For the second year, Lehman High School National Honor Society members volunteered at the annual Austin Trail of Lights at Zilker Park on Dec. 10 and Dec. 13. The students volunteers answered questions, welcomed attendees and worked in Santa’s workshop.

Dripping Springs High School Sophomore Anvika Jain has been chosen to represent the state of Texas at the YMCA National Advocacy Days in Washington D.C. in spring of 2025. While in D.C., she will present to members of the United States Congress on the matters of youth development, healthy living and...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Conversations surrounding attendance rezoning are still ongoing within Dripping Springs ISD. Throughout the fall 2024 semester, the district has been working to develop new elementary and middle school attendance zones to go into effect beginning with the 2025-26 school year. In A...

JOHNSON CITY — Rooted in community, Pedernales Electric Cooperative invests in educational programs and support for teachers and classrooms across the Texas Hill Country. On Nov. 22, PEC announced the winners of its new Teacher Spotlight Award — intended to recognize the superb work teachers do in t...

KYLE — After learning that there was a need for more band instruments for students at schools within Hays CISD, Kyle City Council member Miguel Zuniga is partnering with VFW Post 12058 to host a collection drive through next spring. “There's just such a demand for more kids getting interested in ban...

KYLE — Many may not know that, just like himself, Santa has helpers that work year-round.  Every September, when children are starting the school year, running around the playground and solving math problems, the Hays CISD counselor and communications teams are preparing for the district's annual An...

KYLE — The final attendance zone map recommendation regarding the 2025-26 school year and future opening of Ramage Elementary School was presented to the Hays CISD Board of Trustees at its Nov. 18 meeting, as well as details on a potential May 2025 bond. “The recommendation achieves creating a zone ...

KYLE — On Oct. 21, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees discussed potential elementary school zoning maps in preparation for the opening of Ramage Elementary School in fall 2025. According to chief communication officer Tim Savoy, this is the first time that the board will act as a committee when monitor...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  —   On Thursday, Oct. 17, Dripping Springs ISD held the first of four community meetings regarding its attendance rezoning, which is set to be voted on by the board of trustees in December, in preparation for the opening of the district’s sixth elementary school in the fall of 2025...

Johnson High School junior Ava Schlotterbeck was selected to participate in NASA’s Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program earlier this semester. She is the first from Hays CISD to be selected for the program. Schlotterbeck, who discovered the program while researching for internships and schol...