Congratulations to the Hays and Lehman Varsity Winter Guards for qualifying for the Texas Color Guard Circuit State Competition later this month. On March 23, both schools competed at the TCGC Area West Championships at Hendrickson High. Lehman competed in the Scholastic National A division and plac...

Honors abound for Hays science teams The Hays High FFA Entomology, Floral and Vet Science teams traveled to San Antonio March 23 and came away with honors. They competed at James Madison High where the Vet Science Team placed second overall and Mackenzie Gunn was second high individual, Catherine Di...

Qualifying students could have more time in their Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) classes due to new legislation filed during the 86th legislative session. The Public Education Committee received a draft of House Bill (HB) 189 in February which, if passed, would require all Texas school districts to provid...

Wimberley High filmmakers earn top marks at state A handful of Wimberley High students earned top marks at the UIL Young Filmmakers Festival in Austin for a pair of films entered last month. Making it to state this year are “The Bread Run,” directed by junior Declan Duggan, and “Aberration,” directe...

As the the 86th Texas Legislature churns forward, the pressure to address meaningful public school finance reform was on the clock last week. Ultimately, the Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill that would give teachers and librarians a $5,000 raise. The bill proposes $3.7 billion for mandated tea...

Last weekend, Hays High Speech and Debate qualified six students to compete at the National Speech and Debate Association’s National Tournament to be hosted June 16-22 in Dallas. Ian Cameron will represent Hays at the NSDA’s National Tournament in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, while Dylan Cousin...

On March 13, several Hays CISD middle school bands earned straight first division rankings and sweepstakes at the UIL concert and sight reading competition at the Hays Performing Arts Center. Dahlstrom, Barton, Wallace and McCormick middle schools all earned sweepstakes. It also marks the first time...

On March 14, the Hays High combined junior varsity treble choir earned sweepstakes at the UIL district competition at the Hays Performing Arts Center.

Earlier this month, Hays High’s William Gillenwaters, Anthony Douglas and Rylan Hanks earned honors at the Vandegrift High UIL Computer Science contest. The team took first place in hands-on programming and third place in the novice division.

DSHS Choir qualifies ten for state competition On Saturday, March 2, 25 DSHS choir students competed in the vocal UIL Solo and Ensemble regional competition at Austin’s McCallum High School. The event requires students to learn and memorize a vocal solo, accompanied by piano, and then perform it bef...