When Irasema Cantu arrived in Spring Branch ISD from Mexico, Ms. Braastad welcomed her into her classroom with open arms. She made Cantu feel important and empowered her to believ...

We are excited about the upcoming school year and the great opportunity for thousands of SBISD students to engage in athletic competitions. Due to increased costs to operate our ...

Upon graduating from the University of Houston with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and environmental design, Alfonso Montoya began his professional career with PBK Architects...

The 2023 Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Award recipients were recently announced and more than 100 SBISD students were recognized. Sponsored by the Harris County Department o...

As a student at Spring Woods High School (SWHS), Katie Redd never considered a career in education. It wasn’t until she came home from college her freshman year that she got her s...

High school musicians across Texas recently competed for the All-State ensemble honors from the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), an award that reflects their extensive de...

Spring Branch ISD has been selected as a 2023 Large District Finalist for the H-E-B Excellence in Education Award! SBISD joins only four other districts statewide in this honor. ...

Guadalupe Huerta's journey with Spring Branch ISD began in 1990 when she was hired as a custodian at Westchester Academy for International Studies. She knew SBISD was a great plac...

In 2015, Carmelita Soto began working in Spring Branch ISD as a bus assistant. However, her coworkers constantly encouraged her to become a bus driver. To become a bus driver, S...

While student-teaching to become a bilingual teacher, Georgina Perez found that many children needed help. Perez decided to make a career change and transitioned from education t...

As a child, Michael Francis was captivated by the food industry. He loved to cook and enjoyed seeing how happy food made people. When Francis enrolled at the University of Houst...

As a police officer in Nashville, Tenn., Ryan Beeler began volunteering at an after-school program for underprivileged students. During this time, he realized his true calling was...

After 25 years in Spring Branch ISD, Lisa Calloway reflects on her time as a teacher at Westwood Elementary. “While at Westwood, I have grown as a teacher, a leader and a person...

At 17 years old, Janell Benford began volunteering at The Bridge, a nonprofit organization, where she cared for special needs children. “After school and during the summer, I wo...

After teaching for five years at a private early learning center, Kiersten Caballero applied to become a pre-K teacher at Terrace Elementary. She taught there for a year before mo...

With encouragement and support from Spring Branch Middle School (SBMS) journalism and yearbook teacher Sara Boyle, two seventh-grade students, Aubrey Wilson and Grace Martin, subm...

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Houston/Galveston (RMHC-GHG) is generously donating a ‘fuzzy’ type of kindness to students in Spring Branch ISD. Many cross-city conn...

<p> </p> “I really like being in the water,” a Spring Oaks Middle School student said. “It is so relaxing!” Thirty Spring Branch ISD students from four middle scho...

<p> </p> Elementary students at the Spring Branch Academic Institute (SBAI), a school for highly gifted students, are experiencing a wide variety of learning outs...

A prize-winning science teacher at Spring Woods High School has been named a recipient of the Kinder Excellence in Teaching Award, which includes a $25,000 cash prize. Ryan Bee...