texans

Houston Texans fever hit Woodview Elementary School on Tuesday as team free safety Glover Quin read aloud stories to third- and fourth-graders and encouraged them to focus on education and being successful in school. The Texans, who are 11-1, have already secured a spot in the playoffs. On Monday night, they will be tested when the team travels to New England to face...

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Community Education: Register Now!

Register now for SBISD Community Education’s roster of Spring 2013 classes. You can enroll and register online, by mail or in person. Classes will begin Feb. 4, 2013. What’s new in our Community Education classrooms? Check out the courses on computer use and software, bankruptcy and legal rights, dance, arts and crafts, design, sewing and English as a Second Language,...

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Stars in the Classroom

Eleventh-grader Brenda Nunez at Spring Woods High School wrote four short paragraphs about debate and speech teacher Vicky Beard, then submitted her nomination to area First Community Credit Union and its Stars in the Classroom program for exceptional educators. “From encouraging us to attend college and leading our debate team to success, to simply being a second mother...

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Christmas in the Park

Eighteen students with the Spring Woods High School Chorale performed recently during the Christmas in the Park community celebration held at Spring Branch Presbyterian Church. The student chorale sang five seasonal carols a cappella for a large crowd. The church and Village park are located at 1215 Campbell Road. “It was inspiring to hear a tight-knit group of choristers...

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More than 500 district students recognized by College Board

The College Board has recognized 511 Spring Branch ISD high school graduates and students that together earned 555 separate Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar Awards. The students were honored for high scores on numerous Advanced Placement Exams administered during the 2011-2012 school year. Students in the Classes of 2012, 2013 and 2014 (May graduates, current seniors...

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Toy Drive Gets Results

Spring Branch Community Health Center (SBCHC) distributed more than 350 toys on Dec. 19 to students at The Lion Lane School for the third year in a row. SBCHC has partnered with GE Oil & Gas, Community Health Choice, (CHC), and SBISD for several years now to provide holiday gifts to two area preschool centers, Lion Lane and Tiger Trail Schools for Early Learning. ...

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IB Science News

International Baccalaureate (IB) students in the 11th and 12th grade program at Westchester Academy for International Studies (WAIS) presented special group projects in science to the entire school earlier this year. Known as the Group 4 Project, the student presentations are a huge undertaking that all WAIS IB Science students complete once in their two years of the...

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Summer in France

The director of National Geographic Student Expeditions will speak three separate times on Friday morning, Jan. 11, 2013, at Memorial High School about group’s summertime Europe travel program. A Houston trip to France with Spring Branch ISD is planned, organizers say. Director Jeff Shumlin will speak in the high school auditorium about the Houston-SBISD trip and about...

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Making Toyland Real

Hundreds of Memorial Middle School students responded to class requests for children’s toys to help make the lives of those less fortunate brighter this time of year.   In all, about 500 toys were delivered to the Houston-based Good Neighbor Program for delivery on Saturday, Dec. 22, to a local apartment housing complex. All children’s toys will be distributed...

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