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SKY Student Highlight

John Freed

John Freed is a 7^th grader at KIPP Courage @ Landrum Middle School. He heard about the program from a presentation Principal Schmidt gave at his elementary school and applied when that sparked an interest in the charter program. John is involved in symphonic band, football, and cross-country as electives. His favorite subject in school is social studies, or what they call it at KIPP, Humanities.The Percy Jackson series is his favorite book series and football is his favorite sport. John likes that at KIPP students feel like they get more privileges than if they were in another program and his ability to make new friends easily makes him unique.

KIPP Houston Public Schools Annual Reunion

January 6^th,  2015 was the KIPP reunion where the Landrum and KIPP Courage girls choir performed. This event is held every January to excite for the upcoming semester. The event was held at the KIPP Houston Southwest Campus. The girls choir was one of the three selected student performances at the event. The Landrum girls choir is a combination of Landrum Middle School and KIPP Courage @ Landrum students. Landrum Middle School is a unique campus because it shares its space with KIPP Houston Public School's middle school charter program known as KIPP Courage @ Landrum. The charter program and traditional program, both housed at Landrum Middle School share elective classes. This wonderful girls choir is a great example of the blend of the charter and traditional programs. Their talented collaboration was well celebrated and appreciated at the reunion dinner. 

These young ladies did a terrific job performing at the celebration.

 Great job we are so proud of you!

Congratulations to KIPP on their reunion and job well done to the Landrum girls’ choir. 

Winter Break Communcation

During the winter holiday starting at 3:00 p.m. December 19^th, 2014 until 8:00 a.m. on January 5^th, 2015 the SKY service features for the common application will be closed. Messages left for the partnership will be responded to chronologically when we return from the holiday. You may leave a message about your application process over the break and we will get back to you as soon as we can when we resume on the 5^th.

Choice Program Common Application

The SBISD online common application is available to all interested in applying to your choice programs. The program opportunities include thirteen campuses district wide. Online you may apply for two charter campuses, elementary and secondary dual language programs, and the International Baccalaureate program, these are elementary, middle, and high school programs throughout the district. For more information about all the choice options visit www.springbranchisd.com/choice.

       Take a more in depth look at the choice programs by visiting their respective websites. All the applications for these programs are online only. Spring Branch ISD will be hosting Café Nights at multiple home campuses that can facilitate the application process for families who don't have access to a computer. Apply today to your choice options at commonapp.springbranchisd.com.

KIPP Courage at Landrum and Landrum Middle School Choir Performs at the Good Neighbor Celebration Event

Good Luck to our Landrum Middle School and KIPP Courage at Landrum combination choir who will be performing at the SBISD Good Neighbor Event tonight, November 6, 2014.

The Good Neighborhood Celebration Event is tonight, November 6, 2014 at the Omni Houston Hotel Westside. This event is being held to honor the Good Neighbor participants who help support Spring Branch ISD and its students. These partners volunteer with the schools and provide the kids with a peek into the businesses that is in their neighborhoods. This event will celebrate the great things these individuals, businesses, government entities and community groups that support our SBISD students.

We know you have done great things in our community leading up to tonight! Thank you to the good neighbors who have made this night possible and for all the good you are doing in our neighborhoods! Good luck to the choir tonight, we know you will be fantastic!

Landrum Middle School and KIPP Courage at Landrum Preforms Employees Must Wash Hands Before Committing Murder

Thursday, November 5, 2014 Landrum Middle School and KIPP Courage at Landrum Theater Arts program performed “Employees Must Wash Hands Before Committing Murder”, a murder mystery and comedy.

The play, “Employees Must Wash Hands Before Committing Murder” is about a fast food restaurant where the workers get involved in a sticky situation when they have a surprise health inspection. They all rush to the back to clean up the mess of the food and other health code violations when the manager ends up dead in the freezer. The play turns into a murder mystery for the employees to find out who murdered the manager.

We are so proud of how hard these talented students worked to make the show go so
beautifully! Great job Landrum Middle and KIPP Courage at Landrum theater program!