Lisa Jones didn't set out originally to be a teacher. Inspired by her high school science and math teachers, she developed a passion for STEM and pursued a career in electrical engineering. She worked...Read more...

Wafting into the hallway of the Edison Fine Arts building each Tuesday and Thursday morning are the sounds of pure joy. The strong foundation of the bajo quinto and the bright clear notes of the accor...Read more...

When Nikki Martinez walks down the hallways of Ogden Elementary with her principal cart, she occasionally hears a "Hi Mama!" As both principal and parent to three of her own children at Ogden, she doe...Read more...

Robert B. Green Elementary at Riverside Park was announced Sept. 23 as an exemplary high performing school by the U.S. Department of Education. Green Elementary is the only school from the San Antonio...Read more...

More than 200 campus and district leaders and staff attended professional development Sept. 20 to hear from Dr. Karen Mapp, senior lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ka...Read more...

As the Children's Cabinet embarks on its second full academic year together, the group of committed families, alumni, district employees, students and community members representing local businesses, ...Read more...

Click the image above to watch the interview courtesy of News-O-Matic This Hispanic Heritage Month, Franklin Elementary student Sophia Varela had the opportunity of a lifetime. The fifth grader at the...Read more...

It's not unusual for students to feel shy with new classmates at the beginning of the school year. But Maverick Elementary School Counselor Jeanette Zuniga and her puppets have a fun and identifiable ...Read more...

One of the joys in blending campuses this year is creating new traditions. Dr. Stephanie Ratliff wasted no time. The veteran principal moved, with many of the staff and students, from Douglass to Herf...Read more...

The Beat the Heat program, a partnership between Postsecondary Initiatives and the SAISD Foundation, brought in big gains in its third year as more students from the Class of 2024 received assistance ...Read more...

A lot can change in five years. But one thing that hasn't is the administrative team at Will Rogers Academy. Principal Zada Fowler and assistant principals Abel Hernandez and Jesus Solis all started a...Read more...

San Antonio ISD is giving updates through a series of public meetings to explain the process and timeline for the repurposing of buildings, which became available after the board s 2023 rightsizing de...Read more...

St. Philip's Early College High School celebrated its first 10 years serving students Friday, Aug. 16 with a ribbon cutting on the newly remodeled Bowden Legacy Building. The event was part of the Leg...Read more...

As of 11th grade, Inez Martinez had never visited a college campus. But that changed suddenly when the Sam Houston High School senior found herself living at the University of Texas at San Antonio for...Read more...

Growing up in San Antonio, Janet Hester remembers her mother taking her to the public library. "I would get totally immersed in all the books," said Hester. "It's important to be a good reader just fo...Read more...

As St. Philip's Early College High School prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary this month, the school does so with the added distinction of holding a U.S. News and World Report Best High Schools...Read more...

San Antonio ISD has been named a District of Distinction with The Texas Art Education Association (TAEA). TAEA announced the 94 winners of the 2024 District of Distinction Award in July. Districts rec...Read more...

San Antonio ISD schools celebrated increasing overall student attendance by 1.1% in the 2023-2024 school year, an increase that secured $3.52 million in additional state funding over the previous year...Read more...

Sam Houston High School band director Bruce Adams used to watch Barry Manilow on television as a kid. Adams had no idea that his future teaching career would end up earning him an award from the famou...Read more...

Every single day this summer, a member of the agriculture education team at Burbank High School has visited the campus. The tasks are constant there are crops to be maintained in the fields. There are...Read more...

Ball Elementary second grade teacher Bianca Darley has been selected for the 2024-2025 Texas Education Agency Teacher Leadership Fellowship. TEA's fellowship is a highly selective two-year commitment ...Read more...

Every morning Sophia Ramirez would see the Harvard University flag hanging prominently in the hallway at Young Women's Leadership Academy. She assumed this meant a Cardinal previously attended the Ivy...Read more...

The San Antonio Independent School District launched its Dual Language program with two schools, Mark Twain, and Washington Irving elementary schools in 2016. Both campuses offered a full Dual Languag...Read more...

They're back. The Fox Tech SkillsUSA Career Pathway Showcase team is back in Atlanta for their second consecutive appearance in the national competition. The three-person team, composed of Isabel Cort...Read more...

The San Antonio ISD Board of Trustees approved a 2% general pay increase for all full-time, permanent employees during a specially called board meeting on June 10. The board also voted on increasing e...Read more...

As the school year came to a close, Bonham Academy marked a special anniversary: five years of Mexican American Studies (MAS) at the K-8 academy. The State Board of Education (SBOE) approved MAS as a ...Read more...

It is a bittersweet time of year for school districts across the nation. High school seniors say farewell to their classmates as they branch out into the world to pursue higher education, begin a care...Read more...

Located on the East Side of San Antonio, Douglass Elementary School has been educating the children of the surrounding communities since 1868, when the school became San Antonio s first free public sc...Read more...

For the past 22 years, Pre-K teacher Jill Ruiz has loved working at Pershing Elementary. "It immediately felt like home. That's why I never left," said Ruiz. Now the veteran teacher has at least 7,000...Read more...

Jefferson High School senior Abigail Villarreal has a busy couple of weeks coming up. On June 6, she crosses the stage with her classmates at Freeman Coliseum. Three days later, she turns 18. But in t...Read more...

Soly Gutierrez said he can remember his dad talking about airplanes at the dinner table. Sometimes, he'd get to go with his dad an aircraft line maintenance technician to work, and the planes filled h...Read more...

Bella Anderson has always dabbled in art. "I've always had an interest in art because both of my parents have always been pretty creative," the Fox Tech High School senior said. I ve been drawing sinc...Read more...

On Thursday, May 16 the Education Technology Department celebrated the winners of the 2024 SAISD Film Festival. This year, there were 173 submissions. All students that submitted a film received certi...Read more...

The last week of school will look a little different this year for Longfellow science teacher Eliza Vela, who learned this spring that she is one of 10 middle school teachers nationwide accepted for t...Read more...

Bruce Adams, band director at Sam Houston High School and the school's 2024 Teacher of the Year, was named the Secondary Teacher of the Year by the Alamo Area Alliance of Black School Educators at a b...Read more...

Sharon Martinez, a dual language third grade teacher at Cotton Academy, has been awarded a 2024 Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Martinez and 13 other distinguished educators nominated by are...Read more...

As part of Teacher Appreciation Week, San Antonio ISD recognized its Teachers of the Year. Ninety-two teachers were honored May 9 at the Alamo Convocation Center. The Teacher of the Year award honors ...Read more...

This Teacher Appreciation Week, 284 teachers in San Antonio ISD received notification that they were designated as Recognized, Exemplary, or Master as part of the Texas Education Agency s Teacher Ince...Read more...

As part of Teacher Appreciation Week, San Antonio ISD recognized its outstanding first-year Rising Star teachers. Fifty-two teachers were honored May 7 at the Alamo Convocation Center. The Rising Star...Read more...

A wall on the back side of Arnold Elementary is looking a lot brighter after the school's community came together with local artist Albert Gonzales to create a mural inspired by his Wabi Sabi Project ...Read more...

It was a "world of pure imagination" last week at the Wonder Theatre of San Antonio as 31 three- and four-year-old students from Nelson Early Childhood Education Center performed a Willy Wonka-themed ...Read more...

Located just south of downtown San Antonio, Green Elementary School has been educating the children of the Lavaca and surrounding communities since 1915. The school was named after Robert B. Green, a ...Read more...

Fraternal twins Emma and Sarah Vargas both want to be teachers, and they are especially drawn to becoming bilingual teachers. As students in San Antonio ISD, they are at the right place at the right t...Read more...

Students in San Antonio ISD have even more access to comprehensive emotional, psychological, and social well-being care, following a $2,690,608 boost from the U.S. Department of Education under the Me...Read more...

As they get ready to transition to college, nine district seniors have received the timely news they are 2024 Dell Scholars. The students from Fox Tech High School and Travis Early College High School...Read more...

It was definitely a case of being at the right place at the right time. Officer Monica Carreon, a member of the SAISD Police Mental Health CARE Team, had just finished doing five elementary stop-and-w...Read more...

When the moon passed between the earth and the sun for the second time this school year in South Texas, San Antonio ISD schools were ready. Across the district on Monday, April 8, classes exited their...Read more...

As families and staff get to know each other through Blending the Familia events, we continue to celebrate the history and culture that closing campuses will take with them to new parts of the distric...Read more...

Kelly Elementary students crowded into the gym Thursday afternoon for a surprise announcement that resulted in an eruption of cheers and applause when they learned their new blended campus next school...Read more...

San Antonio ISD Child Nutrition Services received "The Turnip the Beet Award Gold" from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its efforts in summer meals during Summer 2023. The Turni...Read more...

Maria Mengrone grew up with challenges. "We didn't have much. I shared clothes with my sisters. We borrowed school supplies since we couldn't purchase our own," said Mengrone. "Our story was the story...Read more...

Leslie Ortiz was in dance practice when they made the announcement the day before spring break, so she didn't hear. Then assistant principal Erik Sanchez showed up at the studio to take the Burbank 10...Read more...

More than 400 students from 31 San Antonio ISD campuses, plus district staff and board members participated in the 28th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice Saturday, March 23. The SAISD cohort wh...Read more...

San Antonio ISD is an inclusive familia that is the destination for transformational learning that makes the impossible a reality by demonstrating an urgent and relentless commitment to love, nurture,...Read more...

A group of committed student runners is inviting the community to their 5K run for Autism Awareness at Concepción Park April 6. The students, part of Hillcrest Elementary s Run Club, have been trainin...Read more...

Whittier Middle School held its second annual Multicultural Festival March 22. This year s festival brought nearly 400 people to view cultural performances and taste great street food from around the ...Read more...

Alma was an International Baccalaureate (IB) student in her second year at Jefferson High School when she joined Culturingua's Global Social Entrepreneurship Journey (GSEJ). Through engagement with Li...Read more...

Douglass Elementary School fourth grader Dominik Sally loves to read. His favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but it doesn't stop there. According to Douglass Principal Stephanie Ratliff, Dominik i...Read more...

San Antonio ISD's youngest students were celebrated during signing day events at Highland Hills Elementary and Hawthorne Academy, with additional signing days coming up for other campuses. Pre-k to fi...Read more...

On Feb. 27, staff and families from the Douglass and Herff Elementary communities gathered at the Carver Community Cultural Center for a "Heart Healthy Night," the first family event for the merging s...Read more...

Members of San Antonio ISD's Children's Cabinet received an update on progress made and continuing work on projects within San Antonio ISD's Always Learning plan during a meeting Feb. 28. The presenta...Read more...

The work of the San Antonio ISD Communications and Family and Community Engagement departments was recognized at The Texas School Public Relations Association s (TSPRA) annual conference during the St...Read more...

February is CTE month, and students in San Antonio ISD are using Career and Technical Education programs to jump start their futures in multiple ways. San Antonio ISD high schools offer a wide range o...Read more...

More than 20 educators from schools across the district gathered at Madison Elementary Feb. 24 for a kick-off workshop celebrating a partnership between Gardopia Gardens, Big Green, and San Antonio IS...Read more...

Hannah Esqueda can't oversell the importance of AVID. The first-year teacher at Fox Tech High School is a product of the program, having taken courses in the Advancement Via Individual Determination c...Read more...

San Antonio ISD Adult & Community Education students swept every category of the 2024 Texas Association of Literacy and Adult Education awards, showcasing the hard work and dedication of the students ...Read more...

Across SAISD, 253 teachers are planning their moves from closing campuses to receiving campuses, carrying with them, collectively, hundreds of years of experience and knowledge. This realization is no...Read more...

W.C. Fields once famously said actors shouldn't work with kids or animals because they always steal the spotlight. SAISD K-9 Police Officer Martin Rosa disagrees. I love kids, you know? This is what I...Read more...

Every Wednesday and Friday, the faculty and staff at Brackenridge High School can start their day with a special treat. The students from Carol Medina's special education class traverse the halls as B...Read more...

The day before Valentine's Day, sounds of drilling resonated as sawdust filled the air behind the CTE Building at Sam Houston High School. Construction students were sharing love with the community wi...Read more...

It s the third year for the transportation department s Black History Museum, and it s never been more of a museum. Largely the brainchild of bus driver Robert Richardson, or as the kids call him, Mr....Read more...

The name of the legendary Belle Ortiz will forever grace the music building at Lanier High School. The newly named Belle Ortiz Music Building was revealed at a celebration Thursday, Feb. 8. Friends, f...Read more...

In keeping with its commitment to the San Antonio community and to ensure the continued positive impact of closed facilities, San Antonio ISD convened the inaugural meeting of the Facilities Repurposi...Read more...

Kimberly Payne's parents were both school counselors. Her father was a high school counselor and her mother an elementary school counselor. It was the main reason I thought I didn t want to go into ed...Read more...

"We're here because of porch pirates." That's the perspective Leah Hernandez, a ninth-grade student at St. Philip's Early College High School, held as 71 first graders at Briscoe Elementary had the ch...Read more...

The creativity of 48 San Antonio ISD artists is on display at the Central Library. SAISD students produced nine of the top 10 award-winning pieces and 48 of the 60 total displayed pieces for the stude...Read more...

Two San Antonio ISD high schools have earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. CAST Tech High Sch...Read more...

Every day, bus monitor T'Nisha Nation, or Ms. T, as the students call her, reminds students of their transfer buses as they roll into the Young Men's Leadership Academy transfer center. 432 is Paige a...Read more...

This story has been updated. Most San Antonio ISD teachers and instructional assistants who work at schools slated to close or merge have accepted reassignment offers, while dedicated transition teams...Read more...

The district's newest National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT) will be recognized this weekend at a formal pinning ceremony at the Texas National Board Coalition for Teaching conference at Education S...Read more...

With the coming closure of Huppertz Elementary School, new teacher Janelli Rodriguez is following her students' lead and choosing to be a risk-taker as she continues as an International Baccalaureate ...Read more...

Members of the San Antonio ISD Student Advisory Committee say they support the Board of Trustees' decision to move forward with the district's rightsizing recommendation, which involves closing and me...Read more...

Third and fourth grade students at Huppertz Elementary School are showing off a new accessory and feeling a little better about going to a new campus next school year. This comes after their fellow In...Read more...

Instructors at Edison High School's First Responders program put their teaching into action after a rollover accident unfolded 200 yards from the Edison campus Dec. 8. Fire instructor Kori Paulini (EM...Read more...

San Antonio ISD has a record-breaking 12 QuestBridge College Match recipients representing eight high school campuses this year. These seniors have been awarded full scholarships to some of the most p...Read more...

Last week, SAISD welcomed more than 50 newly named Campus Transition Ambassadors, CTAs or ambassadors for short, to the district offices for a day-long training session. Ambassadors are a cornerstone ...Read more...

San Antonio ISD and the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), a construction and energy industries union, announced a partnership Dec. 5 that is creating the district's first pre-app...Read more...

San Antonio ISD today is launching a new enrollment process that will better serve families and prioritize students at schools impacted by the recently approved rightsizing recommendation. The process...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. Eighty-eight stud...Read more...

Fox Tech High School and Alamo Colleges announced a new H-TECH nursing pathway at a press conference Nov. 30. In collaboration with San Antonio College, University Health and Methodist Hospital Metrop...Read more...

There's a new butterfly garden at Woodlawn Academy after a group of committed staff, students and families came together to create the space before Thanksgiving break. On a day when much of the distri...Read more...

Student artists at Jefferson High School helped make a big impact in the community by contributing 70 bowls to the SAMMinistries Empty Bowls Event. The annual event is a fundraiser for SAMMinistries a...Read more...

More than 2,000 fourth graders from across the district have visited the Burbank Agricultural Sciences Farm this week for the return of the Ag in the City program, the first time the event has taken p...Read more...

When Dakota Osife exhibits at powwows, her chosen dance is Jingle Dress. The healing dance comes from Ojibwe tradition, and Dakota's father picked it for her when she first began dancing. She tried ot...Read more...

This story has been updated. There are strict laws that govern how school districts spend money. Public school districts are not businesses and do not make a profit. They must operate schools with the...Read more...

Dr. John Davila, Spanish teacher at three International Baccalaureate elementary schools, has published a bilingual collection of poems. De sol a rojo sol / From Sun to Red Sun, Davila s first publish...Read more...

SAISD was well-represented at the 11th annual Muertos Fest at Hemisfair Oct. 28-29. The event, which brings together traditional art and culture with live music and entertainment to celebrate the Day ...Read more...

Highlands junior Benjamin Mendez has a lot to be thankful for this year. The trombone player in the Mighty Owls marching band is on his way to New York City tomorrow to begin rehearsals for the Macy s...Read more...

While saving money is not the driving reason behind rightsizing, the process could end up allowing the San Antonio Independent School District to reallocate funds to provide a better education for eve...Read more...

More than 20 San Antonio ISD schools participated in the 20th annual Artpace Chalk it Up Saturday, creating large chalk murals along Houston Street corresponding to this year's theme, Dream Big! At th...Read more...