Spring Branch Independent School District accepts the responsibility to ensure that all of our students have a strong academic, social, and emotional foundation– youth who will become responsible, caring citizens and leaders for the future.

With the input of community, staff, and students, SBISD Board of Trustees approved a Five-Year Educational Plan, which includes goals addressing character development, ethics and a culture of safety and respect. 

The SBISD Social and Emotional Learning Collaborative has been a yearlong initiative to bring together multiple areas of the district to create a systematic approach among the programs and services supporting the social and emotional development of our students. Additionally, the Collaborative was charged with developing a framework for building a common vocabulary and belief system for the district to assure that we are focused on the needs of the “whole child.”

The Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets will serve as the District’s framework for assuring that students’ social and emotional needs are addressed so that they can maximize their learning experience.  Research in youth development indicates when adults interact positively with young people, build on their strengths and what is going well with them, we will see “ASSET-RICH” children.  The more assets young people develop, the more they will be prepared for situations in life that challenge their inner strength and confidence.
 
The Collaborative includes: Guidance and Counseling, Administration, Safe and Drug Free Schools, Health Fitness, Community Network and Community Relations. The Collaborative will continue to guide the District’s implementation of the Developmental Assets framework.

Our talented teachers from The Guthrie Center, Patty Nilsson and Mike Radler, developed the slogan and symbol.  The person with the big heart is the symbol of the CARES Initiative.  The four different colored layers of the heart represent the four internal assets, those characteristics and behaviors within a person that help them to become caring and responsible. The two legs and two arms represent the four external assets, those positive experiences people receive from others around them.