Nine students receive recognition in state Reflections contest The work of nine Dripping Springs ISD students received recognition at the 2019 Texas PTA “Reflections” state contest, including two national qualifiers. A total of 19 Dripping Springs students qualified for the state competition. Studen...

Dripping Springs Elementary art teacher Molly McFee is one of five finalists statewide for the H-E-B Excellence in Education Leadership Elementary Teacher of the Year. The Leadership category indicates outstanding teachers with 10 to 20 years of experience.  The honor was kept a surprise from the ed...

Photo by Alfredo Reyno Hays VASE Hays High had 36 students participate at the VASE competition held last week. All told, 43 of the 47 entries received a rating of a 4, which is the highest rating awarded at VASE competition. The other four entries received a three. Iliana Delgado and Victoria Johnso...

This past weekend, the Hays High varsity color guard took 8th place out of 17 teams in the Scholastic A category at the TCGC State Contest.

A longtime member of Wimberley ISD’s executive leadership team has been tabbed as Hays CISD’s next chief financial officer (CFO), according to a press release. Randall Rau, who had worked as Wimberley ISD’s CFO since 2009, was selected to succeed longtime Hays CISD CFO Annette Folmar, who recently a...

Gearing up for district competition, Wimberley High academic and speech & debate team members hauled medals from their performance at the Westwood High Invitational Feb. 23. WHS students competed among 49 schools, ranging from 4A to 6A, and placed in several categories: “The UIL academic and speech ...

Kaitlyn Marinos, a first place winner in the Regional Science Fair in Austin, answered a very important question in her science experiment, “Are Worms Healthier with Different Diets?” In February, several students at Danforth Junior High took on the Annual Regional Science Fair in Austin. Eighth gra...

Congratulations to the Hays and Lehman Varsity Winter Guards for qualifying for the Texas Color Guard Circuit State Competition later this month. On March 23, both schools competed at the TCGC Area West Championships at Hendrickson High. Lehman competed in the Scholastic National A division and plac...

Honors abound for Hays science teams The Hays High FFA Entomology, Floral and Vet Science teams traveled to San Antonio March 23 and came away with honors. They competed at James Madison High where the Vet Science Team placed second overall and Mackenzie Gunn was second high individual, Catherine Di...

Qualifying students could have more time in their Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) classes due to new legislation filed during the 86th legislative session. The Public Education Committee received a draft of House Bill (HB) 189 in February which, if passed, would require all Texas school districts to provid...