Spring Branch ISD names new Spring Woods High School principal

Jennifer Parker has been named as the new principal at Spring Woods High School. She has 23 years in Texas education, including 17 years in campus leadership or teaching in Spring Branch ISD. Jennifer earned her bachelor’s degree from Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. She also holds a master’s degree from the University of St. Thomas. She began her...

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Spring Branch ISD names new Spring Oaks Middle School principal

Paul Suess has been named as the new principal at Spring Oaks Middle School. He has 16 years in Texas education, including 15 years in Spring Branch ISD. A University of Houston graduate who traveled widely growing up in a military family, Paul has taught at Spring Woods Middle School and coached and taught at Stratford High School. Since 2004, he has served four years...

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Spring Branch ISD names new Pine Shadows Elementary principal

Joyce Olson has been named as the new principal at Pine Shadows Elementary School. She has 37 years in education including 32 years in Texas and 8 years in Spring Branch ISD. After graduation from George Williams College in Downers Grove, Ill., Joyce began her career in education as a teacher in Iron River, Mich. After moving to Texas in 1979, she was employed at Kingwood...

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Spring Branch ISD names new Meadow Wood Elementary principal

Pamela Redd has been named as the new principal at Meadow Wood Elementary School. She has 25 years in education, most recently serving as elementary principal in Cypress Fairbanks ISD for the past six years. After graduation from Houston Baptist University, she began her career which has included 10 years in Houston ISD, one year at St. John’s School, and 14 years in...

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Spring Branch ISD names new Hunters Creek Elementary principal

Robye Snyder has been named as the new principal at Hunters Creek Elementary School. She has 34 years in education including 24 years in Spring Branch ISD. From her perspective, Robye began her long career in education as a first-grade student in SBISD. She attended elementary, middle and high school in Spring Branch, graduating from Memorial High School. Her enriching...

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Spring Branch ISD names new Memorial Drive Elementary principal

Jennifer Jordan has been named as the new principal at Memorial Drive Elementary School. She has 24 years in Texas education, all in Spring Branch ISD. A Colorado native, she fell in love with Houston while attending Rice University, where she decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps and be an educator. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree, Jennifer spent a...

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Aug. 16 Scheduled Network Maintenance - Potential for Limited Access and Service Outage

Please note: SBISD will be performing scheduled maintenance to the District network on Friday, August 16.  (6p.m. - 11 p.m.) During this maintenance window users will experience outages in access to Skyward, Eduphoria, eMail, and all content on district and campus websites.  This includes the Online Student Registration/Back to School Forms section of the SBISD...

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Spring Branch ISD names new Edgewood Elementary principal

Vivian Pratts has been named as the new principal at Edgewood Elementary School. She has 24 years in education including 10 years in Spring Branch ISD. After graduation from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, she began her education career in 1989 as a teacher at Johnson Elementary in Aldine ISD. After working as a skills specialist, she was named an assistant principal...

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Spring Branch ISD names director at district’s charter Westchester Academy for International Studies middle and high school campus

Jennifer Collier has been named as the new school director at Westchester Academy for International Studies, or WAIS. Westchester Academy is the district public charter school serving grades six to 12. WAIS offers the International Baccalaureate degree program to high school students. A native of Port Neches, Texas, Jennifer earned a bachelor’s degree in music education...

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Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy

Thornwood Elementary School teacher Mario Romero attended the Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy in Jersey City, N.J., the summer. This weeklong professional development session was held from July 21-26 and was designed especially for third- through fifth-grade teachers. The academy helps teachers motivate students in science, technology, engineering and math learning...

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Memorial High student video wins Mayor’s Award

Memorial High School students Justin Lee and Sarah Kate Thomas were honored at City Hall earlier this summer for their award-winning video for “It Can Wait, Houston,” an no-texting while driving message campaign that is supported by Mayor Annise Parker. The two students won second place for the video. Lee, a rising senior, and Thomas, a rising junior, both serve on the...

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Agricultural Science Awards

Spring Branch ISD’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) program, FFA alumni group and administration at the Guthrie Center earned awards during a recent Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas (VATAT) meeting held July 29 to Aug. 2 in Corpus Christi. Recognitions and honors for the SBISD program included: The 2013 VATAT Outstanding Cooperation Award was...

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Summer Bridge Program freezes “Summer Melt” in college-going rate

Northbrook High School graduate Cindy Ramos earned six college credits earlier this summer in a grant-funded program held at her former school. Today, she thinks like a college student rather than an excuses-ready teenager. “In college, there is a deadline and the assignment is due that day. You don’t have the option of a next day. You can’t forget! I learned new things...

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Dog Show Art Award Winners

Twenty young artists from Memorial High returned from this summer’s student show at the Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows with ribbons and awards, including both Best of Show and Best of Grade awards for junior Seoyoung Kim. Click here to view student artwork. The 36th annual Reliant Park Dog Show was held July 17-19. It is considered Houston’s premier canine event...

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Communications and Community Relations staff earns nine national awards

Spring Branch ISD’s Communications and Community Relations departments have won nine awards for public relations programs, print/electronic publications and for related media following recent judging by the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA). The national-level communications and public relations awards are the latest recognitions to be received by...

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USTA Tennis program nets Spring Branch ISD youth interest

More than 50 students from three elementary schools and one middle school picked up modified tennis rackets and learned how to serve and volley tennis balls, keep scores, and have fun on the tennis court under a United States Tennis Association (USTA) program in Spring Branch ISD. The first-ever, pilot youth tennis programs at Pine Shadows, Shadow Oaks and Westwood elementary...

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Spring Woods High Debate Team makes history

Debaters from Spring Woods High School made history this summer as graduating senior Waaris Mohammad placed near the top among student debaters nationally in Congressional Debate and the Spring Woods High team qualified as a Top 20 team and earned the School of Excellence Award. In addition to Spring Woods High, Memorial High’s Debate Team qualified a cross-examination...

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Seven educators enrolled in Rice’s REEP program

Seven educators and principals in Spring Branch ISD are currently enrolled as fellows in Rice University’s Education Entrepreneurship Program (REEP). As a part of this program, they attended Summer Institute classes there. The REEP Business Fellowship for School Leaders is a one-year business training program designed for kindergarten through 12th-grade educators that...

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Vietnamese-American graduates honored

Three Spring Branch ISD valedictorians and one salutatorian were honored recently during an annual Vietnamese-American luncheon. A Westchester Academy for International Studies graduate was also awarded a special scholarship. Honored at the Vietnamese-American Youth Excellence Luncheon held at Kim Son Bellaire Ballroom were 23 regional high school valedictorians and...

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Memorial-Spring Branch Rotary Club Scholarships

The Memorial-Spring Branch Rotary Club has awarded scholarships totaling $29,000 to recent graduates at five Spring Branch ISD high schools. Rotary Club 2014-15 President-elect Sheila Franklin reports that Rotarians plan to keep in close contact with the scholarship recipients through personal contacts and social media networks to support the goals of all the young graduates...

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Meet Nottingham Elementary School Principal Roy Moore

Roy Moore was named the new principal at Nottingham Elementary School in 2012. He has 13 years of experience in Texas education including six years as a principal and assistant principal. A native of Groesbeck, Texas, Roy first earned an associate’s degree from Navarro College in Corsicana and a 1999 bachelor of science degree from Sam Houston State University based in...

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Spring Branch ISD School for Highly Gifted Students director named

Lynda Maxwell has been named the inaugural director of the Spring Branch ISD School for Highly Gifted Students, a program designed for highly, exceptionally and profoundly gifted students. The new school opens August 26 with 36 kindergarten through fourth-grade students enrolled. The SBISD School for Highly Gifted Students will be housed at Valley Oaks Elementary School....

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Spring Branch ISD receives Met Standard rating

Spring Branch ISD and all of its schools but one received positive ratings of “Met Standard” under the 2013 state accountability results released recently by the Texas Education Agency. Under the state’s new academic accountability system, the performance of school districts and campuses is either rated “Met Standard” or “Improvement Required.” Forty-five out of 46...

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