Wallace Middle School’s incoming 6th grade class will be the 50th graduating class with the ‘Jack C. Hays’ Ranger as its mascot. Because the Ranger mascot, originally home to Jack C. Hays Junior High, has traveled to three additional locations, took four different school names and is ‘just a Middle School mascot’, he lives in the shadow of his alter ego the Jack C.Hays High School Rebel mascot. The halls of Wallace Middle School are adorned with various renditions of the Ranger including a 1987 Mural in the gym that looks like the brother to the HHS Rebel mascot. Wallace Middle School is looking forward to our incoming 6th grade class and the opportunity to promote the history of our ‘Jack C. Hays’ Ranger Mascot.
History of the Wallace Ranger
Laura B. Wallace Middle School’s mascot has had quite a history. It began in the summer of 1967 when Buda, Kyle and Wimberley schools came together to form the Hays Consolidated School District. The 1967-68 school year was the first year of Jack C. Hays High School and Jack C. Hays Junior High School. During that school year, the respective student council members chose their mascot and school colors. Of the choices given, Hays High School chose the Rebels and Hays Junior High School chose the Rangers.
