The Stratford High School girls volleyball team stepped up to
the “net” and made a donation recently that highlights what can happen when the
Spring Branch Council of PTAs’ partnership program between schools gains direct
support from students.
Stratford High volleyball players Jamison Duck and Grace
Whitmire spearheaded a “Pass, Set, Give” campaign with teammates that raised
over $1,500 in donations in support of the PTA Council’s Sister School Solution
program. The two players presented a check recently to Northbrook High’s
volleyball coach.
The $1,500 donation will support meal needs for Northbrook
High volleyball team members when they travel out of district for away games.
The two high schools are among six Sister School Solution partnerships which
have formed in recent weeks.
In addition to Stratford and Northbrook high schools, new
partner schools include Memorial High School and Pine Shadows Elementary and
two more elementaries, Valley Oaks and Shadow Oaks. In all, Spring Branch ISD
now has nine such two-school partnerships operating.
The PTA Council’s Francine Todes, who is Sister School
Solution director for the partnership efforts, told PTA members that the new school
additions are exciting.
“One of the things that I am so ecstatic about is that our
community has become aware of the Sister School Solution and that people are
talking about us,” Todes said in the Council’s newsletter. “It takes very
special people to dedicate time and energy to the Sister School Solution, and I
am so proud of all our committed [PTA Campus] chairs and liaisons.”
Sister
School Solution partnerships now include:
Bunker Hill Elementary – Thornwood Elementary
Rummel Creek Elementary – Sherwood Elementary
Frostwood Elementary – Housman Elementary
Wilchester Elementary – Spring Shadows Elementary
Hunters Creek Elementary – Woodview Elementary
*Valley Oaks Elementary – Shadow Oaks Elementary
Memorial Middle School – Landrum Middle School
*Memorial High School – Pine Shadows Elementary
*Stratford High School – Northbrook High School
*Designates new campus partnership this school year
Spring Branch ISD Council of PTA President is Dmel Tatum. She
can be contacted at sbisdcouncil@gmail.com.