The Boerne Police Foundation, in partnership with BISD, the 100 Club of Kendall County, and Legacy Farmstead, is pleased to announce a successful 2023 Giving Campaign for School Resource Officers.

Through generous donations and community support, we raised over $100k for all 12 BISD School Resource Officers. These donations will be used for specialized equipment, training, and first aid packs for all SRO’s.

Over the last several months we have recognized donors who made this possible:

• Vic and Cheri Vaughan, Champion
• Mark and Elky van Es and daughter, Elin, Cibolo Creek
• A donor who asked to remain anonymous for SRO sponsorship of Voss
• Ranié Young, Curington
• The Rotary Club of Fair Oaks Ranch, Fair Oaks Ranch
• Scott Rykert and Family AND Norman Scott and Family,
• Billy and Michele Smith, Boerne
• General Donors who provided SRO sponsorship for Herff and BMSS

We honored the 2023 UIL Class 4A State Bronze Medalist, Boerne Greyhounds Girls Soccer team!

The Greyhounds made history as they advanced to the State Final Four for the second straight season.

Boerne won five playoff matches and defeated Davenport 1-0 to win the Region Four Championship.

The Greyhounds finished an amazing season with an overall record of 26-3, and have won 46 matches in the last two seasons.

Boerne has won state bronze medals in each of the last two seasons.

We celebrated Champion High School Senior Andrew Guanio, who took first place in the 2023 Texas State Citizen Bee contest.

Andrew is the first student in Boerne ISD history to win the statewide Citizen Bee.

The Texas Citizen Bee is a statewide civic education program and competition. Students use a 171-page guide to prepare for a two-part competition with an oral and written component. The competition included a student from each of the 20 regions in Texas.

With the win, Andrew was awarded a $5,000 scholarship as the top prize. He earned a $250 gift card for winning the Region 20 Citizen Bee earlier in April.

The Champion Saxophonix placed 15th at the 2023 UIL State Chamber Music Festival in Bastrop, and are the first-ever Boerne ISD ensemble that has been selected as a state finalist in this event.

The Saxophonix qualified for the Festival via a recorded audition submitted earlier this year and competed against top ensembles from across the state.

Champion had a wonderful performance at the event and placed 15th overall in the state.

The Saxophonix have performed at a high level and their music has thrilled audiences of all ages.

We celebrated the Champion students who qualified for the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America State Competition in Dallas.

Hailee Goodwin, Natalie Holder, and Lleyton Mabrito advanced to state thanks to their strong performances at the Regional Competition.

At the state competition, Haillee took first place in the Teach and Train Category to qualify for the National Competition later this spring. Natalie placed seventh in Teach and Train while Lleyton finished 12th in Interior Design.

FCCLA is a national Career and Technical Student Organization for students in Family and Consumer Sciences education. FCCLA offers intra-curricular resources and opportunities for students to pursue careers that support families.

We honored the Boerne Greyhounds Winterguard.

The Greyhounds Winter Guard took third place in the Texas Educational Colorguard State Championship Competition!

The BHS Winter Guard has been a consistent state contender in TECA since 2019, placing in the top three in their category in five of the last six years as a unit.

This year, the Winter Guard was promoted to a more competitive bracket due to their growth. Despite more fierce competition, the guard has placed 4th, 3rd, and 2nd in their division and once again placed in the top 3 at the State Championships!

We congratulated the President’s Volunteer Service Award winners

A total of over 30 students from Boerne and Champion High School, as well as Boerne Middle School North, earned this award for being exceptional volunteers in our community.

This award honors individuals whose service positively impacts communities in every corner of the nation and inspires those around them to take action.

Students earned either a gold, silver, or bronze award, based on the number of volunteer hours they completed. Volunteer hours range from 50 hours to over 250 hours in a 12-month period. A total of eight students here tonight volunteered over 250 hours during the last year.

We honored the 2021-22 UIL Texas State Boys Soccer Coach of the Year, Boerne Greyhounds Michael Strong.

Coach Strong has had tremendous success on the Greyhounds sidelines, having won Back to Back UIL Class 4A State Championships in 2021 and 2022, and advancing to the Regional finals this season.

Coach Strong has led the Greyhounds to a total of 75 wins over the past three seasons, with only seven losses during that span.

Coach Strong won his 100th career game earlier this season.

In addition to leading the Greyhound Boys Soccer Team, Strong is an Assistant Volleyball Coach and teaches Earth and Space at Boerne High School.

We honored the 2023 Texas High School Athletic Directors Association Region 8 Administrator of the Year, Stan Leech.

Honored by the UIL in 2021 as one of the ‘100 Greatest Texas High School Basketball Coaches’ in history, Coach Leech becomes a back-to-back honoree for Region 8.

Over the past year, the BISD Athletic Department has had tremendous success, including the Boerne Greyhounds Boys Soccer Team winning Back to Back Class 4A State Championships, as well as the Champion Chargers Swim Team winning individual Class 5-A State Titles, the Greyhounds Football and Tennis teams earning UIL Class 4A State Silver Medals, the Chargers Girls Cross Country Team winning the UIL Class 5A State Silver Medal, the Chargers Boys Water Polo Team earning a UIL Class 5A State Silver Medal, as well as the Boerne and Champion Soccer and Basketball teams making a total of eight final four appearances, among many other accomplishments.

We celebrated Boerne and Champion Assistant Swimming and Diving Coach Michael Gillette for being named the 2023 Texas High School Coaches Association Region 8 Assistant Coach of the Year.

Coach Gillette helped lead the Chargers to earn two state swim medals this season, including an individual state championship, and has been a key part of Champion’s recent swimming success.

Coach Gillette was also an Assistant for the Chargers State Silver Medal Winning Boys Water Polo Team in the Fall.

He has taught AP United States History at Champion High School since 2008 as well as AP Human Geography, Historical Periods, and On-level US history, and was the 2016 Boerne ISD District Teacher of the Year.

We honored Cibolo Creek Elementary School Kindergarten Teacher Dana Rust. achievement

Mrs. Rust was nominated for the 2023 Lori Tullos Barta Outstanding Educator Award by The Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas.

Mrs. Rust was nominated for the award by Cibolo Creek parent Taylor Gebert for providing superior support and encouragement to his daughter Sophia, a CCES Kindergarten student.

Mrs. Rust is in her 21st year of teaching Kindergarten. She taught at Curington Elementary for four years and moved to Cibolo Creek Elementary in 2006 when it opened.

The Lori Tullos Barta Educator of the Year Award is typically presented to a deserving person or team to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on March 21.