December 2010 - Dripping Springs Independent School District

Campus Happenings
Dripping Springs High School:
• Junior Liana Solis was invited to and attended the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. in
early November. The experience allowed her to develop leadership skills and participate in a program that included
students from across the country studying governmental processes and current issues, as well as seeing
some well-known D.C. sights.
• Latin teacher Ginny Lindzey had a hand in Southwest Airlines’ recent
“Bags Fly Free” ad campaign. A student whose father works
in advertising for GSD&M asked her if she could translate the campaign
catch phrase. She obliged, providing the phrase “Sarcinae
Volant Gratis” that appears in print and television ads.
• DSHS is holding its fifth annual Poetry Out Loud Contest, a National
Recitation Contest created by the National Endowment for the Arts
and the Poetry Foundation. Students have been reciting poetry in
their English classes, and advancing students from each class will
compete in the school-wide Poetry Out Loud competition Dec. 7
beginning at 5 p.m. in the Lecture Hall. The winner of the DSHS school-wide Poetry Out Loud competition will
represent Dripping Springs at the State Level Poetry Out Loud competition.
• Again this year the high school participated in the Coats for Kids Community Project that collects and distributes
warm winter coats to eligible children and teenagers in Central Texas.
Dripping Springs Middle School:
• Student Sydney Duleba qualified for and competed in the USTPA (United States Team Penning Association)
World Championships that were held last month in West Monroe, La.
• Dripping Springs Middle School PTA will sponsor its Holiday Appreciation Luncheon and Holiday Cookies for staff
on Dec. 8. Volunteers will provide a holiday meal and cookies for approximately 100 staff divided up into three
lunch periods.
Dripping Springs Elementary:
• The fifth grade held a Colonial Fair on Nov. 22 that included merriment, robust presentations, and enchanted
learning.
• Dripping Spring Elementary families are collecting donations to support Angels in Cowboy Boots, a non-profit
organization created by the Twining family, local Dripping Springs residents. This year’s campus-wide service
project will benefit toddlers in Haiti (or toddlers in the U.S. if a disaster strikes locally). Baby Buckets fill a need
for the youngest victims of disasters. Designed to feed toddlers, each AICB Baby Bucket contains 20 days worth
of food for a young child not yet able to eat adult foods.
Rooster Springs Elementary:
• All second-grade classes from Rooster Springs will perform at Barnes and Noble Book Fair on Dec. 7 and Dec.
9, singing holiday songs at 6:30 p.m. each night. In addition, some RSE students’ art will be displayed beginning
Dec. 8.
• The First Knight Assembly of Champions on Dec. 16 will honor students who have displayed the Knight of the
Guild Character Trait of the month. Each class recognizes one student for each of two traits.
Walnut Springs Elementary:
• Walnut Spring students recently held a UIL awards presentation and participated in the annual Literacy Parade.
• WSES is participating in many holiday charitable drives, including Coats for Kids, Helping Hands, Toys for Tots,
and the Giving Tree.
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