HAYS COUNTY — The safety and security of students has been a continuous topic of discussion for school districts across Texas, including Hays CISD. On April 25, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees discussed how to ensure the safety of students and faculty. The board unanimously adopted a resolution rega...

Heather Meyers of Fuentes Elementary School was announced as the March PBIS Woodmen Life Teacher of the Month. “This teacher goes above and beyond to demonstrate to our stars how to be safe, responsible and respectful in our school … Thank you for your positive influence on our Fuentes Family,” scho...

By Brittany Anderson Hays CISD seniors recently had the opportunity to participate in an end-of-school-year tradition that celebrates graduating seniors and inspires the younger generation of students.  Hundreds of seniors from Hays High School, Johnson High School and Lehman High School packed into...

By Sahar Chmais From the classroom to the community, Regina Butcher’s career created a rippling effect through the involvement of arts and nature in every class at her school. Butcher, principal at the Susie Fuentes Elementary school, boiled her career down into two of her proudest achievements – th...

Selena, Thomas Edison, Barack Obama and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were just a few of the famous figures presented by Fuentes Elementary 5th graders during the school's 2nd annual "living wax museum" held in the campus cafeteria. The event was the culmination of a nearly two-week long biography project whe...

ith the school district’s elimination of certain bus routes, the possibility of an influx of children on foot heading to school is driving Kyle to add safeguards onto streets near campuses impacted by the cuts. For a year now, Kyle city officials and Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CI...

eople say a picture is worth a thousand words. A new mural gracing a cafeteria wall at Fuentes Elementary School in Kyle is worth a million. The mural, which includes a likeness of Susie T. Fuentes, the namesake of the campus, was unveiled to the public Aug. 22, a week before the official start of t...

Austin muralist Wiley Ross, a Fuentes Elementary parent, is leading some FES artists in an effort to bring life to the campus stage with a mural highlighting the school’s namesake, Susie T. Fuentes. Stars Art teacher Jayme Salinas and Ross came up with the concept and FES Principal Regina Butcher ga...

By Jennifer Stanko Fifteen years of students, parents, teachers and friends gathered at Fuentes Elementary Saturday to reminisce on the anniversary of the school’s opening.  The event was part of the Fuentes Family Reunion, which was held as an event for past or present students, parents, and facult...