Memorial High Team Tennis Best in Texas
How sweet it must feel. After reaching and competing in the state tennis tournament nine straight years, and earning state final appearances six times, Memorial High team tennis won the Class 6A UIL...
View ArticleSBISD Collaborative Reimagines Learning
Barbara Bush once said, “The Texas Medical Center is Houston’s gift to the world.” In October, it was also a gift to Spring Branch ISD staff members who are looking at reimagining and redesigning...
View ArticleWaterous Energy Fund Donates $100,000 to SBEF Harvey Relief Fund
Memorial resident, SBISD parent and Waterous Energy Fund Managing Director Michael Buckingham presents a check for $100,00 to SBISD Superintendent Scott Muri and SBEF Executive Director Cece Thompson...
View ArticlePittsburgh Students Donate to SBEF Harvey Relief Fund
North Allegheny Intermediate High School is more than 1,300 miles from Houston, but students there reached out to help.When Brendan Hyland began seeing news reports about the devastation Hurricane...
View ArticleSpring Branch ISD Voters Approve $898.4 Million Bond
Nov. 8, 2017Download press release >>SPRING BRANCH ISD – Based on complete but unofficial returns, voters in Spring Branch ISD approved an $898.4 million bond referendum by a 4-1 margin. With 46...
View ArticleTreasure Forest Elementary Celebrates with Astros Mascot Orbit
Thumping music and the cheering of hundreds of students at Treasure Forest Elementary Schools filled the air as a large, fuzzy, green visitor took center stage to lead a campus celebration of books and...
View ArticleService Puppy and Army Transportation Officer Share Spotlight at Spring...
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...
View ArticleService Puppy Pumps Up Veterans Day Event
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...
View ArticleSpartan Spirit in the Streets of NYC
Report compiled from stories written by the Stratford High Oracle’s Maddie Suerth and Dina Kesbeh of the Memorial ExaminerThis year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade will be extra special for the...
View ArticleNASA Engineer Inspires SPIRAL Students
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...
View ArticleHouston’s Via Colori Street Art Festival to Showcase SBISD Student Artists
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...
View ArticleGreater Houston Community Foundation awards $500,000 to SBEF Harvey Relief Fund
SBISD families have a million reasons to be thankfulThe Greater Houston Community Foundation (GHCF) has awarded $500,000 to the Spring Branch Education Foundation Harvey Relief Fund. The grant was...
View ArticleSpring Branch Education Foundation’s Ungala Benefits Grants and Scholarships
SBEF Strong Ungala Co-chairs Paul and Kristi Robishaw and Becky and Brett FennBecky and Brett Fenn and Kristi and Paul Robishaw welcomed more than 400 guests to the SBEF Strong Ungala on November 11....
View ArticleStudents View Science Up Close With Electron Microscope
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...
View ArticleMinions Take Day Off to Entertain at Panda Path
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...
View ArticleStratford Playhouse's The Addams Family
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...
View Article#IMPACT: Understanding the Harvey Story
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...
View ArticleSWHS Computer Science Students Take Coding to the Capitol
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...
View ArticleSBISD Students Participate in Inventathon
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...
View ArticleTerrace Students Named to National O.A.K.E. Choir
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,...
View ArticleNextGen for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
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...
View ArticleExpanding Your Horizons Conference
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...
View ArticleNavy ROTC Unit Earns Top Marks and Ranking
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...
View ArticleFamily Sax Finds Home with A Cornerstone Student
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...
View ArticleSBEF Harvey Relief Fund Continues to Grow Past $1 Million Mark
A modest idea blossoms into help for more than 1,000 Spring Branch ISD familiesWhen Spring Branch ISD Superintendent Scott Muri began assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, he found more than...
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