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The next issue of A Place Where Ideas Grow will be published August 26. The Central Administration Office and all campuses will be open throughout the summer on a four-day week, extended days Monday through Thursday. If you have any questions, please call 268.2141. 
  

link to Attendance Zone information
  

The district’s Wellness Encouraged through Lifelong Learning (WELL) Clinic at Science Hall Elementary School will be open for sports physicals, immunizations and other clinical visits throughout the summer. For an appointment, please call 268.5218. The school-based health center is open to all students of Hays CISD. Hours will be Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  

Tobias, Negley, Fuentes and Kyle elementary schools and Wallace and Barton middle schools will be the sites this summer for free breakfast and lunch. Times for breakfast are 7:15 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. Times for lunch are 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Meals are free to all students, Pre-K through 12th Grade.
  
Adults 19 and older will be charged $1.75 for breakfast and $3 for lunch. Children do not have to qualify for free meals.

Gratis - Programa de Comidas De Verano (pdf) 
link to Free Summer Feeding Sites & Schedule (pdf)
  

GED classes through the Kyle Learning Center will continue in the daytime, 9 a.m. to noon, through June. Evening summer EL Civics classes will be Monday through Thursday, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., June 2 through 12. These classes are for registered students who need extra practice before the long break. Classes for next year begin August 25. For more information, please call 268-2719.
  

Applications are in the schools’ counseling offices and on the district web site. Deadline to register for summer school is May 30.

link to Summer School 2008
  

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.
  

# 22 School engagement--Young person is actively engaged in learning.

• Cameron Harris, a 15-year-old freshman at Lehman High School, donated 151 Counting Racks to Hays CISD as he pursues his rank of Eagle Scout. The counting racks are for all of the kindergarten and 1st grade teachers in the district to use to aid in teaching number relationships and making facts automatic.

  Eighteen volunteers rendered over 235 service hours from start to finish. Helpers included Boy Scout Troop 1836, several school friends, and church leaders. More than $1,500 worth of cash and supplies were donated for an average cost of $6.30 per unit. The racks would have cost $60 per unit retail price. Donattions were from McCoy’s, Westbrook Metals, Lee Valley Tools, Dalyn Properties, Jecco’s Wooden Wonders, Brazos Forest Products.

#25 Reading for pleasure--Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week.

• A select group of Barton Middle School students feasted on pizza, chips, cookies, and ice cream sundaes at the 2008 Lone Star “Pizza Plus” party in mid-May, honoring students who had read at least 10 of the books on the 2007-08 Lone Star Reading List. More than 475 books were read by Barton students in this year’s Lone Star Reading Program. The Lone Star Program encourages young adults to read by promoting outstanding new books selected specifically for middle school students.

#17 Creative activities--Young person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts.

• This past semester Halley Ortiz and Randal Palmer of Wallace Middle School, hosted a series of writing workshops, where students were immersed in the writing process by Anastasia Kolendo, one of Badgerdog Publication's writers in residence. Most of the students participating will be included in the tri-quarterly publication of Voices in Ink: An anthology of New Voices from Central Texas, by Badgerdog Literary Publications, Inc. The students are: Devin Abadiano, Marcelino Aguirre, Eduardo Alfaro, Mariah Alvarez, Marshall Benson, Allison Derrett, Liliana Escamilla, Clayton Gibson, Ryan Hare, Iridiana Jaramillo, Tyler McCain, Sarah Moreno, Kyron Morrissette, Jo-jo Newhall, Krysten Perez, Luis Robles, Vanessa Rojas, Richard Romo, Collin Smith, Savanah Smith, Adam Stuckert, Jesse Torres, and Alex Villareal. "The project's goal is to teach students, grades 3-12, the language skills necessary to create literary art from their joy and their jeopardy," Palmer said. Savanah Smith and Marshall Benson were invited to share their work at St. David's Episcopal Church during the community wide reading. The book will be available for viewing in the Wallace Middle School and Kyle Public Library.