By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS – Some Dripping Springs High School (DSHS) health science students are advancing to the international HOSA competition. Natalie Chavez HOSA was known as Health Occupations Students of America, but is now called Future Health Professionals. Three DSHS students qualif...

Three performing groups from the Dripping Springs High School band earned top ratings at the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Festival March 31 and April 1 at Hays CISD Performing Arts Center. The concert and symphonic bands, under the direction of Amanda Petro and John Pearson, began the competition b...

Teachers of the Year For Dripping Springs ISD were announced last week. The chosen are Laurie Burton (Dripping Springs Middle School, English Language Arts/English as a Second Language), Raquel Flores (Dripping Springs Elementary, bilingual first grade), Jennifer Franco (Walnut Springs Elementary, p...

By Sahar Chmais It is the first day of STAAR testing and issues have already risen; STAAR exams for online students have been suspended due to technical issues from the exam vendor. “Clearly, the company in charge of setting up the online tests didn’t study or prepare for today as hard as the studen...

Four Dripping Springs High School theatre students earned honors at the One-Act Play bi-district competition on March 24 at Rouse High School in Leander. Woyzeck is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. He left the work incomplete at his death, but it has been posthumously “finished” by a variety o...

On March 26, representatives from the Buda Lions Club visited Hays CISD's Central Office to present a combined $7,143 in proceeds from football concession stand sales to all three comprehensive Hays CISD high schools. Each year, the Buda Lions Club helps to operate concession stands at all Hays CISD...

DRIPPING SPRINGS – Dripping Springs ISD (DSISD) employees will be compensated following the February 2021 winter storm. DSISD was forced to close the district Feb. 12 through Feb. 22 due to severe weather conditions that caused loss of power, water and internet connectivity as well as damaged facili...

By Megan Wehring HAYS CISD — Voters will decide on a bond package in the range of $232 million on May 1. Several propositions will be on the ballot to be voted on separately that would help Hays CISD provide the infrastructure needed for the growing student enrollment. While there is no tax rate inc...

For the first time in its history, the Lehman Lobo Theatre company is on its way to the bi-district round of UIL One Act Play Competition. On March 6, the Lobo Theatre, led by Director Stephanie Sanders, advanced after a strong performance of "Things I Know to be True" by Andrew Bovell at the 26-5A ...

The Dripping Springs High School Theatre production of “Woyzeck” captured first place at the District 26-5A One-Act Play competition last weekend in Boerne. Five students earned individual honors for their performances. Rory Schaeffer-Preston, Colton Carroll and Ben Muscanere were named to the All-S...