The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) elected Mary Jane Hetrick of Dripping Springs ISD to fill an interim position on the TASB Board of Directors, representing TASB Region 13, Position B. Hetrick is in her second term on the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees. She is a 2017 Leadership T...

The Hays High Speech and Debate scored several awards at the 8th Annual Capitol Congress contest held at the Texas Capitol on Nov. 29.Student Congress is a speech and debate event where students write, present and debate legislation following the same procedural rules as state and national legislato...

Earlier this month, students at Dahlstrom Middle School created Christmas cards with the skills they mastered using pastels. Turning circles into spheres and spheres into ornaments as practice, they made cards to send to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for recovering soldiers. They ended up sending ...

Fifth-Grade students at Science Hall Elementary late last mont had the opportunity to participate in a Google Hangout with two different sides of the technology industry. Kevin Lee, a software engineer, discussed how he helps develop apps for the Iphone. Students also heard from Matthew Castanera Ba...

As a part of a continuing community service project, Wallace Middle School recently received special recognition from Charlotte Lund, Development & Special Events Coordinator of the Hays County Food Bank. Lund said Wallace Middle School students donated 1,735 pounds of food, which provided 87 famili...

What does Map 2-A mean for the future of Hays CISD? With a new high school attendance boundary map now in place, Hays CISD parents and students know where they’ll go once the 2019 school year starts. But Map 2-A, passed by slim 4-3 Hays CISD Board of Trustees vote, still leads some to question the f...

Dripping Springs Middle School students who participate in student council and No Place for Hate embarked on a Dec. 6 “Goodwill Tour.” The students wanted to have a hands-on experience in helping others. The group of 19 students, accompanied by four adults, first went to the Hill Country Care assist...

From the moment they first met in kindergarten, Blanco Vista Elementary students Owen Sirmons and Gunnar Franchione have been nearly inseparable. Like most best friends their age, the duo, who sit next to each other in class, try to stay at the forefront when it comes to creating new handshakes and ...

Despite mixed reaction from the public, Hays CISD late last month moved several steps closer toward approving its proposed District of Innovation (DOI) plan. On Nov. 27, the Hays CISD District Leadership Team approved the proposed DOI plan, which now places it up for a possible final vote from schoo...

Lehman High Geometry teachers Wendy Saenz and Leah Munson have been honored as Hays CISD’s latest recipients of the “Genius Educator Award.” Presented by the district’s Digital Learning Team, the award recognizes exceptional creativity and use of technology in the classroom.