The Dripping Springs High varsity Winter Guard captured the Texas Color Guard Circuit (TCGC) Scholastic Open Class Gold Medal at the championships held March 30 at Texas A&M’s Reed Arena. DSHS scored 92.65 points, well ahead of second-place McNeil High. Nine teams competed in the Scholastic Open cla...

Earlier this year, 5th grade students from Walnut Springs Elementary participated in the Supporting Our Soldiers at Sea program. They each hand-wrote letters of gratitude, encouragement, and advice to our troops as part of an effort that includes adopting the U.S.S. John C. Stennis, an aircraft carr...

Tobias Elementary staff and students had to wear shades as they celebrated the 15th anniversary of the opening of the campus, located along FM 150 in Kyle. The celebration honored Rosalio Tobias and his family, as well as a plethora of longtime and former educators and staff members. Joining in was ...

Isaac Salazar (left) and Jalen Brown both received first place at the District UIL Meet. Salazar took first place in Spelling and Vocabulary while Brown claimed first place in Headlines. Both will be traveling to San Antonio to compete at Regionals on April 13.

A pair of incumbent Hays CISD trustees vying for reelection have outspent their opponents as the lead-up to the May 4 school board election continues. District 4 trustee and Board President Merideth Keller and District 5 trustee and Vice President Esperanza Orosco have spent a combined $1,800 so far...

Wallace Middle School art teacher Adrienne Simes proved during Spring Break that a love of art is a universal language. During Spring Break in mid-March, Simes joined former Negley Elementary art teacher Amy Cigainero in Brazil where they taught art to a small group of students in Rocinha, a local f...

During a special called April 1 meeting, Dripping Springs ISD’s Board of Trustees approved by a 6-0 vote Superintendent Bruce Gearing’s recommendation of Angela Gamez as the next principal of Dripping Springs High School.  Gamez is currently an assistant principal at the school, a position she has h...

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...