Early College Program Student Success

Spring Branch ISD has partnered for the past five years with Houston Community College Spring Branch to increase opportunities for high school students to study and earn college-level credits while attending the HCC Spring Branch Campus at Interstate 10 and the West Beltway. Click here to see a photo gallery from the night's presentation >>

During the recent Board of Trustees meeting, HCC Spring Branch President Zachary Hodges, Ed.D., presented certificates of achievement to Early College Program students who earned grade point averages of 3.0 or higher during Early College Program courses.

SBISD students earning Early College Program recognitions: 

George Chambers – Memorial High School
Lawrencia Nkadi – Memorial High School
Mizuka Yasouka – Memorial High School
 Luis Cruz – Northbrook High School
Alejandro Montemayor – Northbrook High School
Amanda Obregon – Northbrook High School
Richard Sun – Northbrook High School
 Mary Brown – Spring Woods High School
Diana Chapa – Spring Woods High School
Michelle Deveau – Spring Woods High School
Makayla Franco – Spring Woods High School
Emerson Hinojosa – Spring Woods High School
Michael Jordan – Spring Woods High School
Morgan Jump – Spring Woods High School
Austin Lee – Spring Woods High School
Cesar Manzaneres – Spring Woods High School
Shannon Olson – Spring Woods High School
Sergio Razo – Spring Woods High School
Jamie Rodriguez – Spring Woods High School
Jordan Sidebottom – Spring Woods High School
Hannah Tarrant – Spring Woods High School
Lauren Vierling – Spring Woods High School

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High School Debate Students Head to National Meets

Sixteen high school debate team students from SBISD were honored during the recently held Board of Trustees regular meeting after qualifying for a national debate competition tournament that will be held later this summer. Click here to see a complete photo gallery from the night's presentation >>

In what is believed to be a first for high school debate teams, students from all four comprehensive SBISD high schools have qualified for national tournaments.

Honored students and the national competition they will attend include: 

Memorial High School (Debate Coach: Cecil Trent) 

Trent McGuinness, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association George Chen, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association Sophie Wilczynski, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association Monica Day, Sophomore – National Speech and Debate Association

Northbrook High School (Debate Coach: Cecilia Smith) 

Isaiah Rodriguez, Senior – National Forensic League Competition

Spring Woods High School (Debate Coach: Victoria Beard) 

Christian Rice, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association, National Catholic Forensic League Avery Reinhard, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association, National Catholic Forensic League Nicole Jackson, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association, National Catholic Forensic League Travis Boyd, Sophomore – National Speech and Debate Association Karesha Bell, Sophomore – National Speech and Debate Association Angel Ramirez, Sophomore – National Speech and Debate Association Christine Vo, Sophomore – National Speech and Debate Association

Stratford High School (Debate Coach: Sharyn Goemmer) 

Aby Brugo, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association Billy Graves, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association Fariha Jawed, Senior – National Speech and Debate Association

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State-level UIL Student Athletes Honored

More than 100 high school student athletes who advanced to state-level UIL 5A and 4A competition during the 2013-2014 school year were honored during the May 19 Board of Trustees monthly meeting.



The Board Meeting was held in the Memorial High School Auditorium to provide seating for student athletes and their families. 

Paige Hershey, the district’s executive director of athletics, introduced the athletes as they were honored and recognized by the Board of Trustees. Click here to see a complete photo gallery from the night's presentation >>

SBISD Athletic State Qualifiers 2013-2014 

Memorial High Girls Cross Country UIL 5A State Qualifiers (Coach Vicki Bevan)
Khayla Patel – 5K Run, 15th Place

Memorial High Girls Track & Field UIL 5A State Qualifiers (Coach Vicki Bevan)
Khayla Patel – 3200 Meter Run, 9th Place

Memorial High Tennis UIL 5A State Finalist (Coaches Budd Booth & Holly Paulk)

Team Tennis members: Elizabeth Bender, Rosalie Caplan, Tadhg Collins, Ian Esses, Samuel Giammalva, Weston Gloger, Meredith Hughes, Weston Gloger, Meredith Hughes, Anthony Huynh, Daniel Jimenez, Avi Rupin Kadakia, Neik Khansari, Rod Khansari, Ciro Lampasas, Austin Marks, Berk Mollaoglu, Haluki Nakayama, Emily Neyland, Nousha Nowamooz, Maxwell Palmer, Camila Perez, Quashi Phillips, Maya Prakash, Melissa Putterman, Lauren Riechmann, Parker Siller, Juam Pablo Urrutia Coufal, James Whitehead, Thomas Whitehead, Candice Wright, Courtney Wright, Angela Zhang

Memorial High Tennis UIL 5A State Qualifiers (Coaches Budd Booth & Holly Paulk) 

Spring Tennis: Boys 5A Doubles State Champions – Samuel Giammalva and Ciro Lampasas Girls 5A Doubles State Finalist – Nousha Nowamooz and Courtney Wright Mixed 5A Double State Quarter-Finalist – Meredith Hughes and Maxwell Palmer

Memorial High Swimming & Diving UIL 5A State Qualifiers (Coaches Jason Mauss & Justin Schreer)

Girls Team – 8th in State 
Boys Team – 28th in State 

Student Athletes: Alex Buscher – 200 Free, State Champion & 100 Freestyle, 2nd Place Briana Burns – 100 Breaststroke, 3rd Place, and 200 Medley, 7th Place Nikki Denkler – 200 Medley Relay, 7th Place Alice Read – 200 Medley Relay, 7th Place Ellie Tuchaai – 200 Freestyle Relay, 10th Place Cooper Wozencraft – 100 Backstroke, 2nd Place, and 100 Butterfly, 5th Place

Stratford High Tennis UIL 4A State Qualifiers (Coaches Rory Frazee & Tom Courson) 

Kaylin Kruseman – Girls Singles Semifinalist
Felix “Josh” Holloway – Boys Singles Semifinalist

Stratford High Boys Cross Country UIL 4A State Champions (Coach Tony Brillon) 

Student Athletes (5K): Austin Richard – 2nd Place Brian Quinlan – 8th Place Hayden Richard – 20th Place Jake Roberts – 52nd Place Nick Terrazas – 61st Place Paul Brastrom – 82nd Place Douglas Baker – 89th Place

Stratford High Boys Track & Field UIL 4A State Qualifiers (Coach Tony Brillon)

Austin Richard – 3200 Meters, 4th Place Brian Quinlan – 1600 Meters, 5th Place Stratford High Swimming & Diving UIL 4A State Qualifiers (Coaches Mike Hoskovec & Shelby Slay) Girls Team: Erin Avary –200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place; 200 Free Relay, 4th Place; 50 Freestyle, 12th Place Brittany Baerg – 200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place; 200 Free Relay, 4th Place; 100 Breast, 5th Place Courtney Jackson – 200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place; 400 Free Relay, 3rd Place Phoebe Lamay – 1 Meter Diving, 2nd Place Kristen Peck – 400 Free Relay, 3rd Place; 200 Free Relay, 4th Place Maddie Robinson – 200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place; 400 Free Relay, 3rd Place; 200 Free Relay, 4th Place; 100 Back, 7th Place Erica Stephenson – 400 Free Relay, 3rd Place; 100 Free, 11th Place; 200 Free, 10th Place

Stratford High Swimming & Diving UIL 4A State Qualifiers (Coaches Mike Hoskovec & Shelby Slay)

Boys Team: Nick Airola – 50 Free, 8th Place Samuel Cordova – 50 Free, 12th Place; 400 Free Relay, 9th Place Brandon Hay – 400 Free Relay, 9th Place; 100 Fly, 12th Place Taylor Nicholas – 400 Free Relay, 9th Place Chance Parker – 400 Free Relay, 9th Place

Stratford High Football UIL 4A Semifinalists (Coach Eliot Allen)

Team members include: Quentin Andreu, David Bartell, Wade Benninger, Eric Benoit, Brendon Bessiere, Louis Birdsong, Rakeem Boyd, William Bredthauer, Jack Brice, Jordan Brooks, Graham Burns, Gary Casatelli, Hernan Cepeda, Jonatan Dalmas, Keller Deal, Blake Denney, Ross Fenton, Bennett Ferrari, Tyler Frost, James Gex, Aidan Goembel, Riley Green, Reginald Green, William Hachtman, Michael Harmon, Jay Harper, Bryce Hooper, Torin Justice, Jabob Klausmeyer, Jonathan LaBaume, Charles Lee, Luis Lema, Moustapha Massoud, Roemello McCardell, Daniel McGuire, Zachary Miller, Alexander Miller, Michael Milstead, John Montgomery, DeDric Moore, DeBaron Nixon, Christian Osso, Terrance Peters, Keenan Powell, Frederick Price, Mikal Pruitt, William Ranger, Richard Robinson, Trenton Simpson, Tahjay Slusher, Brice Stevenson, Wade Touchstone, Jajuan West, Jackson Whitaker, Justin Wood, JaVoris Woods, Jordan Work, Houman Ziary

Special Recognitions: 

• 2 Touchdown Club Football Scholar-Athletes 
• 3 PCA Alliance Scholarship Finalists/1 Scholarship Recipient 
• 1 Reliant Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Recipient 
• 1 Touchdown Club Football Coach of the Year Finalist 
• 1 Touchdown Club Team Sportsmanship Award Finalist 
• 12 Touchdown Club Scholar-Athlete Banquet Finalists 
• TASCO & TISCA Region Coaches of the Year
• 14 Student Athletes have signed letters of intent to play college athletics

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Share A Smile Campuses and Departments Honored

Sixteen schools and departments in Spring Branch ISD have won recognition in the second year of the Share A Smile campaign to improve and enhance district customer service. The second-year recognition group includes six new sites. Click here to see a complete listing of photos from the evening's presentation >>

The following campuses and departments who completed and documented their efforts to earn Share A Smile recognition this school year:

SBISD’s Share A Smile Campuses 
Academy of Choice, Bear Boulevard, Edgewood Elementary, Lion Lane, Meadow Wood Elementary, Northbrook Middle, Nottingham Elementary, Rummel Creek Elementary, Shadow Oaks Elementary, Spring Oaks Middle, Thornwood Elementary, Tiger Trail School for Early Learning

SBISD’s Share A Smile Departments 
Building & Grounds, Community Relations, Finance, Technology Services

The mission of Share A Smile affirms the following statement: 

We, the employees of SBISD, believe a culture of excellence is the foundation of scholastic and personal success, and, thereby extend to students, families, colleagues and community our highest level of service. 

In extending the highest levels of service, Share A Smile participants are asked to provide customer service to enable them to answer “Yes!” to these questions:

• Did I welcome you? 
• Did I hear you? 
• Did I help you? 
• Did I value you? 

The Share A Smile campaign is managed and coordinated by SBISD’s Becky Wuerth.

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A Tribute to SBISD's May T-2-4 Teacher, Coach Rene Rosales

Congratulations Coach Rosales! 

Two Memorial High School students, Efrain Batista and Martha Villegas Soto, spoke during May 19’s Board of Trustees monthly meeting about the impact of the scholarships issued to them through the Jaimie Rosales Annual Golf Tournament. Memorial High School’s Coach Rosales established the scholarship tournament in honor of his deceased brother. So far, 45 high school students have received funds for their college and university studies through this special scholarship fund.

Coach Rosales was recognized at the May meeting as the recipient of the Spring Branch ISD T-2-4 Teacher Spotlight. 

Memorial High senior Efrain Batista honored Coach Rosales with these words: "Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority." Those are the words of former American Football Coach Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) 

“Four years ago, around this same time of the year, I walked into Memorial High School’s Field House as a freshman to pick up my football equipment. A man sitting next to the weights asked my name and size with a deep voice and firm stare. I knew at that moment I had entered “Texas Football Country.” 

“Coach Rosales was always firm and demanded the best of every player on and off the field. Many times he was the first one out there training with us during the 100-plus degree summer heat, and he was the last one out of the Field House."

“During our helmet measurement days, we were encouraged to purchase our own helmets and the one that I loved was very expensive, and Coach Rosales allowed me to make payment in order for me to have my first personal football helmet. Thank you for the opportunity!"

"That helmet today is my symbol for Coach Rosales, and that is how I can describe him: Like the outside of the helmet, hard skin on the football field, and like the inside of a helmet, protective and sheltering off the field. Coach Rosales is a giving man, sharing his knowledge and his gifts to others."

"I thank you Coach Rosales for the football lessons, but mostly for the off-the-field lesson of giving to the community, of encouraging people to succeed. I learned through you that there is truly no excuse not to get the best education possible, and to make it big!"

“Coach Rosales created the Hispanic Forum, and through this organization he was able to touch many lives, not only Hispanic students, but many parents as well. Coach Rosales, from School Portal training to the lending of laptops and computer training, to being a shoulder to cry on or an open heart and ear to listen, thank you."

“Thank you for believing and modeling with your own life story that every child can attain anything they put their mind to. There are no barriers to achieving success. Through you, I will have the lesson that success comes to us if we have perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. “I hope to make you and The Luis Jaime Rosales Scholarship Fund proud off the field, and I thank you for the opportunity to achieve my dreams!"

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