Dripping Springs Independent ISD announced the 2018 Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year at the May 21 Board of Trustees meeting. The DSISD Elementary Teacher of the Year is Brandis Smoland, third grade teacher at Sycamore Springs Elementary, and the DSISD Secondary Teacher of the Year is S...

Dripping Springs High junior Tanner Prewit understands the size of cleats he’ll need to fill when he steps in at quarterback next fall. His two predecessors each helped to navigate the Tiger football program to new levels of success not seen before in its history.  But for Prewit, future expectation...

For the first time in three decades, a Dripping Springs High golf team got the chance to perform at the state tournament. While the team finished ninth at state, held at the White Wing Golf Course in Georgetown earlier this month, head coach Jason Wahlers said he was pleased to helm a group that was...

High starting salaries, combined with the growing need for nurses in Texas, has pushed local entities to provide training so more of the workforce can enter the medical field. With National Nurses Week lasting from May 6 through May 12, the personal-finance website WalletHub released a report on whi...

Members of Dripping Springs High’s The Spring Konstant robotics team competed at the FIRST Robotics UIL State championships held at the Austin Convention Center May 18. The Spring Konstant included more than 30 teams who participated at FRC state.

The Dripping Springs High School list of “Top 10” students by academic rank for the Class of 2018 has been announced by Principal Joe Burns. The top-ranked senior and valedictorian for the Class of 2016 is Mia Haraguchi. The second-ranked student and salutatorian is Ashley Fitzpatrick. Other student...

Emily Barefield Shelbye Hartman Kyndall Womack Izzy Bermudez Bailey Hudgeons Camille Corona Ryann Campbell Brooke Rummel Ashley Rummel Emily Barefield Shelbye Hartman Kyndall Womack Izzy Bermudez Bailey Hudgeons Camille Corona Ryann Campbell Brooke Rummel,  Ashley Rummel

Offensive MVP: Ryann Campbell (DS) Defensive MVP: Camille Corona (DS) Pitcher OTY:  Logan Hulon (DS) 1st Team All District Danielle Northrup (Dripping Springs) Bailey Hudgeons (Dripping Springs) Riley Dunn (Dripping Springs) Kyndall Womack (Dripping Springs) 2nd Team All District Paige Leschber (Dri...

Softball never stops for Dripping Springs Tigers junior pitcher Logan Hulon. Hulon, who finished with more than 250 strikeouts this season, was not the athletic type growing up. It was her father who introduced the sport to her when she was about 5 years old. “I was extremely uncoordinated and an un...

Even as enrollment continues to rise, area high schools have managed to keep graduation rates stable by accommodating growth and investing in special programs to keep at-risk students in class until they earn their diploma. Senior class sizes at Dripping Springs High School have nearly doubled since...