Dripping Springs ISD’s annual enrollment verification process for all students begins July 28. Parents will receive a reminder email with log-in information a few days before the enrollment verification window opens. Family Access logins are used to begin this process; those who don’t have a login o...

Dripping Springs High German teacher Jillian Bessemer accompanied eight of her students to Dortmund, Germany, for three weeks in June and July to kick off the school’s first GAPP (German American Partnership Program) exchange. DSHS will host 13 students from the Phoenix Gymnasium School, which is lo...

Roughly 90 local students entering the 1st through the 5th grade completed their week at Barton Middle School’s Camp Invention. The annual summer camp is led by Director Guy Gandre and Assistant Director Karen Sinor. The Camp Invention program allows students to “explore with fun, hands-on activitie...

Dreams of one day possibly reaching for the stars got a little bit closer for a Kyle 12-year-old. Earlier this summer, Isabel Nordyke, of Kyle, fulfilled a dream by attending an American Girl Space Camp at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. “I’ve thought about being a part of m...

A relatively empty office space doesn’t keep Uhland Elementary Principal Cynthia Vasquez from dreaming big. Furniture for the brand new campus is still a few weeks away, but for now, a simple table and a few chairs are all she needs to begin planning for the school’s first year of operation. Numbers...

On Thursday, the Hays CISD board of trustees approved the hiring of two new principals during a special called meeting. Newly hired Simon Middle School Principal Charli Lennon. (Photo courtesy of Hays CISD) Simon Middle School in Kyle will be led by Charli Lennon, who hails from the Austin area and ...

The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers recently recognized Lehman High student Marisa Tambur as a national gold medalist in photography. Tambur represents less than one percent of nearly 350,000 works of art and writing that were submitted for the 2018 school year. By receiving a Scholastic Art ...

Late last month, several Lehman High School Lobo culinary students took part in “Camp Mickey D’s” at the Kyle McDonalds. Each year, Hays CISD culinary students “work” at McDonalds the first week of vacation to gain hands on experience. McDonalds has a curriculum they go through with the students inc...

In June, Hays CISD celebrated the critical work of its guest, or substitute, teachers. Highlighted by most of HCISD’s campus guest teachers of the Year, many of the group joined with administrators and friends for the 2018 Guest Teachers Luncheon at Kyle Elementary’s Kimbro Building. Tricia Griffith...

Hays CISD is contributing $5 million toward the addition of a natatorium facility being built at the new YMCA Camp Moody, formerly Camp Cypress, in Buda. Hays CISD has been a longtime partner with the Hays Communities YMCA center in Buda since it opened in Buda in 2007. Both Lehman and Hays High use...