Rummel Creek Grand Opening Is Certain to Impress Visitors

Rummel Creek students on the school's opening day Rummel Creek grand opening invitation >> Teachers, staff, students, parents and neighborhood residents are still trying to find the right words to describe the airy, two-story building that marks the 13th and final elementary school to be rebuilt under the $597.1 million bond approved by district voters...

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Nationally Touring Exhibition, The Power of Children: Making a Difference

Opens Monday, Feb. 1 at Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum The stories of ordinary children who faced extraordinary circumstances inspires children today to fight discrimination and intolerance. The Power of Children: Making a Difference, a new exhibition opening Monday, Feb. 1 at Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum (AYAM), 901 Yorkchester, explores the lives of Anne Frank,...

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Awards Presented to Two Spring Branch ISD Mentors

At the Texas Mentoring Summit, Bruce Rollins (second row, left) was named Outstanding Adult Mentor, and Julie Eisenhauer (first row, right) was named Outstanding Advocate for Mentoring. Two Spring Branch ISD mentors, Julie Eisenhauer and Bruce Rollins, won state recognition recently during the fourth annual Texas Mentoring Summit held Jan. 21-22 and hosted by The University...

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Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees Election Set for May 7

The next election for three positions on the Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees is scheduled for Saturday, May 7.  Ballot candidate applications will be accepted through Feb. 19 during normal business hours at SBISD’s Schaper Leadership Center, 955 Campbell Road. The Trustee positions for the upcoming election are Position 5, which is currently held by incumbent...

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Volunteer Named a White House “Champion of Change”

Karen North (right) at Spring Branch Middle School during the Hour of Code. Karen North, a retired teacher who promotes computer science and programming at the district and state level, was one of nine people nationwide named as a national “Champion of Change” during a White House ceremony held on Tuesday. Champions of Change website >> Read Computer Science for...

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Spring Woods High Grad Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List

Emily Woods, photo courtesy of Berkeley News A Spring Woods High School graduate remembered as incredibly smart, energetic and determined as a teenager has lived up to her early billing – and then some! Emily Woods, Class of 2005, was recently named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 List of accomplished young adults. Woods, a mechanical engineering graduate of Georgia...

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Curtains Rise Soon on Student Theater Productions

Stratford thespians are the “top” in the musical classic “Anything Goes”. Pictured from left to right: Dustin Nichols, Marlina Brown, Marie Lauderdale, Matthew Hopper, Mackenzie Dyer, Ryan Brown, Cameron Saims, Kirby Morris, Noelle Flores, Collins Rush, Kate Schageman and Grayson LaGrange. Several large student musicals are about to open as Spring Branch ISD’s high...

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Two SBISD Initiatives for Students Earn Positive Press

TOTAL (Turnaround Opportunities Through Active Learning) Facilitator Sara Vercher in a Spring Branch ISD TOTAL program classroom Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, in Houston. TOTAL (Turnaround Opportunities Through Active Learning), is an innovative type of alternative school for students with mental health challenges in the district. Photo: James Nielsen, Houston Chronicle Two...

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Spring Registration Open for Community Education

The Spring Schedule is now available!  Registration (online or in person) is open through February 6. Register online >> Late Registration for Dance will be Sat., January 23rd from 9 a.m. to noon at Spring Forest Middle school in Temporary Bldg. T-7 (behind Spring Forest Middle School) or online at http://communityed.springbranchisd.com. Community Education...

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Six Children’s Authors Will Speak at 2016 Bookworm Festival

Bookworm Festival Flier (Spanish/English) >> Six popular, award-winning authors and illustrators of children’s books will speak and sign books during the district’s 2016 Bookworm Festival on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Spring Oaks Middle School, 2150 Shadowdale. Doors will open at 9 a.m. A full morning program is scheduled from 9:30-11 a.m. on Saturday morning....

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Community Encouraged to Attend Spring Branch FFA Show and Sale

Buyers prepare to bid on a steer at last year’s Spring Branch FFA Show and Sale. 38th Annual Spring Branch FFA Show and Sale Show: 2 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 Sale: 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 13 Spring Branch Ag Farm 1905 Brittmoore www.springbranch.ffanow.org For more than 50 years, Spring Branch ISD students have experienced leadership and personal...

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