A modest idea blossoms into help for more than 1,000 Spring Branch ISD families
When Spring Branch ISD Superintendent Scott Muri began assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, he found more than he ever expected. Surprisingly, the SBISD buildings suffered very little damage; however, SBISD staff and student families told a different story.
It was a story of resilience. He talked with staff members who had seemingly lost everything—home,...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Friday, December 8, 2017
Cornerstone Academy seventh-grader Jocelyn Munguia applied for a local music scholarship last spring valued at several hundred dollars.
Today, the charter school seventh-grader is the proud owner of a gently used, professional Yamaha alto saxophone valued at about $2,000. The instrument was a family donation made by an official with the local Houston Masonic...
For a third year in a row, the student Navy Jr. ROTC unit based at the Guthrie Center has earned an Outstanding ranking (100 percent in all areas) during its recently completed Area Manager’s Inspection.
In separate but related news, the Guthrie Center-based ROTC group has also been named once again as a Navy Jr. ROTC Distinguished Unit with Academic Honors for ...
Register Now for Feb. 24 Gathering for Girls in Grades 6-8
Ginger Kerrick, a NASA Mission Control flight director for 13 International Space Station and five joint Shuttle missions, will be the keynote speaker for the 26th Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) Conference at Spring Forest Middle School. Registration is now open for young women in grades 6-8. The conference will...
Thursday, December 7, 2017
A new APP promises to make the FAFSA process more accessible for low-income and disadvantaged students, a demographic with the lowest application completion rate in the nation.
The new APP boasts a host of features along with simplifying the financial aid process. Promised features include: the ability to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)...
Donations sought to fund related travel expenses
Four Terrace Elementary School students were chosen recently to join the Organization of American Kodály Educators (O.A.K.E.) National Children’s Choir, which will perform during the group’s national meeting next spring.
Donations are being sought online through the campus and greater Spring Branch community to support...
A group of Memorial High School and Westchester Academy for International Studies students won the coveted Hart Award at Inventathon@HCC, a recent two-day hackathon event.
Hosted by Houston Community College and Clements Inventors Club, the annual event is an opportunity for attendees to rapidly prototype inventions that are designed to improve the quality of life for humans. Areas of focus for improvement include education, poverty, community...
Spring Branch ISD was well represented at the state Capitol Monday, Dec. 4, for an Hour of Code with several legislators. Spring Woods High School teacher Daniel Angel and four students demonstrated their coding skills while helping the elected officials with basic coding.
“We’re (in Austin) to spotlight the need for science education for all students,” said Karen...
Rummel Creek Elementary Principal Nancy Harn (left) was one of several Houston-area principals who met with Secretary of Education Betsy Devos (right) recently at Kingwood Park High School in Humble ISD.
Following a tour of Humble ISD facilities affected by Hurricane Harvey, including Summer Creek High School, which is hosting Kingwood High School students during repairs...
Smash hit comedy combines creepy, kooky, mysterious and “ooky”
The award-winning Stratford Playhouse has announced its rendition of the hilarious musical, The Addams Family, which will be performed Jan. 25 – Feb. 3, 2018.
The weird and wonderfully beloved Addams Family created by cartoonist Charles Addams comes to devilish life in this bright and comically macabre...
There was nothing despicable about it, really, when minions showed up recently to visit students at Panda Path PreK Center.
The minions delighted the three- and four-year olds, who sat on the curb outside, greeting and high-fiving the capsule-shaped characters and their leader, Gru, from the “Despicable Me” movies.
But Santa was still the star of this show, and he made...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Fifth-graders Charlotte Bell and Sarah Haywood marvel at what they’ve seen in recent days through the digital lens and desktop computer screen of a donated scanning electron microscope, or Hitachi TM3030 Electron Microscope.
The electron microscope is being loaned out this year for student use to nine Spring Branch ISD campuses, starting with Charlotte and Sarah’s...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
SBEF Strong Ungala Co-chairs Paul and Kristi Robishaw and Becky and Brett Fenn
Becky and Brett Fenn and Kristi and Paul Robishaw welcomed more than 400 guests to the SBEF Strong Ungala on November 11. The co-chairs planned the evening to toast the area’s amazing care for neighbors after Hurricane Harvey. Generous party-goers raised more than $161,000 for Spring Branch...
Monday, November 27, 2017
SBISD families have a million reasons to be thankful
The Greater Houston Community Foundation (GHCF) has awarded $500,000 to the Spring Branch Education Foundation Harvey Relief Fund. The grant was announced this week. The gift brings the SBEF Harvey Relief Fund to more than $1 million, according to SBEF Executive Director Cece Thompson.
On November 15, the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, administered by GHCF, announced the second round of...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Over 200 international artists will converge on the streets of Houston to create public art and raise funds for The Center for Hearing and Speech, a local non-profit that serves children with hearing loss, as part of the city’s Via Colori Street Art Festival.
The festival, Saturday, Nov. 18 through Sunday, Nov. 19, will transform sidewalks near downtown City Hall...
Friday, November 10, 2017
Former NASA engineer Jerry Woodfill was among the first to hear the Apollo 13 crew’s call for help, “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Today, he reaches out to students to help them reach for the stars in their own lives.
On Nov. 6, Woodfill spoke to the district’s SPIRAL program for gifted and talented students at The Bendwood School. He shared his experiences as a...
Report compiled from stories written by the Stratford High Oracle’s Maddie Suerth and Dina Kesbeh of the Memorial Examiner
This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade will be extra special for the Spartanaires, because they are going to be dancing in it. The New York City-based parade has been a tradition since 1924 and takes place on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23.
In...
Left to right: Gabby Carrelli, U.S. Marine Corps Retired Col. Stan Horton, Christina Pleasant and Catherine Piskurich gather at Spring Forest Middle's Veterans Day celebration with Astro, who will soon be trained as a service dog for a qualifying U.S. military veteran.
Astro, a 10-week old Golden Retriever puppy who will soon be trained as a service dog...
Keynote speaker, U.S. Army veteran, Katherine Meadows, is a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient.
A Golden Retriever puppy sponsored by student donations and former U.S. Army Logistics and Transportation officer will be featured during the Friday, Nov. 10, Veterans Day Celebration at Spring Forest Middle School.
The middle school celebration has been held...
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