A pair of Pokémon-themed reptiles is stealing hearts and making big impacts in the classrooms at Carvajal Elementary. Charzard, the school's first bearded dragon, now 11 months old, was acquired as a ...Read more...

More than 100 high school students from 14 San Antonio ISD high schools have earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. These National Recognition Programs grant unde...Read more...

It was easy for Chauncey Reid to see San Antonio ISD's need for rightsizing after seeing the presentation at Young Men's Leadership Academy on Aug. 30. Everybody comes in with clenched hands, but you ...Read more...

Sandra Hernandez loves teaching Spanish. The Fox Tech teacher says she loves what she does because she is proud of her first language and her Mexican heritage. She loves teaching the language so much ...Read more...

Three SAISD high schools score in San Antonio's Top 10 for 2023, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday, Aug. 29. The news organization has been ranking schools natio...Read more...

The San Antonio ISD Children's Cabinet had its second meeting Aug. 23. The diverse group of 48 students, parents, educators, community members, and national leaders gathered in person and on Zoom for ...Read more...

This week, 99 San Antonio ISD teachers received a boost in their paychecks. Designated as Recognized, Exemplary, or Master Teachers as part of the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) Program with the Te...Read more...

Fenwick Academy Principal Cassie McClung sees the possibility of positive change in San Antonio ISD through rightsizing. McClung hasn t seen a lot of change at Fenwick Academy. The school for pre-kind...Read more...

Janine Richards does much more than just maintain the collection of the Woodlawn Hills Elementary library. She may very well contribute her own book to it. The library instructional assistant publishe...Read more...

Dyslexia specialist Alicia Joseph was recently featured on "BBQ USA" on the Food Network. Joseph and her husband Clarence (CJ) have a competition barbecue team, Mama & Papa Joe s Barbecue, and the sho...Read more...

Burbank High School librarian Jennifer De Waelsche is coming back to school this year a champion a Scrabble champion. The veteran librarian competed in the North American Scrabble Players Association ...Read more...

Enrolling for college after high school requires a lot of moving parts to come together: high school transcripts, TSI results, meningitis shots, FAFSA and TASFA forms. It s a long checklist even for e...Read more...

The first day of school for most San Antonio ISD campuses is on Aug. 15. As we get close to the start of school, a group of committed staff at Douglass Elementary made sure their students and families...Read more...

There is a lot of momentum at the Brackenridge High School culinary arts department. Students in the program won the city-wide High School Paella Challenge this spring and earned a trip to New York in...Read more...

Families can get needed vaccines at our vaccination clinics offered in partnership with University Health. Routine vaccines are being offered at clinics at the following campuses from 9 a.m. to noon: ...Read more...

San Antonio ISD has published the first draft of a potential Rightsizing Framework and is seeking public input on the plan. Rightsizing the district may involve closing school buildings, co-locating s...Read more...

More than 9,000 students entering kindergarten through 12th grade registered for summer programs to enrich their development in reading, STEAM subjects, Career and Technical Education, fine arts, athl...Read more...

More than 30 district employees, board members, and their families participated in the 20th Annual Pride Bigger Than Texas Parade June 24. The organized participation was a collaborative effort betwee...Read more...

Three San Antonio ISD students have been named Cyber Scholars with the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation. Catherine Osteguin of Burbank High School, and Joseph Gentile and Trinity Williams of CAST...Read more...

As the district s Always Learning plan is implemented, the Adult and Community Education department plays a pivotal role in achieving the core objective of fostering thriving families, staff, and comm...Read more...

The San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees brought forward and approved a resolution on facilities planning and development June 20. The resolution calls for a study of school building capacity to rightsiz...Read more...

Mirna Dubon believes in the transformative power of education. It allows you to grow professionally, to improve your future. That s why she emphasizes that her daughters go to school every day. Little...Read more...

Christopher Reese, theatre teacher at Sam Houston High School and San Antonio ISD Distinguished Teacher of the Year at the high school level, was named the Secondary Teacher of the Year by the Alamo A...Read more...

A major step in the implementation of the district s Always Learning strategic management plan, the SAISD Children s Cabinet launched Wednesday, May 24. A diverse group of 77 students, parents, educat...Read more...

Gregorio Velazquez, principal of Tynan Early Childhood Education Center, has won the 2023 David Chavarria Award for Head Start leaders. The award is named for Chavarria, the former principal at Knox E...Read more...

Douglass bilingual kindergarten teacher Blanca Hernández is a recipient of one of 10 inaugural HMH (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Lighthouse Awards given to teachers across the nation. Formally announced...Read more...

As summer approaches with more time for outdoor family fun, a group of students at Highland Hills Elementary is entering the season with a certificate of completion for a Texas Parks and Wildlife Basi...Read more...

As they get ready to transition to college, 13 district seniors have received the great news that they are 2023 Dell Scholars. The students from CAST Med High School and Travis Early College High Scho...Read more...

One by one, the students in Emily Gonzalez s first grade class came forward to show their artwork. They had created abstract pieces, inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, using shapes and color to convey emo...Read more...

As part of Teacher Appreciation Week, San Antonio ISD recognized its Teachers of the Year. Ninety-one teachers were honored May 11 at the Alamo Convocation Center. The Teacher of the Year award honors...Read more...

Oscar García-Roman, a dual language math teacher at CAST Med High School, has been awarded a 2023 Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching. García-Roman and 14 other distinguished educators nominated ...Read more...

This week is teacher appreciation week, and part of what makes our teachers in San Antonio ISD stand out is the great ideas they have for ways to better support their students. For Wilson bilingual sp...Read more...

Twenty-two high school students from across the district had the chance of a lifetime April 29 to each get to build and then keep, their own state-of-the-art personal computer valued at approximately ...Read more...

As part of Teacher Appreciation Week, San Antonio ISD recognized its outstanding first-year Rising Star teachers. Fifty-three teachers were honored May 10 at the Alamo Convocation Center. The Rising S...Read more...

Work on Bond 2020 projects is well underway, including the rolling out of extensive technology upgrades. As part of the Bond, schools are receiving upgraded infrastructure for improved Wi-Fi throughou...Read more...

Burbank boys track coach Mike Manzano ran his second Boston Marathon Monday, but it was his first representing the Bulldogs. Manzano, who ran his first Boston Marathon in 2019, said his training coinc...Read more...

On April 17, the San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees approved a pay increase for all full-time, permanent employees in the district for the 2023-2024 academic year. The total district cost of increased ...Read more...

Through Culturingua s Global Social Entrepreneurship Journey, students in Benghazi, Libya, and San Antonio, Texas, United States, gained confidence and skills for their future careers while creating b...Read more...

When Burbank student Ricardo Julian arrived to his Practicum of Information Technology class last week, he had a bit of a surprise. Members of the district s Information Technology department were the...Read more...

For the seniors on the Brackenridge High School culinary competition team, the awards ceremony of the 13th annual Paella Challenge was among the most nerve-racking moments of their lives. Until that m...Read more...

The San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees discussed staff compensation during its budget workshop on March 27. On the table is the single largest salary increase in absolute dollars the district has offer...Read more...

More than 100 students from at least 16 San Antonio ISD campuses, plus district staff and board members participated in the 27th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice Saturday, March 25. Near the f...Read more...

The state of the district is as strong as ever, Superintendent Jaime Aquino told business and community leaders at the State of the District event Thursday morning. The event, hosted by the SAISD Foun...Read more...

The first day students returned from spring break, a box full of 31 broken Chromebooks from a comprehensive middle school showed up to the Practicum of Information Technology class at Edison High Scho...Read more...

When the Texas School Social Workers Conference called her in early February, Carmen Thatcher, LCSW, director of student support, thought a conference staff member was confirming a presentation. She w...Read more...

On March 9, the district gave its Bond Citizen Advisory Committee a bus tour, showcasing 2016 Bond investments. Trustees Art Valdez and Patti Radle joined the tour, which visited Burbank and Lanier hi...Read more...

Roger Landeros has been named head football coach and athletics boys coordinator at Highlands High School. He replaces Chris Castillo, who left to be the head football coach at Kyle Lehman High School...Read more...

Chief of Staff Toni Thompson was inducted into the San Antonio Women s Hall of Fame Saturday March 4. The Women's Hall of Fame, which recognizes and honors outstanding women in the community for their...Read more...

There are some new sounds coming out of the band hall at Fox Tech High School this year. First, there s the rock punk, metal, ukelele-driven folk. Then there s the Tejano, and the Jazz. Students are p...Read more...

Nearly 50 fifth graders at Bowden Academy made a presentation to the community Wednesday that could change the future of their school. They shared the designs they have been working on over the last f...Read more...

San Antonio ISD held its second annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Competition on Feb. 18 at Hot Wells Middle School. Students in grades 4-8 had the opportunity to participate in this robotics event to...Read more...

Nearly 120 San Antonio ISD staff and students, along with representatives from local, state, and national nonprofits, governmental agencies, and education systems, gathered Feb. 10 to provide final in...Read more...

The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo opens Feb. 9, and eight students from Burbank High School are getting ready to show their pigs at the Junior Livestock portion of competition. Junior Genesis Ortiz...Read more...

Twenty-five reading teams from across the district competed at Whittier Middle School Feb. 11 in the Battle of the Books and Book Battle Royale competitions for a chance to compete in city-wide compet...Read more...

This year has been a homecoming of sorts for Sierra Gonzales. The 2018 valedictorian of Fox Tech High School returned to the same hallways this year to teach. It s full circle for Gonzales, who grew u...Read more...

It was a true Enchilada Wednesday Feb. 8 as more than 200 members of the San Antonio Familia attended a Gathering of Community Voices at the Alamo Convocation Center, to share both a nostalgic enchila...Read more...

The Office of Postsecondary Initiatives and the SAISD Foundation have again partnered to remove barriers between district students and their college goals. Offering a slate of tours to colleges and un...Read more...

As San Antonio ISD continues soliciting input on the district s five-year strategic management plan, Always Learning , more than 40 community members including parents and representatives from local g...Read more...

Unassumingly officed on the first floor of Gates Elementary School, a trio of instructional assistants is helping make miracles happen for San Antonio ISD students. The district s three braille transc...Read more...

Many members of the San Antonio ISD Familia spent their day off walking to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the city s 36th annual march and celebration on Jan. 16. The route beg...Read more...

Two years ago, Nahommy Jimenez would have never imagined herself living in the United States, let alone Europe. But Europe is where this Sam Houston High School graduate currently resides. The 2022 Sa...Read more...

Three San Antonio ISD students were matched to the top-tier university of their choice through the 2022 QuestBridge National College Match program. Known as Match Scholarship Recipients, these three h...Read more...

Brenda Huckle loves being a substitute bus monitor. I love subbing and moving around, Huckle said. It is something different every day. But in her 14 years with the district, she saw something entirel...Read more...

If you ask Frances Santos for a letter of recommendation, be ready. Be ready to submit the usual résumé, transcript, extracurricular activities. But there will be more. Be ready to open your heart on ...Read more...

January 2023 has been proclaimed as School Board Recognition Month, and this year s theme is Forward, Together. As we continue to navigate the challenges posed during the last few years, we appreciate...Read more...

Projects from more than 60 student scientists representing 20 district schools were on display Saturday Dec. 10 at Edison High School for the SAISD Science and STEM fair. The Science Team was very exc...Read more...

It doesn t take much time at Maverick Elementary School to meet the puppets. Nicole is the mischievous one. Dolly is the shy one, who takes care of Roberto, a rooster. Pedro needs help with self-estee...Read more...

Just in time for the holiday season, the SAISD Foundation has been making some big gifts to schools to help principals with campus projects. Launched during National Principals Month in October, San A...Read more...

Bexar County's new BiblioTech digital library, The Judge Nelson and Tracy Wolff BiblioTech EDU, opened Dec. 6 at the Fox Tech campus. Community members came to celebrate the grand opening with student...Read more...

This week for Hour of Code, students in San Antonio ISD schools joined millions around the world celebrating Computer Science Education Week, which takes place every year in December. This year, SAISD...Read more...

Joseph, a high school student at the Advanced Learning Academy, was pleasantly surprised at the level of growth and opportunity that came as a result of his participation in Culturingua s Global Socia...Read more...

November is Family Engagement Month, and a grant from Frito-Lay and the LULAC National Education Service Center in San Antonio (LNESC) has been helping both San Antonio ISD schools connect with parent...Read more...

The SAISD Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment team collaborated with the Dual Language, ESL & Migrant team to hold the District s Annual Spanish Spelling Bee Competition this week. Forty-two campuse...Read more...

Gabriela Villasana s introduction to singing mariachi was a twist of fate. A seventh grader at Irving Dual Language Academy in 2017, she was pursuing mariachi primarily as an instrumentalist, playing ...Read more...

Over the last month, students at 11 San Antonio ISD elementary schools learned some valuable lessons about recycling. They learned which materials were recyclable and which were not, how recycling hel...Read more...

This Veterans Day, we present to you the stories of some of our veterans who lead our JROTC and LOTC programs in the district. We thank them not only for their service to our country, but also to our ...Read more...

To celebrate National STEM Day Nov. 8, some San Antonio ISD middle and high school campuses attended CORE4STEM , a two-day celebration of education and career opportunities in STEM with over 1,500 stu...Read more...

This election day, adults weren't the only ones making important decisions. Students of all grade levels across San Antonio ISD took to their own polls Nov. 8 in a district-wide mock voting project vi...Read more...

It was Fall of 1971. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Jason Mims had just graduated from Sam Houston High School and was admitted to the last all-male class at the University of Notre Dame. Ten students wer...Read more...

San Antonio ISD school groups sponsored at least 11 of the 80 altars at last weekend s Muertos Fest at Hemisfair. The event, in its 10th year, brings together traditional art and culture with live mus...Read more...

Hawthorne fifth grade teacher Rachel Diaz-Pacheco hosted a book tasting for her students. "I noticed my students were always reading books within the same genre and often written by the same authors, ...Read more...

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the CYBER P-TECH USA students at Sam Houston High School have a few words of wisdom for the San Antonio ISD Familia. It all starts with passwords. Passwor...Read more...

Tillie Sanchez loves Poe Middle School. The Middle School Partners Program teacher will quickly tell you how her parents and all her siblings all went there, and how even though she didn t attend the ...Read more...

A group of students in the Burbank High School agriculture program are now set to show pigs at the Bexar County Livestock Show after their dual credit professor Steve Chumbley at Palo Alto College arr...Read more...

Micah Hunter was in a professional development session in August when her phone kept ringing, and ringing, and ringing. When she finally got a break, she checked the message and learned it was the Tex...Read more...

A row of student artists sat outside the Mays Center at the Witte Museum behind their French easels, blank paper and markers in front of them. As guests filled the seats in front of their easels, the ...Read more...

Oct. 2 is National Custodian Appreciation Day, and we could not be more thankful for our custodial staff. They are on the front lines of student safety, making sure campuses are secure and clean to al...Read more...

The San Antonio ISD Police Department was treated to a breakfast and lunch of appreciation Friday, just days after 28 units responded to Jefferson High School ensuring students were safe after a false...Read more...

It is a renaissance year for the tennis team at Highlands High School. The members of the young team were all in elementary school, third or fourth grade, the last time the school s team was assured e...Read more...

It was a homecoming of sorts for author Alda P. Dobbs. When the alumna of Knox Elementary, Harris Middle School, and Brackenridge High School walked into the Harris cafeteria, she was immediately take...Read more...

When the Texas Education Agency released accountability results in August, San Antonio ISD continued to show huge growth, maintaining its B rating while also improving its overall score to an 85 (B) a...Read more...

This week is National Substitute Appreciation Week, and San Antonio ISD has some of the best substitute teachers. We traveled around the district to talk to some of our subs to find out what brought t...Read more...

More than 20 SAISD high school students have earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs. These National Recognition Programs grant underrepresented students with acade...Read more...

As San Antonio ISD schools opened their doors to students last week, the district s class of 2022 is taking their next steps into higher education. Nearly 2,700 students graduated across the district ...Read more...

San Antonio ISD earned a B rating from the state, maintaining its momentum from when the district first earned a B in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021-22 accountability results were relea...Read more...

The 455 girls at the Young Women s Leadership Academy-Primary are about to get a lot more fresh food food they grow themselves. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Se...Read more...

This year, San Antonio ISD welcomes 19 new campus principals for the 2022-2023 school year. They are eager to embark on the school year with their new campuses. Congratulations to the following princi...Read more...

Esports is growing in San Antonio ISD. On Aug. 2, the Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Information Technology (IT) departments were invited to attend the awarding of community support funds fr...Read more...

JROTC cadets at Lanier High School will be welcomed back to school with a professional Confidence Course outside the CTE building, allowing them to practice in their own backyard for Raider Competitio...Read more...

As energy demand rises amid record-breaking heat, CAST Tech High School graduates presented their work promoting awareness of energy use in San Antonio ISD school buildings at the BEE Project s 2022 B...Read more...