SBISD Alumni Success 2014

Wake Up to Success with SWHS - Go Tigers!

SWHS Tigers in The School ZONE.  Photos from T24 Success Week's 'Wake Up to SUCCESS Day' on SBISD's Facebook.  Like them now!

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T 2 4 Success!!!

CONGRATULATIONS CHOIR!!

This past weekend, we had 14 singers who advanced from district auditions  participated in the Region 27 Region Choir Audition. All of our singers worked very hard and made SWHS Proud! Congratulations to the following singers who made the prestigious All-Region Choir! 
Tissani Robinson, Arlysse Ibarra, Jamie O'quinn, Stormy Torres, Iris Rodroguez, Steven Garcia, and Jose Bonilla. Eddie Victoria and Jasmin McClinton have been selected for the Honor Choir and SIX more (9th graders) will be selected this week. 
Jose Bonilla, Arly Reyna Ibarra, and Tissany Robinson will be advancing to Pre-Area, the penultimate audition to the Texas All-State Choir!! Way to go Tiger Choir! 

Scott Houston

Director of Choral Activities

Spring Woods High School

Chris Rice earns the National Speech & Debate Association All American!!!

Spring Woods High School is proud to announce that Chris Rice has been named a National Speech & Debate Association All American for the 2013-2014 academic year.  J. Scott Wunn of the National Speech & Debate Association states, "Only the top 25 national point leaders out of a field of more than 130,000 students members earn this coveted title".  Wunn goes on saying how Victoria Beard  is an "outstanding coach" by saying, "To have a student place among the very best students in Association is a tribute to your outstanding coaching and dedicated leadership".

Spring Woods High School congratulates Chris Rice and Mrs. Beard for their outstanding work!

Spring Woods High School's speech and debate program has also earned a recognition by the National Speech & Debate Association.  Spring Woods has earned points and degrees in the honor society of the National Speech & Debate Association based on competitive and service-related activities and is ranked among the top 5% of schools nationwide and has earned membership in the Association's prestigious 200 Club.  "This milestone is remarkable", says Wunn "because it demonstrates outstanding commitment to teaching students essential life skills - including communication, research, listening, writing and organization".

Spring Woods High Schools is proud to receive this honor!

Alumni Updates from U of H

Alumni Updates from University of Houston

Congratulations! The following college has recognized 2 of your former students for their achievements. Here is a summary of their achievements:

• University of Houston has recognized 1 of your alumni for graduating.

University of Houston has recognized 2 of your alumni for earning a spot on the Dean's List.

View Spring Woods High School's Merit Page

Spring Woods Debate Sweeps Again!

Spring Woods Debate Sweeps Again!

This past weekend at the Montgomery High School Speech and Debate Tournament, Spring Woods took 1st Place Sweepstakes again and earned another state qualification, making this 4 quals in 2 weeks. No other SBISD school has any state qualifications but Spring Woods!
Here is who made this happen:
In Prose Interp: Bram Sebio-Brundage placed 5th

In Poetry Interp: Enrique Urdiales placed 4th

In Dramatic Interp: Carlos Diaz placed 4th; Valentina Rombado placed 5th

In Humorous Interp: Valentina Rombado placed 2nd, Angel Rombado placed 4th and Bram Sebio-Brundage placed 5th

In Original Oratory: Christine Vo placed 2nd; Bharti Sharma placed 5th

In Foreign Extemporaneous Speakng: Christine Vo placed 2nd

In Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking: Travis Boyd placed 1st and has now qualified for state!
In Duo Interp: Rene Castillo/Angel Ramirez placed 2nd; Alejandra Aguilar/Enrique Urdiales placed 4th; Sheily Lopez/Mackenzie Young placed 6th
AND...

In Congressional Debate: Travis Boyd placed 1st; Christine Vo placed 2nd Alberto Ortiz placed 3rd; Jeremiah Menslage placed 4th and Jacob Frech placed 6th

GO TIGER DEBATE!

CONGRATULATIONS SPEECH AND DEBATE!!

CONGRATULATIONS SPEECH AND DEBATE!!

This past weekend at the Foster/Hastings Swing Speech and Debate tournament, Spring Woods swept the tournament by earning the most wins at both tourneys-1st place sweepstakes at Foster, 1st place sweepstakes in Individual Events at Hastings AND 1st place OVERALL for both tournaments! Spring Woods is also the 1st school to earn 3 qualifications in Spring Branch!
Here is who made this happen:
At Foster:
Angel Ramirez placed 3rd in Original Oratory

Christine Vo placed 5th in Original Oratory

Rene Castillo/Angel Ramirez placed 1st in Duo Interp

Karesha Bell placed 1st in Humorous Interp

Enrique Urdiales placed 4th in Humorous Interp

Travis Boyd placed 1st in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Alberto Ortiz placed 6th in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking

Karesha Bell placed 2nd in Poetry Interp

Carlos Diaz placed 6th in Poetry Interp

Christine Vo placed 4th in Congressional Debate

Alberto Ortiz placed 7th in Congressional Debate

Jeremiah Menslage placed 9th in Congressional Debate

Katie Koslan placed 14th in Congressional Debate
At Hastings:
Angel Ramirez placed 1st in Original Oratory and has now qualified for state!

Christine Vo placed 6th in Original Oratory

Rene Castillo/Angel Ramirez placed 1st in Duo Interp and have now qualified for state!

Christopher Rice/Carlos Diaz placed 2nd in Duo Interp

Valentina Rombado placed 5th in Dramatic Interp

Karesha Bell placed 1st in Humorous Interp and has now qualified for state!

Angel Ramirez placed 2nd in Humorous Interp

Karesha Bell palced 5th in Poetry Interp

GO SPRING WOODS SPEECH AND DEBATE!

Spring Branch ISD graduates are honored at Vietnamese-American luncheon

Photo cutline: Recent Spring Woods High School graduate Bao Tram Ma and  her high school counselor, Melissa Lynch, were photographed at the Youth Excellence Recognition Luncheon held Aug. 3 at the Kim Son Bellaire Ballroom.

Spring Branch ISD graduates are honored at Vietnamese-American luncheon

Four valedictorians from Spring Branch ISD high schools were honored recently during the Vietnamese-American Youth Excellence Recognition Luncheon held Aug. 3 at the Kim Son Bellaire Ballroom in southwest Houston.

The Vietnamese Culture and Science Association (VCSA) reports that it honored 28 regional high school valedictorians and salutatorians at the 18-year-old annual event.

SBISD student honorees included the following Class of 2014 valedictorians:

·         Alyssa Nguyen and David Pham of Westchester Academy for International Studies (WAIS)

·         Bao Tran Ma of Spring Woods High School

·         Matthew Nguyen of Memorial High School.

VSCA is a Houston-based national organization that encourages multi-generational and cross-cultural collaborations by encouraging civic participation in the mainstream and in Vietnamese-American communities.  

The recent luncheon featured an authentic Vietnamese cuisine, scholarship award presentations, cultural performances and a keynote address by Dr. Harry Dao Jr., who is an assistant professor in dermatology at the Baylor College of Medicine.

Numerous school district and elected civic officials were invited to the luncheon, which attracted 600 attendees, according to the organization. 

Graduation 2014 Photo Gallery

Congratulations to the Spring Woods High Class of 2014!

Click here to view the district photo gallery from Saturday's event.

Congratulations to our Sweepstakes winning Tiger Band!!!!!!

The Tiger Band program had two bands competing yesterday at the Region 27 UIL 2A – 4A Bands Concert and Sight-reading competition at Brenham High School.

Our Symphonic band, the non-varsity band, received a rating of Excellent (2,1,2) on their stage performance and a rating of Superior (1,1,1) in the sight-reading competition. We are so very proud of their hard work! They had the best ratings of all of the 4A Non-Varsity bands!

Our Wind Ensemble, the varsity band, received a rating of Superior (1,1,1) on their stage performance and a rating of Superior (1,1,2) in the  sight-reading completion. This achievement is considered a Concert SWEEPSTAKES! Our Tiger Band Wind Ensemble was one of only three bands out of sixteen competing yesterday to achieve this great honor!

Way to go Tiger Band!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations to our Sweepstakes winning Tiger Band!!!!!!

Congratulations to our Sweepstakes winning Tiger Band!!!!!!

The Tiger Band program had two bands competing yesterday at the Region 27 UIL 2A – 4A Bands Concert and Sight-reading competition at Brenham High School.

Our Symphonic band, the non-varsity band, received a rating of Excellent (2,1,2) on their stage performance and a rating of Superior (1,1,1) in the sight-reading competition. We are so very proud of their hard work! They had the best ratings of all of the 4A Non-Varsity bands!

Our Wind Ensemble, the varsity band, received a rating of Superior (1,1,1) on their stage performance and a rating of Superior (1,1,2) in the  sight-reading completion. This achievement is considered a Concert SWEEPSTAKES! Our Tiger Band Wind Ensemble was one of only three bands out of sixteen competing yesterday to achieve this great honor!

Way to go Tiger Band!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Track and Field Regional Qualifiers!

Congratulations!!!!!

Chris Heiser-Shot Put

Eduardo Hernandez-800, 1600

Brian Perez-3200

Stephanie Mathis-400, 1600 Relay

Brittany Gonzales-400, 1600 Relay

Kelly Nguyen-1600 Relay

Brianna Robinson-1600 Relay

The running Tigers will run Friday in Huntsville at the Regional Meet.

Space City's National Speech & Debate Association's District

CONGRATULATIONS SPEECH AND DEBATE!!

This past weekend after 3 grueling days at the most competitive tournament of the year, at Space City’s National Speech & Debate Association’s District, Spring Woods cleaned up and got 1^st place sweepstakes for Congress AND Speech winning sweepstakes overall with 11 in finals! Here is who made this happen:

Avery Reinhart placed 1^st in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking but will be competing in Congress at nationals

Maria Palomares placed 3^rd in International Extemporaneous Speaking and qualified for nationals

Angel Ramirez placed 2^nd in Original Oratory and qualified for nationals

Christine Vo placed 3^rd in Original Oratory and qualified for nationals

Avery Reinhart placed 6^th in Original Oratory

Nicole Jackson & Karesha Bell placed 2^nd in Duo Interpretation and qualified for nationals

Valentina Rombado placed 5^th in Humorous Interpretation

Bram Sebio-Brundage placed 6^th in Humorous Interpretation

Valentina Rombado and Christopher Rice placed 4^th in Duo Interpretation and are the 2^nd alternates for nationals

Travis Boyd will be competing in congress at nationals AND

Christian Rice will be competing in congress at nationals

Victoria Beard

Director of Forensics/Master of Arts

UIL Academics Coordinator/NFL Space City Committee

CONGRATULATIONS TIGER SOCCER ON A SPECTACULAR SEASON!

CONGRATULATIONS TIGER SOCCER ON A SPECTACULAR SEASON!

Below is the Houston Chronicle Article webpage link featuring Spring Woods High School

http://www.chron.com/sports/highschool/article/Spring-Woods-brings-the-house-down-5397003.php?cmpid=email-mobile

CONGRATULATIONS TIGER CHOIR!!!

Good Morning Tigers!!!  

Yesterday, we took FOUR choirs to UIL Concert and Sight-reading.  ALL FOUR of them came home with awards!!  They ALL  received "Superior First Division" ratings on their concert performances.  Three of them received "Superior First Division" ratings on their Sight-reading!!!! The results are as follows: 

JV Women - "SWEEPSTAKES"

Concert Women - "SWEEPSTAKES"

JV Men - Superior First Division in Concert, "Excellent Second Division" in Sight-reading

Chorale (Varsity Mixed) "SWEEPSTAKES"

("Sweepstakes" is the highest rating you can receive at UIL)

I think you would have been extremely proud of the way our kids carried themselves and represented Tiger Country while off campus.  MULTIPLE adults complimented me on their appearance and conduct, aside from their performances!  

What an exciting time to be part of the SWHS family!  Everyone is WINNING!!!!!  

SWHS Art Students Selected for the Newspring Art Auction

Congratulations to these SWHS art students for being

selected for the Newspring Art Auction on May 1, 2014:

Please see the artwork for sale soon at: http://www.newspringcenter.org/

Lorelei Shannon: Glass Rose Bowl,  Solitude, & Together

NEWSPRING POSTER DESIGN WINNER 2014 ($300)

Annie Lui: Companion, Light and Dark, & The Lighted Giant

Cristian Garcia: Evening Delight

Phi Nguyen: Rhythm

Alejandro Patino: West Texas Butterfly

Erick Rodriguez: The Vicious Cat

Kira Sientz: Musical Hands

Michelle Gim: The Rainbow Portraits

Roy Villegas: Mother's Day Vase

Selena Quintanilla: Beyond the Mask

Susana Resendiz: Time Goes Fast 

Thank you,    

SWHS ART Department & Newspring Art Studio

"Inspiring at risk population in Spring Branch to define and achieve a bright economic future."

41st Texas Forensic Association’s State Tournament

41^st Texas Forensic Association’s State Tournament

At the 41^st Texas Forensic Association’s State Tournament, Spring Woods High School placed on the top 10 schools for the past three years!
Tiger Speech and Debate is ranked 3^rd in the state for the most state qualifications with 34 qualifications!

Christine Vo advanced to quarter-finals of Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking

Nicole Jackson & Karesha Bell advanced to quarter-finals of Duo Interpretation

Issac Gallegos advanced to quarter-finals of Dramatic Interpretation

Christian Rice advanced to semi-finals of congressional debate and quarter-finals of Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking

Avery advanced to quarter-finals of original oratory and congressional debate

Jonathan Zapeta advanced to semi-finals of congressional debate

AND Max Rombado advanced to finals of congressional debate

Congrats Tiger Speech and Debate!

Victoria Beard

Track Update

Boys won the Kincaid Relays in a 12 team meet. It was a total team effort with every member contributing to help the team win. Eduardo Hernandez won the 800, and the 1600.

The girls finished third and competed hard also. They won the  LJ, 100, 4x1 Relay, 4x4 Relays.

Harvard's Debate Tournament Results!

Harvard's Debate Tournament Results

On February 15th-17th, at one of the largest national tournaments of the nation, Spring Woods brought home hardware at Harvard's debate tournament.

Christian Rice, Christine Vo, & Avery Reinhart advanced to quarter-finals of congressional debate.

Max Rombado advanced to semi-finals in congressional debate.

Nicole Jackson advanced to semi-finals in dramatic interpretation.

Victoria Beard

Master of Arts/Director of Forensics

UIL Academics Coordinator/NFL Space City Committee Spring Woods High School

Harvard tournament accomplishments! Go Tiger Speech and Debate!!

Harvard tournament accomplishments! Go Tiger Speech and Debate!!

This past weekend at one of the largest tournaments in the country, Harvard’s Debate Tournament, Spring Woods made history!

Out of 397 competitors in Congressional Debate, Christian Rice, Christine Vo, Max Rombado, & Avery Reinhart all received a Tournament of Champions bid in Quarter-Finals. Max has now qualified for the Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky and advanced to Semi-Finals also. Christian Rice received his 7^th TOC bid as well.  Out of 401 competitors in Dramatic Interpretation, Nicole Jackson advanced to Semi-Finals as well.

GO TIGER SPEECH and DEBATE!

Congratulations to our SWHS Art Students!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SWHS ART STUDENTS who MEDALED at Regional VASE 2-8-14

Received 2 VASE Medals:

Lorelei Shannon, Annie Lui, & Juan Samano

Received 1 VASE Medal:

Colton Brooks, Michelle Gim, Selena Quintanilla, Susana Resendiz,

Kira Slentz, Maverick Morado, Arielle Garcia, Chastity Flores, & Raylynn Flores

(VASE ARTWORK will be on display SOON in the Tiger Art Gallery K211)

Swim Team results from Regionals

Swim Team results from Regionals

We had an outstanding meet and the swim team would like to thank everyone for the support throughout the season.

Girls

 200 Medley Relay

Hannah Tarrant

Katie Edgley

Marissa Clark

Kayla Loebl

Finished 11^th

2 seconds faster that districts

200 Free Relay

Kayla Loebl

Hannah Tarrant

Cruz Ramirez

Marissa Clark

Finished 9^th

2.5 seconds Faster than districts

400 free Relay

Kayla Loebl

Hannah Tarrent

Cruz Ramirez

Marissa Clark

Finished 11^th

22 seconds faster

Boys

Josh Jennings swam outstanding in the 50 Free finishing 4^th going 1 second faster and finished 6^th in the 100 fly also going 1 second faster.

200 medley Relay

Roy Wheeler

Matt Shannon

Josh Jennings

Parker Cheney

Finished 4^th 

2 seconds faster

200 free relay

BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS

Roy Wheeler

Parker Cheney

Matt Shannon

Josh Jennings

3 seconds faster

400 Free Relay

Roy Wheeler

Matt Shannon

Dean Ramerez

Parker Cheney

Finished 7^th

8 seconds faster

The Organization of American Kodaly Educators Selects Students to Participate in the 2014 Oake National Conference in Atlanta, GA

For Immediate Release

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN KODÁLY EDUCATORS SELECTS STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2014 OAKE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA, GA.

LOS ANGELES, CA (February 10, 2014) – The Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) announced today that

455 talented elementary, middle and high school students from across the United States have been selected to participate in four choirs—Children’s Choir, Youth Choir, Concert Women’s Choir, and Chamber Ensemble—which will be featured at the organization’s annual National Conference held in Atlanta, GA, March 20-22.  This year’s conference holds special significance as it is the 40th anniversary of OAKE’s founding.

The students, representing 142 cities and 30 states, will travel to Atlanta, GA for a four-day intensive rehearsal schedule and will work under the direction of renowned conductors Joan Gregoryk of the Children’s Chorus of Washington (Children’s Choir), Dr. Eugene Rogers of University of Michigan (Youth Choir), Dr. Eric Nelson of Emory University (Concert Women’s Choir), and Elaine Quilichini of the Calgary Girls Choir (Chamber Ensemble).  Financial assistance was made available to twelve scholarship recipients through funding from the OAKE National Scholarship Fund. The singers will perform the culminating concert at Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA on Saturday, March 22 at 7PM.

"We are excited to bring our National Conference to Atlanta, GA this spring, and to set the stage for a life-changing music making event for the participants of the four National Honor Choirs,” said Kelly Foster Griffin, OAKE President. “In a culturally rich environment, youth from all corners of the country will join together and experience the exhilaration of being an integral part of a highly artistic performance. It is always heartwarming to observe the strong connections that develop among the students, their nationally renowned conductors and their participating school music teacher - all because of a common appreciation for music and love of singing. Surely, the highlight of the conference is the Saturday evening concert.”

The list of guest professionals participating in the 2014 OAKE National Conference includes keynote speaker Ann C. Kay, founder of Center for Lifelong Music Making, mini-conference session leader Jay Broeker and special invited guests Ronald and Natalie Daise. The opening concert will be performed by the University of Georgia African American Choral Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Gregory Broughton.  Friday night entertainment will be provided by folk fiddling group The Rosin Sisters.  Additional featured concerts will be provided by the Urban Youth Harp Ensemble under the direction of Carolyn Lund; Young Singers of Callanwolde under the direction of Paige Mathis; and the Georgia Boy Choir accompanied by the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra under the direction of David White.  A full list of conference presenters, clinicians and featured guests as well as registration information can be found at www.oake.org/conferences.

OAKE was founded in 1974 to serve as a meeting place for music educators who embrace the Kodály Concept of Music Education. It draws its membership from educators of all levels, public and private, students, administrators, and others who share in its support and promotion. The mission of the Organization of American Kodály Educators is to support music education of the highest quality, promote universal music literacy and lifelong music making, and preserve the musical heritage of the people of the United States of America through education, artistic performance, advocacy and research.

 Choir students are listed by choir, then alphabetically by state/city/last name/first name. Sponsoring teachers are listed at the end, alphabetically by state/city/last name/first name.

2014 OAKE National Children's Choir Members

Organization of American Kodály Educators selects students for National Conference Choirs