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Hays
CISD: A Place
Where Ideas Grow ......
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Click
here for 2008 Student Code of Conduct - Codigo
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Message from Dr. Kirk London -
HCISD Superintendent
Let me be among
the first to welcome all of the students and staff of Hays CISD
to a brand new school year.
We celebrate the
opening of two new schools this year—Blanco Vista Elementary
School and Camino Real Elementary School—and look forward to
making even greater strides in student performance.
Construction on
the new middle school, located on Highway 150, east of
Interstate 35, near Hemphill Elementary School, is on the fast
track and we hope to open the 6th-8th grade campus by August
2009. Because of the burgeoning middle school enrollment
numbers, we have given Barton Middle School back its third wing.
Since its inception in
1999, The Academy@Hays, the district’s alternative high school of
choice, has been housed at Barton Middle School. This year the school
has a new name, Academy High School, and a new location, the South
Campus of Hays High School.
We celebrate an
exemplary campus, Elm Grove Elementary School and a handful of
recognized campuses—Fuentes Elementary, Buda Elementary, Kyle
Elementary and Negley Elementary School. Most importantly, we
celebrate progress made by all campuses. We are moving in the
right direction.
We will have a full
staff of enthusiastic educators, ready to make a difference in our
students’ lives. The hiring flurry has not let up throughout the
summer; more than 200 new teachers are joining our ranks this year. I
ask that you, as parents, join the ranks of the involved this year. We
have wonderful teachers, but our students don’t learn in a vacuum.
You play a critical role in their development. Together we all make
Hays CISD - A Place Where Ideas Grow.
I am excited about this
school year. Let’s make it the best one yet. It will surely take all
of our efforts.
Sincerely,
Dr. Kirk London |
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Message from Mr. Chip
DuPont - HCISD Board of Trustees President
As we continue our drive toward
exemplary, I encourage you to join hundreds of other parents and community
members to help make our school district and community stronger.
Parent and community involvement is
a critical component of student success. Take time to learn about our
schools and see if you can find your niche for involvement.
At the district level, the Hays CISD
Education Foundation rewards innovation and academic excellence to our
students and teachers. The Foundation’s fundraising season begins in the
fall with the annual Denim & Diamonds celebration. They can use your
help.
At the campus level, you can
volunteer, mentor, or become a Partner in Education. Read to your child’s
class. Work a water booth at Field Day. The opportunities for your
involvement are limitless and the related academic achievement is
unarguable.
This year we have a record number of
“recognized” campuses, an “exemplary” campus and another crop of
campuses that are merely a handful of students away from “recognized.”
Next year will be the year, with your help.
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The Hays CISD Board of Trustees on
Thursday took the first step in locating a new superintendent by hiring
the search firm of School Executive Consulting Inc., and targeting a start
date of March 2009 for the new person.
Dr. Kirk London announced his plans for retirement at the June School
Board meeting. He earned his five-year pin with Hays CISD in May and has
devoted his 35-year career to education.
Dr. Mike Moses and David Thompson, the same firm that brought Dr. London
to Hays CISD, spent three hours with the Board answering questions about
the process and discussing the time required.
“We have followed closely the progress this district has made over the
years,” Thompson told the Board. “You have managed a lot of hard
issues related to finance and growth. We enjoyed working with you several
years ago and I believe it was a good experience for the broad community.
We hope the search will be a positive, uniting experience for the Board.
We hope you have as much success with your selection as we believe you had
with the selection last time.”
Moses described the community input aspect of the search, which will be
similar to the process five years ago. Approximately 50 people
representing a broad spectrum of the Hays CISD community—students,
parents, teachers, auxiliary staff, community members with no children in
the schools, pastors, business owners, civic leaders, for example—will
participate in one of several 15-member focus groups led by Moses and
Thompson. In these groups, a superintendent profile will be developed.
School Board members will appoint the members of the focus groups.
“We find that it works better when they’re mixed and talking and
listening to one another in these focus groups,” Moses said. “They
walk out of these meetings feeling a little more united.”
“We have followed with interest this district,” he said. “We do not
do that many searches. We did two last year. We take this real seriously.
We try to be selective and work with outstanding districts.”
Moses saluted Dr. London’s work and Hays CISD.
“There is a culture here and the culture here is working,” he told the
School Board. “You’re in a good location with quality people and a
competitive salary. Dr. London’s reputation as a good steward works to
your benefit.”
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The Hays CISD Board of Trustees will
receive a "State of the District" report that will include a
district TAKS performance review and an update of curriculum initiatives
during a special meeting on Thursday, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the
Central Administration Office. A public hearing on the $132.5 million
budget and the tax rate is scheduled 6:15 p.m., at the Central
Administration Office. Following the public hearing, the Board will vote
on the budget and set the tax rate, which reflects no increase.
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Welcome to administrators who have
joined Hays CISD for the 2008-09 school year. They are: Michelle Barrera
as executive director of Human Resources; Dina Webb as executive director
of Curriculum and Instruction; Laura Sanchez Fowler as Director of
Professional Development; Jason Certain as assistant principal of
Dahlstrom Middle School; Christine Kent as assistant principal of Chapa
Middle School; Kevin Malandruccolo as assistant principal of Wallace
Middle School; Robert Hensarling as assistant principal of Hays High
School; Teri Eubank as academic dean of Hays High School; Lisa Baum as
elementary science coordinator; Kathy Faulks as assistant principal of Elm
Grove Elementary School. Nearly 250 teachers start new with Hays CISD this
year.
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Open House and Meet the Teachers
Night at Wallace Middle School will be on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 6 p.m.
Parents will "walk" the students' schedules, get questions
answers and have opportunities to purchase planners and T-shirts.
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Shirley Reich, principal of Hays
High School, is among only 100 principals throughout Texas selected to
attend a leadership institute at Harvard University. The program is
dedicated to the support, development and improvement of school
principals. During the workshops, principals received training from
national and international experts in the fields of education and
leadership. Raise Your Hand Texas funded the institutes.
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Students in grades 1 through 5 who
are new to Hays CISD may be nominated for the district's gifted and
talented program, called ALPHA-H. Please ask your homeroom teacher
for a nomination packet or contact the ALPHA-H teacher on your elementary
campus for nomination information. All nominations are due by September 5.
Please remember this is only for those students who are new to the
district this fall.
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It is time for the
2008/2009 school year to begin. All public schools in Hays
County will begin classes on Monday, August 25, 2008. The Hays
County Sheriff's Office will be out in force monitoring school
zones and traffic around the many schools in Hays County.
The Hays County Sheriff's
Office is asking for the cooperation of the motoring public in
the county by slowing down in school zones, watching for
pedestrian and bicycle traffic in the area of schools and
stopping for buses as they are loading or unloading school
children. Always remember, you must stop when approaching a
school bus from either direction if it has it's signals
activated and you may not proceed until the signal is turned off
or the driver motions for you to proceed. An operator on a
highway having separate (divided by a concrete or grassy median)
roadways is not required to stop.
The fine for passing a
stopped school bus is $560.00 and speeding in school zones is
$98.00 plus $9.00 for each mile over the limit.
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No
Shots. No School. Hays County Health Department
393-5520
In August, the Hays County Personal Health Department will
be continuing their annual campaign to immunize children
for the upcoming school year.
During this campaign, the Hays County Personal Health
Department will be offering immunization clinics at a variety
of locations and times .The Hays County Personal Health
Department wants to make certain that every child receives
their needed immunizations. State law and
guidelines require that students have up-to-date immunizations
before the first day of school. Please call Hays County Health
Department, 393-5520, for information about immunization
clinics.
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Memorial Presbyterian Church in San
Marcos (601 S. Guadalupe) is having FREE shot clinic from
9am-2pm, Saturday, August 23, 2008.
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United Methodist Church in Wimberley is
having a shot clinic from 10am-1pm, Saturday, August 23,
2008. There will be a $10 charge per child (not per shot).
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Both locations for the Health
Department in Kyle and San Marcos are also open Monday from
8am-6pm and Tuesday from 8am-4pm.
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40
DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS
The
40 Developmental Assets is a framework adopted by Hays
CISD based on the theory that building positive personal
assets can help young people grow up healthy caring and
responsible, and can protect them from high-risk
behavior. For
more information, and a glimpse of what the
campuses are doing in celebration of the 40 Assets,
use
this link.
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# 22 School engagement--Young person is
actively engaged in learning.
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Hays CISD
Virtual School is up and flying with online classes to
begin on September 8. Two courses, Desktop Publishing
and Health 1, are offered to 8th-12th graders through
the virtual school. By the spring semester, Economics
and Government, will be part of the offerings. For
more information, please go to www.hayscisd.net/dl.
During the
summer, six high school students pioneered the
district's first online class, Desktop Publishing.
From any computer with an Internet connection,
students are able to log into the online classroom and
access and submit assignments electronically.
"With the
implementation of TEA's new graduation requirements,
online learning is an innovative, yet practical
solution," said Christie Rickert, Hays CISD
Distance Learning Specialist. "Online learning
provides an opportunity for credit acceleration for
students who wish to add in extracurricular and
elective courses into their regular school day
schedule."
"Online
learning allows us to meet the needs of our students
while incorporating many collaboration and
communication tools they will encounter as they enter
the 21st Century workforce," said Dianne Borreson,
Hays CISD Executive Director of Technology.
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#7 Community values
youth--Young person perceives that adults in the community
value youth.
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Modern
Woodsmen of America has once again donated materials
for all Hays CISD Pre-K through 8th Grade students to
use during Celebrate Freedom Week, Sept. 15-17. In
addition, 30 teachers from Hays CISD participated in
the Teaching American History Institute at Texas State
University this summer, and wrote lesson plans that
cover kindergarten through the high school government
course, available for use throughout the district.
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District Calendar
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August
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4-5
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Pre-K registration |
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6-7
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New student
registration, elementary |
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11-12
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New student
registration, secondary |
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First day of school |
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School Board meeting,
4:30 p.m., Central Administration Office |
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KES
Kick-Off@Gregg-Clarke Park, 6 p.m. |
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Negley Set Sail in the
Park, 6:30 p.m. |
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September
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1
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Staff/student holiday |
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2
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LHS underclassmen photos |
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BMS fall photos |
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LHS underclassmen photos |
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Tom Green Principal's
Coffee, 8 a.m. |
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WMS Open House, 6 p.m. |
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Orientation for Kyle
Learning Center, 6 p.m., LHS |
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5
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Fuentes Grandparents Day |
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LHS Arsenic and Old
Lace, 7 p.m. |
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6
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LHS Arsenic and Old
Lace, 7 p.m. |
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7
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Grandparents Day |
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8
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Online classes begin |
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Orientation for
Kyle Learning Center, 6 p.m., TGES |
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HHS 'Howdy Hays,' 6 p.m. |
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Lobo Club, 6:30 p.m. |
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LHS Starstrutters
Boosters, 6:30 p.m. |
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LHS PTA meeting, 7:30
p.m. |
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WMS fall photos |
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KES Grandparents
Lunch, K, 3rd & 5th Grade |
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St. David's Dental
Program 10-Year Birthday celebration, 11 a.m. |
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LHS Cheer Boosters, 6:30
p.m. |
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LHS Band Boosters, 7
p.m. |
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10
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KES Grandparents Lunch,
1st, 2nd, 5th |
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11
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Texas First
Responders Day |
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KES fall photos |
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12
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LHS Homecoming |
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17
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Constitution Day |
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15 - 19
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Celebrate Freedom
Week |
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