Tech Showcase logo contest
Here’s a second call for Hays CISD students interested in participating in the district’s annual Technology Showcase logo contest. This year’s theme is “I <3 IT! Instructional Technology.” Students at all grade levels are encouraged to enter original art work representing the theme and the overall winner’s work will be used in Showcase advertisement. Prizes will be awarded for elementary, middle and high school categories. Deadline for entries is Friday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. Links for contest criteria and an entry submission form can be found under the district website’s “District News” menu at “Technology Showcase Logo Contest.” For more information or help with entering, contact Ann Ybarbo at [email protected].
Superintendent holds another listening session
Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Jeremy Lyon will host another Community Listening Session next Tuesday, February 15, 6:30 p.m., at Buda Elementary School’s Kunkel Room. The sessions are open to the public and offer an opportunity for the superintendent and school board trustees to listen to community members’ issues and concerns and to talk briefly about the state of the district in an informal setting.
Public invited to Science Fair
Community members are invited to the 2011 Hays CISD Middle School Science Fair, scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Performing Arts Center. Public viewing is set for 4-5 p.m., to be followed by an awards ceremony from 5-5:30 p.m.
Denim and Diamonds coming
The premier educational fund-raising event of the year, the Hays CISD Education Foundation’s Denim and Diamonds, has kicked off table and ticket sales. Scheduled for Saturday, March 5, at Texas Old Town for the first time ever, the event features a gourmet dinner, a stand out band, and live and silent auction. Alumni tables are priced at $500 and seat four, and business sponsorships are priced $1,500 for bronze, seating six, $2,500 for silver and $5,000 for gold, those tables seating eight. Couples tickets are $125. For more information, contact Angie Mendez at 268-2141.
Lobos reach for the stars
Lehman High School used an Education Foundation Innovative Teaching Grant for their “Reach for the Stars” project that has literally allowed participants to reach into space. Teacher Judy Cooper reports grant money was used to form a radio club, build a radio and install an antenna on the LHS roof. Hopes were for NASA to allow the club to use its new instruments to contact the International Space Station and interview its astronauts. The Lehman students got into the 1 to 2-year waiting line and have, in fact, been scheduled by NASA for a visit with the space station in late March.
Hays High art recognized
A number of Hays High School art students are taking part in the Art House Co-Op’s Sketchbook Project. Art 3 and Art 4 Drawing and Painting students in Marnie Hart’s classes have their personal sketchbooks entered in the national tour that will visit Austin over spring break. The Hays students’ work will be on exhibit at the Austin Museum of Art during that tour stop.
Lobos in living newspaper
Lehman High School teacher Claudia Vasquez has been selected to have her classes participate in the Living Newspaper Project, an outreach program of the Performance as Public Practice Program at the University of Texas at Austin. Participating students in Vasquez’s classes will see newspaper stories about human rights brought to life in their curriculum by researching topics, writing scripts, and doing performances based on their studies.
