March Volunteer of the Month - Laurie Wendler

Laurie Wendler has been an outstanding volunteer at Hunters Creek Elementary for many years.

She volunteers in many capacities at the campus. She been the chairman of the Hunters Creek Auction and is currently in charge of scheduling all of the front office volunteers.

In addition to creating the weekly front office schedule, Laurie fills in if someone is unable to fulfill their commitment. She has also taken on the duties of overseeing the Hunters Creek Family Fair which is the annual spring carnival that involves numerous hours of planning and work, and is a huge undertaking. Laurie is also chairing the nominating committee for the PTA.

Many of these volunteer duties involve a two year commitment, which she does happily. Laurie’s smiling face and positive attitude are one of the many reasons that Hunters Creek is a wonderful place to volunteer. Hunters Creek is blessed to have an outstanding volunteer like Laurie Wendler, and we are pleased to recognize her as the March Volunteer of the Month for 2013.

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March Employee of the Month - Paul Bryant

The Employee of the Month was announced publicly during this Special Presentation at the March 18, 2013, Board of Trustees Meeting.

We are honored to recognize as our Employee of the Month one of the district’s best for so many years, a dedicated and highly motivated staff member who always has a "Can Do!" attitude about any project or assignment.

Raised in Spring Branch, he is a graduate of Spring Branch High School who started working in the old School Print Shop more than 30 years ago. The Print Shop is long gone, but Mr. Byant is more important than ever. He’s provided superior customer service for three decades, and he is a model for Service First leadership today. He’s always willing to try something new, and he readily accepts the 1,001 projects and urgent requests, as well as "other duties as assigned" tasks, that may be added to his never-ending workload.

Mr. Bryant's personal attention to each and every request he receives from campuses and departments around the district, and his endless patience in the face of new editing or production decisions, new rewrites and short deadlines is never seemingly exhausted. He has a title, but does so many things – handouts, brochures, posters, business cards, photographs, audio recordings, Board Meeting production, camera work and now even video production – he deserves several titles.

In his spare time earlier in his career, he taught chess to students after school at Housman Elementary. As a volunteer, he has been a wonderful role model for our students, encouraging them to think and to use their math skills, and to have fun doing so.

It seems like wherever you go in SBISD, someone knows Mr. Bryant. When people talk about the true heart of Spring Branch ISD, and who Spring Branch is were it to be a living person, this great employee in the SBISD Community Relations/Communications Department would be a top candidate. For these reasons, and for so many more, please join us in honoring Paul Bryant as the district’s March Employee of the Month.

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