Spring Woods High School

Spring Woods High School

Principal	Lance Stallworth
School type	Public school (U.S.)
Location	Houston, Texas, United States
Enrollment	2,200 students
Campus surroundings	Urban
Mascot	Tigers
School colors	Black, Gold

Spring Woods High School is a secondary school in Houston, Texas. The school, serving grades 9 through 12, is operated by Spring Branch Independent School District.

Spring Woods serves several neighborhoods, including Campbell Woods, Royal Oaks, Spring Meadows, Shadow Oaks, and a portion of Spring Shadows.

History

Spring Woods High School was opened in 1965 during the boom in the western suburbs of Houston on the former grounds of the Spring Branch Country Club, followed by Spring Oaks Middle School and Westwood Elementary School a short distance away on the same former golf course. Currently the second oldest functioning high school in the district, Spring Woods serves the northwest part of Spring Branch ISD (generally an area north of Interstate 10 and west of Gessner Road). Expanded and renovated several times, Spring Woods boasts an architecture with wide courtyards in which classrooms face inwards, yet open to the outside air, a different approach than Northbrook and Stratford, the two newer schools in the district, which are mostly enclosed but are still kept dry and warm when weather becomes an issue. SWHS opened about the same time and with a similar design as Westchester High School, which closed in the 1980s and is currently home to a district-run charter school called Westchester Academy for International Studies.

It is generally believed that the choice of the Navy Hymn as the tune of the school song is in tribute to World War II Navy hero and President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated the year before Spring Woods opened. The song was played at his funeral.

The demographics of the feeder region have shifted dramatically, turning Spring Woods from an exclusively suburban middle-class high school to a diverse student body, a majority of which are Hispanic and low income students [ [http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/4110004696/school.aspx Spring Woods High School, Houston TX at Schooldigger.com] ] .

Spring Woods was named a 1997-98 National Blue Ribbon School. [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf] ]

Feeder patterns

Elementary schools that feed into Spring Woods include [http://www.springbranchisd.com/schools/maps/feederschools.htm Feeder schools at SBISD.com] ] :
* Shadow Oaks
* Spring Branch
* Westwood
* Woodview
* Pine Shadows (partial)
* Sherwood (partial)
* Terrace (partial)

Middle schools that feed into Spring Woods include [http://www.springbranchisd.com/schools/maps/feederschools.htm Spring Branch Independent School District - Houston ] ] :
* Spring Branch Middle School (partial)
* Spring Oaks (partial)
* Spring Woods (partial)

Gates millennium Scholarship

In 2006–2007, Seniors Kristina Love and Cindy Dinh were awarded the prestigious Gates Millennium Scholarship, which is awarded each year to only 1,000 graduating seniors across the united States.

Business Professionals of America

In 2007, Spring Woods had two students qualify for National Leadership Conference at New York City. Students advanced through Area and State competitions to earn a spot at the National Leadership Conference.Erik Alvarado placed 1st in the Texas State competition in Microsoft Networking and 11th in the nation at the National Conference at New York City. In 2006 one student advanced to the national level and placed 9th in the nation for Medical Office Procedures. (reference?)

Media

The school's newspaper, the "Regit", has won numerous awards, including team journalism winner of district 21-5A in 2006. In 2007, one student advanced to state competition in Feature Writing and placed 6th in the entire state of Texas. Many of its reporters continue pursuing journalism and go into the field. "Tiger TV" is the school's broadcast news station, with weekly shows on Channel 40.

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External links

* [http://swh.springbranchisd.com/ Spring Woods High School]