Schools observe Thanksgiving
All Hays CISD students and staff will enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday next week, Nov. 22-26. All families are warmly encouraged to celebrate the holiday safely. Classes will resume and offices will reopen at regular times Monday,
Nov. 29.
Chapa hosts family night
Chapa Middle School hosts Family Library Night Thursday, Nov. 18, 6-8 p.m. The nights are offered for school community families to get together for reading, playing chess and checking out books. The campus computer lab is also open for research and access to PSS. The librarian will be available for help with databases and all resources. For information, contact the school at 268-8500.
Turkeys and poinsettias
The Hays High School Highsteppers have a pair of holiday fundraisers going. One is their second annual fried and smoked turkey sale. For $45, the group will fry or smoke a 15-17 pound bird and have it available for pick-up between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thanksgiving Day at the Hays Hills Baptist Church parking lot. Call Dean Lowry at 658-3758 to order. The group is also taking orders for 6.5 inch potted poinsettias for $12.50 (order deadline Monday, Nov. 29). The Highsteppers will deliver them after Dec. 4. To order, contact any Highstepper or contact sponsor Amanda Bodine at [email protected].
Lehman PTA Poinsettias
The Lehman High School PTA is still offering beautiful 6” poinsettias for the holiday season, with orders being taken through Monday, Nov. 29. Priced at $12, the plants will be available for pick-up on Thursday, Dec. 1. All proceeds benefit PTA scholarships. For more information, contact Connie Rosales at [email protected], Elaine Hunt at [email protected] or Angie Cross at [email protected] or call 268-8454.
Pfluger collects silly strings
Students at Ralph Pfluger Elementary recently amassed more than 1,200 “silly bands” for children in Honduras, a fun local gift gathered by PE teacher Lacey Knight and sent with friends doing service work in the Central American country. Knight has been teaching character traits, including “being the person we are supposed to be,” and she says sending the collection “fit right in” with her lesson plans. She indicates there may be a clothes drive later this year as she will be traveling to Honduras for Spring Break.
Wallace Ranger Mariachis on TV
Six Wallace Middle School mariachi students were featured on KEYE-TV. Rangers Ryan Ramos, Jacob Lambert, Brandon Castillo, Hannah Mauricio, Aimee Velasque and Miguel Trujillo also performed at the Dia de los Muertos Festival in Kyle.
