🎗️ September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Together, we can honor the fighters, support the families, and raise awareness to bring hope and strength to those impacted. 💛

Our volleyball players picked two awesome Teachers of the Week!
🏐 Mr. Possoit because, “he teaches us really cool things and is really nice, and sarcastic, and funny”.
🏐Ms. Golden because, “she is just the best! She’s always so kind and makes learning history fun”.

It was great to see so many parents at our Coffee with the Counselors event this morning. Thank you for your continued support, and for your commitment to an important partnership with us!

Football season starts tonight and spirits are high at Hays! Our Football Teacher of the Week is Ms. Hines and our Sapphires Teacher of the Week is Ms. Johnston. Let's pack the stands for games at 5:00 & 6:15 pm!
🏈7th Grade @ Jones MS
🏈8th Grade @ Children's Health Stadium

Let's hear it for our August Athletes of the Month: Damauri, Sabrina, Drake, and Emma! You can support our athletes this week at 🏈Football (tonight v. Jones), 🏐Volleyball (Thursday v. Rushing), and 🏃‍♂️Cross Country (Saturday at Myers Park).

Thanks to Ms. Napier and several students who rescued this sweet pup who was running around outside of Hays this morning. He doesn't have a collar, but he is chipped and is safely in the hands of Frisco Animal Services.
https://www.friscotexas.gov/131/Animal-Services

Are you into meal planning? Add these fall spirit event dates to your calendar! When you order, mention Hays PTO and a portion of the proceeds will go directly to PTO for the benefit of our school!

Happy Labor Day! 🎉🛠️ Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing day as we celebrate the hard work and dedication that makes our community great.

📢 Reminder: It’s a long weekend! 🎉 We’ll see staff back on campus Tuesday and students on Wednesday. Wishing everyone a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

📢 Reminder: It’s a long weekend! 🎉 We’ll see staff back on campus Tuesday and students on Wednesday. Wishing everyone a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

We had a *happy visit* from the PISD HR team today! They came to personally thank our first year teachers and their mentors, as well as our student teachers and the veterans who are hosting them. We are proud to have a hand in raising up excellent educators!

🎉🎉Congratulations to Ms. Dodgen, 8th grade ELAR teacher, who recently earned her Master's Degree in Counseling!

We're proud of our football players who earned #LEO helmet stickers this week. Way to go above and beyond at Hays!

Get pumped up, Hawks ... 🏐Volleyball Season🏐 starts tonight! Shout-out to our first VB Teachers of the Week: Ms. Brosey and Ms. Alcalay!

Our 7th graders are in their Texas History Era!🪩Last week they previewed this year's course material with a timeline mix-up and collaboration with besties.

🌮Nacho average Friday lunch ... thanks to Rich & Monica Claypool from Experior Financial Group for providing a delicious nacho bar for our staff today!

Today our NJHS students learned about officer opportunities that are available to them this year. Student leadership is a priority at Hays!

Our football players have the opportunity to earn LEO helmet stickers from teachers when they're doing a great job taking care of business in the classroom. Congratulations to our first recipients this year, Damauri and Harrison! And shout-out to Ms. Land and Mr. Hertwig for awarding the first helmet stickers!

Huge THANKS to the Pickett family for providing 🍿Popcorn & 📝Post-Its for our for awesome teachers today!

***Upgrade Alert***
We were so excited to be able to purchase new stools for our high-top cafeteria tables. These are popular dining spots during lunches, and now each table can accommodate an additional student!