About Us

mr. jake woodson

I feel so excited and privileged to serve in my seventh year at Baines Middle School. Baines Choirs performs multiple concerts throughout the school year, in addition to community performances and UIL competitions. 

I graduated Magna Cum Laude from University of Houston with a Bachelor of Music with Elective Studies in Teacher Certification. In my time at University of Houston, I sang in four ensembles and directed an extra-curricular men's choir for three years. This year will bring new and exciting challenges, and I'm so excited to conquer them all with my students!

Mrs. Huber-mendoza

Karisma Huber-Mendoza is a Texas native originally from a small town called Muleshoe in the Panhandle. She graduated from Texas Tech University in 2019 with a bachelors in Music Education. She began working in Fort Bend ISD shortly after, beginning at Marshall HS in 2020. There she taught for 4 years, helping the program rebuild and gain their first UIL Superior Ratings since 2018. Her heart has always been with middle school, and so she felt called to return back to her roots with Mr. Woodson here at Baines MS. She got married this summer to her brand new husband, Grant. Together they have 3 pets (Lucy, Willow and Bean) and enjoy going to the movies, cooking delicious meals and going to concerts.