Holiday for Seniors dinner
The annual Hays CISD Holiday for Seniors is scheduled for tomorrow evening, Thursday, Dec. 9, 5:30 p.m., at the Performing Arts Center. Senior citizens who live in Hays CISD are invited to dinner and a holiday concert by the Lehman High School Band. Admission is free. Please R.S.V.P. at 268-2141. Bus transportation will be available at 5:15 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Kyle and Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Buda to provide transportation to and from the event.
Hays Winter Follies Sunday
Another cherished local school tradition runs this Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center. The Hays Winter Follies are scheduled to feature bands from Barton Middle School, Dahlstrom Middle School and Hays High School. Barton opens the day’s program at 1:30 p.m. with a performance by the 6th grade band. The Bobcat Symphonic Band, then the Barton Wind Ensemble follow in order. Dahlstrom’s 6th grade band performs at 3:30 p.m., followed, in order, by the Mustangs’ Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. The Hays High School Wind Ensemble performs at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Rebel Symphonic Band II at 6:10 p.m. and the Symphonic Band I at 6:35 p.m.
Elementary Christmas Concert
Nine local elementary campus choirs and the Children’s Honor Choir offer their Christmas Concert next Tuesday, Dec. 14, at the Performing Arts Center. The campuses are actually divided into two programs, the first from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and featuring choirs from Blanco Vista Elementary, Science Hall Elementary, Fuentes Elementary and Camino Real Elementary. Sarah Martinez and Monika Matthes-directed Children’s Honor Choir will follow. From 7-8 p.m. choirs from Carpenter Hill Elementary, Kyle Elementary, Tobias Elementary, Negley Elementary and Hemphill Elementary will perform. The concerts are free and the public is warmly invited.
Choir students chosen as alternates
Three Hays CISD high school choral students were recently selected as alternates in the auditions to advance to Area Choir competition. Lehman High School’s Kenny McCardle and Katherine Arredondo received the honor, as did Hays High School’s Arianna Martinez.
Rangers rock food bank
We continue to get news of the Hays CISD support of the Hays County Food Bank’s Turkeys Tackling Hunger campaign. The latest comes in from Wallace Middle School, where the Ranger student council hosted a fundraiser and raised $224 and collected approximately 240 canned food items. Thanks continue to be offered from the staff at the food bank for the amazing local school showing from campuses like Wallace – and others already highlighted here.
Student artists share centerpieces
A number of local elementary schools helped H-E-B add a touch of color to their Thanksgiving Feast of Sharing by creating and presenting centerpieces they created in art classes. Art students from Camino Real Elementary, Pfluger Elementary, Elm Grove Elementary, Hemphill Elementary and Blanco Vista Elementary contributed to the special dinner.
