Teacher Update October 2023

Important Links

Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment Teacher Resources

● Content Resource Site

● HCISD Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Expectations

● HCISD Lesson Planning Guidelines

● District Assessment Calendar

● Academic Calendar

● Eduphoria Testing Support

Grading Resources

● Grading Timeline - Elementary

● Grading Timeline - Secondary

● TEAMS Guide for Teachers

● TEAMS Update 2023-2024

● TEAMS Skillbook for PreK

● TEAMS Skillbook for PK-1

● TEAMS Guide for Monitoring Grades

● "New" Aware Overview

● Exchange Day Info and PD Options

Technology Schoology

● Technology Help Desk

● Parent Resource Site

● Student Resource Site

● Schoology District PLC Codes

● Schoology Parent Resources

SEND A HAYS HIGH FIVE HERE!

The Hays High Five program is a way for you to salute any Hays CISD employee who goes above and beyond what is expected. Whether you're a parent impressed with that special touch your child's teacher added to a moment, or you're a coworker who thinks the campus PEIMS clerk doesn't hear often enough about the great job she is doing - you can send a Hays High Five! Anyone can award any Hays CISD employee.

Department Pages

Digital Learning

Professional Development

● INSPIRE New TeacherAcademy

Guidance and Counseling

● College, Career and Life Readiness

● Social Emotional Learning

Human Resources

Intervention

Multilingual Department

Pre-K

Student Services

Content Pages

AdvancedAcademics

● Gifted and Talented

Athletics

Career and Technical Education (CTE)

FineArts

Literacy

● Elementary

● Secondary

Mathematics

● Elementary

● Secondary

Science

● Elementary

● Secondary

Social Studies K-12

Special Education

Student Health Services

Digital Learning

When: Saturday, October 28 from 9-12

Where: Buda Elementary, 1060 Old SanAntonio Road

What:This is a PD “unconference” opportunity for staff to attend put on for teachers by teacher. Watch this short video for more explanation!

This is Exchange day credit eligible!

Fill out this form to share what you want to learn!

The Remind app is now restricting Remind accounts in our district to an unknown number of weekly messages.

Your campus can purchase a Remind Hub account for $4/student.There is not a way to purchase an individual teacher license.This will allow unlimited messaging to be sent to groups that have been created under your school.

We would recommend using Schoology groups instead. We can import students into a group using their ID number. Parents are already attached to students in the program and can add their cell phone numbers to their profiles.

#DigCitWeek is coming up on October 16-20.There are lots of activities and lessons prepared by Common Sense Media to use with your students. Click on a Calendar link below to see the recommended lessons!

Elementary Middle School High School

Google is adding more layers of security in theirAdmin portal.They are sending out emails regarding the approval of the 3rd party applications, like Quill, that use Google to login. We have the list of over 3600 applications that we are reviewing before the deadline and will be approving these before the end of October.

Professional Development

“Just in Time” Professional Development

We are excited to bring back this professional development opportunity for the teachers of our STAAR tested courses. These half-day sessions will allow teachers to dive deeper into their respective content areas and plan for upcoming units of instruction. ELAR teachers will also have the opportunity to calibrate and score papers for extended constructed responses. Details below:

● “Just in Time” PD Schedule

○ Focus is on STAAR tested courses AND a session for 1st and 2nd grades in the spring semester

○ Half day sessions are utilized to maximize sub coverage for a campus

■ FYI - Elementary sessions are divided into Group A and Group B to assist with sub coverage

● Campus administrator approval is required to attend

● Pending administrator approval,please register in eduphoria one week prior to the session and get with your Principal’s secretary for retaining a substitute teacher.

● Teachers should NOT be entering substitutes into SmartFind for the “Just in Time” sessions. The Principal’s secretary must coordinate and enter the sub job for the teachers.

Professional Development

Exchange Days

*Applies Hays CISD staff with less than 216 calendar/contract days

Below are the documents with staff instructions of how to document and submit the Flexible Staff/Exchange Days in Eduphoria:

● All professional development including online or webinar trainings must be completed on non-contract work days or hours

● Professional development, workshops,and trainings can all count towards Exchange Day credit

● Complete professional development for Day#1 Exchange Day credit prior to October 20, 2023. Exchange Day Forms will be available beginning June 5.

● Complete professional development for Day#2 Exchange Day credit prior to December 29, 2023. Exchange Day Forms will be available beginning June 5.

● Exchange Day forms will be completed for each day and staff members will need to provide a certificate of completion with each form.

Eduphoria Strive Resources

● How to Submit 23-24 Exchange Day Form

● Eduphoria Strive PDRequesting outside credit for PD

● Eduphoria StriveHow to print a certificate

● 23-24 Exchange Day Options for Professional Employees

● 23-24 Exchange Day Options for Paraprofessional Employees

Elementary 2023-2024

Staff Development / Prep Days

Professional Development Days for 2023-24 School Year. These days were built in to support our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Teacher Instructional Planning.

*Elementary Parent Teacher Conference window is Oct. 2-November 1. Teachers may conduct conferences at any time during the month that is outside of required campus PD,PLC,or meetings

Middle School 2023-2024 Staff Development / Prep Days

Professional Development Days for 2023-24 School Year. These days were built in to support our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Teacher Instructional Planning.

Professional Development Days for 2023-24 School Year. These days were built in to support our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and Teacher Instructional Planning.

INSPIRE New Teacher

September INSPIRE Recap

New-to-profession teachers revisited their classroom management plans they created over the summer and reflected on their classroom procedures and expectations. We then focused in on student behaviors and discussed reasons for misbehavior and ways they can both prevent and respond based on the root cause of the behavior. Participants also learned about teacher behaviors and how we respond matters.

Resources for Responding

We love the four questions from Capturing Kids’ Hearts as a simple way to redirect off-task behavior. The 2x10 strategy is one of our favorites for giving positive attention and making connections with our students that are seeking it.

Click the image below to read more about the 2x10 strategy.

A well run classroom doesn’t just happen because of a teacher’s personality. It takes planning, intentionality, and consistency to build a well-managed classroom. Teaching is an art form!

Counseling &

Mental Health Resources

Charlie

Parent of Young Adults

LGBTQIA +

Parent Support for Families of Color

WHAT’SHAPPENINGIN COLLEGEANDCAREERNEWS

Cooperating Teachers: Are you interested in becoming a Cooperating Teacher for Spring 2024? If you are interested in hosting a student teacher, please reach out to your campus principal. Student teachers will be assigned in November.

Employee Referral Incentive -We are hiring! If you refer any employee and they are hired, you will receive a $100 incentive! If you refer a Bilingual Teacher and they are hired you receive a $250 incentive! The candidate must list you as a referral on the application. (some stipulations apply)

National Hispanic Heritage Month traditionally honors the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans as we celebrate heritage rooted in all Latin American countries. Hays HR proudly celebrates all of our faculty and staff of Latin and Hispanic Heritage!

Woohoo! BOYscreeners are complete. Thank you for all of your effort in the completion and administration of each screener.

Time to analyze the results and make instructional decisions for our students.

Please send home results from the BOYscreeners. Most of our screeners have letters and data to share.

You may also share the following: Flyer

Letter from District - English Letter from District - Spanish

Our Read 180 classes have started strong. We are excited to see our students and teachers succeed. We visited our middle school classes this week and look forward to visitingALLof our Read 180 classrooms.

Dyslexia Parent

-

6:00pm at the PAC. More information to come

Night

Open for ALLfamilies interested in learning more about dyslexia. Please pass along this information to our families. October 26 at

LearningAlly

LearningAlly is an audiobook solution for students with reading difficulties. This is a free resource for our students and available through ClassLink. Students can access novels as well as all of our state adopted textbooks. The resource is available to students post graduation too.

Audiobook Solution - Class Link

Educator Resource Folder

SuccessEd

How to document intervention support and progress monitoring data.

Step by Step Guidance

Audio Step by Step Guidance

Multilingual Department

Interested in pursuing your bilingual teaching certification? See the information below.

The free 190 Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Courses for certification courses have been published!

https://www.txel.org/bilingualcourses

Need your ESLcertification? Check out the information below for the TExES ESLSupplemental Test #154 prep course.

ESLAcademy Flyer, 2023-24

CommunityAction, Inc. Information:

Hays CISD has a direct partnership with CommunityAction, Inc. which offers a variety of educational programs and services to our Hays CISD parents and community. Please share these opportunities on your campus websites and social media outlets. CommunityAction Program/Classes Folder

You can also find this information on our district website under the Community tab as well as on theA-Z directory.https://www.hayscisd.net/CommunityAction

October World Languages Newsletter

Bilingual Campuses:

As you complete BOYscreener data begin populating the 2023-2024 Decision Making Worksheet to justify LOA decisions.

Our Fall Bilingual English LanguageAdvisory Committee meeting is scheduled forTuesday, 10/24 from 3:45-5pm in the Tom Green Elementary Library. If you are on the committee, more information will be provided as the date approaches.

Know someone who is a Language Learner Rock Star? Nominate them today for the Language Learner Rock Star Award.

Language Learner Rock Star Award Nomination

Multilingual Department

Science Hall Elementary

Tom Green Elementary

Johnson High School Culinary Class Making Pupusas

Camino Real Elementary

Hemphill Elementary

McCormick Middle School

Ready Rosie is a modeled video resource for families to engage their students at home. Visit the SAVVAS Full Interactive Overview link and go to family engagement from the menu to learn more!

Pre-K

● Share CIRCLE Parent Communication with report card

○ CLI Engage Helpful Hints & Links (see Parent Communication)

● Review the Report Card & Skill

Book guidance

● Letter Name/Sounds Guidance

○ Document in theTEAMS skill book and in Eduphoria

○ How to

○ Rubric

○ Uppercase/Lowercase tools

Upcoming Dates

● TEAMS Report Card Skill book Window - Oct. 5 - 10

● First 9 Wk. Letter Names/Sounds Data submission windowSept. 11 - Oct. 6 due in Eduphoria October 13th

● District PD ~ October 6th -10:00 - 12:00 ~ Location: BES Library

● Fall Classroom Environment Checklist (CEC) window - Oct. 1 - Dec. 2

Student Services

WhyImplementPBIS?

● Reductioninproblembehavior

● Increasedacademicperformance

● Improvedperceptionofsafety

● Reductioninbullyingbehaviors

● Increasedadministratortimefor instructionalleadership

● \Reductioninstaffturnover

● Increasedperceptionofteacherefficacy

● Improvedsocial-emotionalcompetence

● Increasedpositiveschoolclimateand culture

EssentialRequirementsof PBIS:

● CommunityConnections

● ClearExpectations

● ComprehensiveInstructionon Expectations

● Consistency

● SupportiveStructure

PBIS in the Classroom Modules

Asteachers,youplayakeyroleinaddressingchronicabsence.Thegoodnewsisthat youdon’thavetosolvethisalone.Youcan:

● Takerollregularlyshowingstudentsthatyoucarewhentheymissschool

● Reachouttofrequentlyabsentstudentstofindoutinasupportivemannerwhythey aremissingschoolandwhatwouldhelpthemattendmoreregularly.

● Workwithparentstostresstheimportanceofearlyeducationandtolearnaboutany barrierstogoodattendance.

● Createanurturing,engagingclassroomthatwillencouragechildrentocometo school.Workwithcolleaguestodevelopandimplementaschool-widesystemof incentivesandrewardforgoodattendance.

Dr. Brian Dawson

Gifted and Talented (G/T)

Gifted and Talented Referral Period Now Open!

District staff can refer students from October 1 - 15 using THIS LINK.

Parents/guardians can refer students from October 1 - 31 using THIS LINK.

***Please note, the links for district staff and parent/guardians are different.

For more information about the referral process, please view the presentations found at the links below.

English Presentation Spanish Presentation

Professional Development: Fall online courses are now open and will close on November 30. Alist of available courses and the State’s guidelines are available at THIS LINK. If there any questions, contactTish Cawley at tish.cawley@hayscisd.net or x45035.

Gifted and Talented (G/T)

Students in Mr. Alaniz and Mr. Hargrave’s Social Studies classes at Barton participated in Socratic Seminars. Great student led discussions!

Students in Ms. Neier and Ms.Hoff’s 8th grade LanguageArts classes at McCormick were hard at work writing essays.

Advanced Academics

Teachers ofAPand OnRamps classes will meet at the Buda Public Library from 10 a.m.- Noon on Friday, October 6.

OnRamps teachers, please make sure that your rosters for UT reflect the students on your Hays CISD roster. UT Fall Course Sensus is today, Friday, September 29.

Advancing Academics

Did you know that the number of students in advanced coursework in grades 6-12 has grown from 4533 (37%) in the 2021-22 school year to 6207 (49%) in the 2023-24 school year?! Thanks to teachers who have prepared students for advanced work and who have recruited them into advanced classes. Thanks to counselors who have pushed and encouraged students during course registration.

More students in advanced coursework in middle and early high school leads to more students in college-aligned coursework (Advanced Placement, ACC Dual Credit, UT OnRamps) by the end of high school After a dip in course enrollments and college credits earned during the pandemic, our enrollment in college-aligned courses is higher than it’s ever been, and we’re on track to beat our previous number of college credits earned in one year.

Hays CISD Athletics

Hays CISD was chosen as a pilot program for THSCA’s Coaches vs Overdoses. This program raises awareness of teenage overdoses by using an informational PSA and handing out drug disposal packets at Varsity Football Games at Shelton Stadium.

Construction has begun for the artificial turf projects at Johnson and Hays High School’s softball and baseball fields! Paragon Sports Construction began work at the end of September to install turf at all 6 Hays CISD softball and baseball fields. Lehman High School will be getting a whole new complex at their fields along with the turf that includes new stands, dugouts, concessions, and ticket booths. Due to previously scheduled construction at Lehman’s fields, they will begin on these projects at the end of October. All of these projects are planned to be completed in time for all of our schools to be ready to play on them before the season begin at the end of January. Exciting times!

Congrats to Steve Hoffman for winning his 100th football game!

Hays CISD Athletics

The Bob Shelton Coach of the Week is still going strong! This is a great opportunity for our coaches to be recognized for all of the fantastic things they do at Hays CISD!

We are in full swing here with athletics at Hays CISD! Middle School football, cross country, and volleyball are in the middle of their seasons with great participation numbers! We also are competing in team tennis, water polo, volleyball, cross country, and football at the high school. District play has begun form most of our sports and playoff will be here soon!

CTE (COOLEST TEACHERS EVER!)

Our CTE team “pugged” Dahlstrom’s Nathan Studebaker because he's Pretty Unbelievably Great! He is starting theAg and FFAprogram at DMS this year and we love to see it taking off because of all of his hard work!

Our Project Lead the Way middle school engineering cluster lead, Chris Glynn, was “pugged” at Barton because he is Pretty Unbelievably Great! Mr. Glynn is always quick to step up to mentor new engineering teachers across the district.

We “pugged” CulinaryTeacher Catherine Lively at Johnson HS because she is Pretty Unbelievably Great! Her students cater, make to-go lunches for the teachers and healthy snacks to sell at the bus stop in the afternoons.

Reminder: COW Day (Careers on Wheels Day) has been moved to November 14, 2023. Workforce Development Coordinator, Joe Henderson will be sending out more details in the near future. COW Day is for all 8th graders in the district so they can hear from CTE teachers and talk to industry partners before they register for their high school classes.

FINE ARTS

Areminder that Friday, 10/6, is a district PLC date (Attendance Required) Schedule below:

8:00-9:30 - Campus PD & Meeting (at campus)

10:00-12:00 - District PLC* (at PAC)

12:00-1:00 - Lunch (at PAC)

1:00-4:00 - Staff WorkTime (at campus)

Agenda:

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.All FineArts for “Happy, Not Satisfied; Part 2” with guest presenter

11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Content specific PLC breakout sessions (details coming by email)

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Provided for all FineArts!! Fajitas and sides from Spicy Bite.

Please plan to stay and eat as a fine arts family! We look forward to seeing everyone!

FineArts PLC Dates:

October 6th: 10am - 12pm

October 31st: 1pm - 4pm

January 3rd: 10am - 12pm

February 16th: 10am - 12pm

April 1st: 10am - 12pm

Please do not schedule rehearsals during this time.

Remember to enter all events on the FineArts public event calendar

PAC Calendar

Check out some HS artwork!

Ineligibility starts on Sept. 29th. See the district calendar for all dates.Here is the link to our shared eligibility google drive.This has eligibility resources plus folders to drop in eligibility verification forms as required.

Elementary Literacy

Our first CBAfor 3rd-5th grade is next week.

● Extended Constructed Responses should be done independently by students.

○ Two ECR opportunities were provided on the pacing guides to prepare and guide students for the CBA

● The LiteracyTeam will be scoring these with Instructional Coaches on 10/11.

○ Teachers should run the Extended Constructed Response Report and give the reports to their Instructional Coaches.

○ The data that the ICs bring back is what should be entered in Eduphoria by 10/16. The goal setting and heat map documents for CBA1 are updated and posted on the pacing guides and under theAssessment button on the Content Site.

K-5 Small Group Instruction/mCLASS

● Remember to look under the “Instruction” tab in mCLASS to see suggested groupings based on your BOYmCLASS data. You will also find suggested small group lessons to target specific skills.

Ms.Aguilar from KES uses Stand up, Hand up, Pair up to have her 3rd graders discuss the ECR practice prompt.

her students.

Mrs. Jen at KES has flawless procedures to get her kindergarteners easily logged in toAmplify.

Ms. Padilla from BVES using her Teaching Pal to guide her students with annotation in their myBooks.

Ms. Owens from BVES reviewingTraditionalTales with

Elementary Literacy

Hays CISD ReadingAcademies

We have completed our first two ReadingAcademy sessions with our new cohort. We appreciated the teachers being so engaged in the course content.

23-24 Upcoming ReadingAcademy Training Dates:

● 10/18, 11/15, 12/5, 1/17, 2/1, 3/6, 4/24, 5/8

● Time: 8:00-3:30

● Location: Old Upper Buda Elementary Cafeteria- (300 N. San Marcos St. Buda, TX 78610)

● Teachers should sign up in Eduphoria

Secretaries can use this code to enter when creating the absences:

● 199-11-6112-RA-911-11-2-0

Do you still want access to the ReadingAcademy Content?

● Request forAlumni Course Link

Elementary Literacy

Hays CISDAssessment Updates

Here are some reminders of what can and what cannot be read during CBAs/STAAR for students who receiveText-to-Speech.

Oral Administration- Text-to_Speech Guidance

Eduphoria:

● Just a reminder: Speech-to-Text and SpellingAssistance are only available in the online version of Eduphoria. Students cannot access these supports when testing in Kiosk Mode on the Chromebooks.

Eduphoria Teacher Tip: Teachers can access a student version of the tests by clicking the three dots on the right of a test in theAdminister section and then click Preview OnlineTest. It would be good practice for teachers to model using the online tools and supports prior to CBA1. Tools that are new(er) this year: Line Reader and Scratch Pad (came out spring last year)

Eduphoria How-Tos Document from the Assessment Department

Secondary Literacy

Assessment Updates:

CBA 1 is under our belt! Thank you for your active monitoring and for reaching out when you have questions!

- How-To Score a Constructed Response (Here is the whole “How-To” folder!)

Unit Planning

I want to remind you about this unit planning graphic/guiding questions. I am working to make this more user-friendly, but it is a great tool to use when planning for each unit!

Hattie’s Barometer of Influence

I want to remind you of the 250+ Influences on Student Achievement one-pager. This is a great place to go when considering what instructional influences have the most impact on student learning!

Secondary Literacy

Growth-Focused Writing:

So many of you have taken the growth-focused writing lesson and run with it! Thank you for working so hard to make writing instruction relevant and engaging for students!

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS

Ms. Edwards’s 5th graders at TES use base-10 blocks to model decimal multiplication.

Mrs. Horton does a decimal number string with her 5th graders at BVES.

Mrs. Perez’s 4 graders integrate Math & Science with triple beam balances at GES.

Miss Hernandez’s 4th grade students at UES use the Sage & Scribe strategy to compare decimal numbers.

ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS

“Just in Time” Sessions

return of District PLC - Location TBA

Discuss with your principal before registering!

4th & 5th grade - Oct. 17th or

19th

3rd grade - Jan. 8th (w 3rd gr ELAR)

STEMScopes

As we begin year 1 with STEMScopes curriculum, i will be keeping spreadsheet for STEMScopes feedback. Feel free to send me any feedback you have or add it directly to this document.

Math CBA’s

2nd Grade: Oct. 25 - Nov. 3

Goal Setting & Reflection Doc

3rd Grade: Oct. 3- Oct. 11

Goal Setting & Reflection Doc

4th Grade: Oct. 4 - Oct. 12

Goal Setting & Reflection Doc

5th Grade: Oct. 11 - Oct. 17

Goal Setting & Reflection Doc

Check out Math Fact Lab - a FREE, strategy based, online program that helps students develop automaticity with math facts.

6-12 MATHEMATICS

District PLC - Just in Time Sessions

These are being redesigned to meet the needs surfaced in feedback that Derek and I have been collecting over the last couple of weeks. These grade-level specific FULL DAY sessions should help address many of the concerns around planning and implementation - Subs will be provided. These will most likely be held at Upper Buda, but I will confirm location as soon as I have it!

6th Grade Math - 10/3

8:15am to 4:00pm - register here - location TBA

7th Grade Math - 10/11

8:15am to 4:00pm - register here - location TBA

8th Grade Math - 10/16

8:15am to 4:00pm - register here - location TBA

Desmos Curriculum

See a need for a new Desmos Lesson? FIll out this form to make a request from Desmos developers. There are also feedback survey links on ALL lessons that we can use to submit requests. They are regularly revising/editing and creating…

GT UpdateSummer Book Studies

If you signed up to do either Mathematical Mindsets or Building Thinking Classrooms as a book study for your GT Update, remember to schedule an observation with me and/or Tish Cawley before October 30 to get that update credit. Once that observation is complete, we will update EduphoriaI can’t wait to see what you’re trying out!

Did you read Building Thinking Classrooms?

Are you wondering how to start implementing?

There is a FREE webinar hosted by Hand-to-Mind with Peter Liljedahl specifically about getting started with some of the practices10/5 from 5 to 6pm CDT - registered participants will have access to an on-demand recording as well. Register and get more information here

Elementary Science

UpcomingAssessments (on Eduphoria)

2nd Grade- Unit 2 Oct 16 - 27

3rd Grade- Unit 2 Oct 16 - 27

4th Grade- Unit 2 Sep 25 - Oct 5 Unit 3 Oct 16 - 27

5th Grade- Unit 2 Oct 16 - 27

Reminder:

Please reach out to your admin team about getting supplies to ensure your students get the hands on experiences they need.

Austin Regional Science Fair is now GreaterAustin Regional Science and Engineering Fair (GARSEF).The website has changed, and it is now located at www.austinscience.org

The 2024 fair will take place at the Palmer Event Center on February 21-24. School Registration opens Dec 1st!

Great and FREE science resources

● https://www.gbra.org/education/elementary-classroom-tools/

● Wildlife by Design (AHarrod@texas-wildlife.org)

Secondary Science

Campus Approval Required then Register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location: Old BES Room 308.

Campus Approval Required then Register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location: Old BES Room 308.

11/3 8:15 - 11:15 am

1/18 8:15 am - 3:30 pm

Nucleic Acids, Protein Synthesis, & Epigenetics

PLC Support Resources

As we move into October, let’s shift focus to intentional lesson planning to include opportunities for…

● Reteach & Feedback

● Guided Practice

● Student-to-Student Talk & Collaboration

A Focus on Best Practices

TEKS Instruction Guides (TIGs)

6th Potential & Kinetic Energy

7th Human Body Systems

8th Calculating Net Force

Social Studies

District Social Studies Lessons

We are recruting writers for Spring Lesson Plans for Elementary! This work will take place in October and November and will be paid! Email Kim Peña if you are interested!

Our 2ndAnnual Hays History Day event will be January 20, 2023 at Hays High School.This event ties into theTexas History Day event and the National History Day event and is a fantastic opportunity for students to display their knowledge and interest in humanities from grades 4-12. It is also a great option for GTShowcase projects.

History Day Flyers have been sent to all campuses. We will hold a Campus Advisor meeting on zoom on October 18 and are working on a Guardian Packet you can use for families. Sign up for the zoom meeting here!

We are looking for feedback on how lessons are going!! Please submit this form with how we can make them better for the Spring!

Elementary Request Form for More Social Studies Support

Are you receiving the HaysCISD Social Studies monthly newsletter? If not sign up here!

Secondary Social Studies

District PLC 8th Grade Social Studies Sessions

Talk with your Principal and register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location TBA.

10/3 PM

District PLC & Resource Plan for CBA 1 and DBQ

2/22 PM

CBA 2 reflection and Plan for Interim & STAAR

District PLC US History Sessions

Talk with your principal and register in Eduphoria via Classlink. Location TBA.

11/3 PM

District PLC & Resource Plan for CBA 1 and DBQ Trainings

2/13 All Day

CBA 2 reflection and Plan for Interim & EOC

Our 2ndAnnual Hays History Day event will be January 20, 2023 at Hays High School.This event ties into theTexas History Day event and the National History Day event and is a fantastic opportunity for students to display their knowledge and interest in humanities from grades 4-12. It is also a great option for GTShowcase projects.

History Day Flyers have been sent to all campuses. We will hold a Campus Advisor meeting on zoom on October 18 and are working on a Guardian Packet you can use for families. Sign up for the zoom meeting here!

Are you seeing great things on your campus? Nominate a teacher for a monthly recognition and giftcard!

Student Health Services

Staff Flu Clinics

The staff flu clinic schedule is linked here.The location will be determined by your campus nurse and will be updated when available. If you are interested in the flu clinic at your campus, please sign up here: : https://forms.gle/DZqw5hoYMkUhRGQw7 Please follow the directions at the top of the sign up form. If you have any questions regarding insurance, please call Plum Creek Pharmacy at (512) 262-7881. Plum Creek Pharmacy will also be offering Covid Boosters during the clinics. Children of employees (age 7 and up) may participate with the parent/guardian present.

Student Health Services Monthly Newsletter