Hays CISD Education Foundation

When educators are supported, students benefit. It’s that simple.

Thank you to our Beverage Bar Sponsor, George Torres with Farmers Insurance, for investing in the Hays CISD Behavior by Design Professional Development Conference.

More than 200 educators will gather for a day filled with learning, collaboration, encouragement, and practical tools they can take straight back to their classrooms.

This is what community partnership looks like. Businesses showing up for teachers. Neighbors investing in schools. People coming together to strengthen the future of Hays CISD students. We are incredibly grateful for partners like George Torres, who support and believe in the power of education. Thank you for helping us create meaningful impact for the educators who give so much to our students every day.

George Torres - Farmers Insurance Agency

Please help us celebrate Randy Martinez’s birthday!

Randy serves on the Hays EF board and in our community. We appreciate your commitment to our community and the Hays CISD students and staff.

Your dedication to making a difference is truly inspiring. We wish you a fantastic birthday filled with joy and celebration!

FINAL CALL! Today is the LAST day to apply for grant funding!

That big idea you’ve been thinking about?
The classroom project sitting in your notes app?
The hands-on experience you know would light your students up?

Apply for a Hays CISD Education Foundation grant.

Every year, these grants help turn “maybe someday” into “happening this school year” for classrooms across our district.

We believe in supporting innovative ideas, creative teaching, and opportunities that help students thrive. We cannot wait to see what YOU dream up this year.

Grant application deadline is TODAY 5/31/2026
Apply here www.haysef.com/grants

One Hays CISD teacher quietly donated to the Better Together Fund this year.

She did not make an announcement. She just gave because that is what teachers here do.

Will you match her?

The community goal is to match their $40,000 in contributions. We are at $1,375 with a few days left in May. A gift of $60 matches one teacher's contribution. A gift of $150 moves students closer to what they need.

Every dollar you give goes directly back into Hays CISD.

Your teachers showed up. Will you?

Give at www.haysef.com/giving/community-giving-form

Together, we are unstoppable.

💙Hays CISD teachers… this is your reminder.❤️
1️⃣ DAY left to apply for grant funding!

That big idea you’ve been thinking about?
The classroom project sitting in your notes app?
The hands-on experience you know would light your students up?

Apply for a Hays CISD Education Foundation grant.

Every year, these grants help turn “maybe someday” into “happening this school year” for classrooms across our district.

We believe in supporting innovative ideas, creative teaching, and opportunities that help students thrive. We cannot wait to see what YOU dream up this year.

📅 Grant application deadline: 5/31/2026
Apply here www.haysef.com/grants

Only 2️⃣ DAYS left to apply for grant funding!

That big idea you’ve been thinking about?
The classroom project sitting in your notes app?
The hands-on experience you know would light your students up?

Apply for a Hays CISD Education Foundation grant.

Every year, these grants help turn “maybe someday” into “happening this school year” for classrooms across our district.

We believe in supporting innovative ideas, creative teaching, and opportunities that help students thrive. We cannot wait to see what YOU dream up this year.

📅 Grant application deadline: 5/31/2026
Apply here www.haysef.com/grants

❤️Only 3 days left to apply for grant funding!

That big idea you’ve been thinking about?
The classroom project sitting in your notes app?
The hands-on experience you know would light your students up?

Apply for a Hays CISD Education Foundation grant.

Every year, these grants help turn “maybe someday” into “happening this school year” for classrooms across our district.

We believe in supporting innovative ideas, creative teaching, and opportunities that help students thrive. We cannot wait to see what YOU dream up this year.

📅 Grant application deadline: 5/31/2026
Apply here www.haysef.com/grants

To the Live Oak Academy Class of 2026… 🎓💜

Your journey may not have looked like everyone else’s. And that’s exactly what makes your story so powerful.

Today, we celebrate your perseverance. Your courage. Your growth. And every step it took to get to this moment.

There were obstacles.
There were hard days.
There were moments when the road ahead may have felt uncertain.
But here you are.

Standing at the finish line of one chapter and the beginning of another.

That deserves to be celebrated in a BIG way.
At Live Oak Academy, success is not measured by doing things the traditional way. It’s measured by determination, resilience, and the willingness to keep moving forward even when life gets hard.

And the Class of 2026 has done exactly that.
Your teachers, families, mentors, and community have watched you rise, overcome, and achieve something incredibly meaningful.

Today is proof that your story is still being written, and the best chapters are yet to come.

Congratulations, Live Oak Academy graduates.💜💛

Your community is proud of you and excited for all that comes next.

Johnson High School Class of 2026…
You did it. 🎓💛

Today is more than a graduation.
It’s the celebration of every challenge you pushed through, every lesson you learned, every friendship you built, and every moment that helped shape who you are becoming.

This class has left its mark in classrooms, on stages, on fields, in competitions, in clubs, and throughout the Johnson community.

And while today marks the end of one chapter, it also marks the beginning of something incredibly exciting… your future.

There will be new places, new opportunities, new goals, and moments that stretch you in ways you can’t even imagine yet.

But one thing we hope you always carry with you is this… You come from a community that believes in you.

Teachers poured into you.
Families sacrificed for you.
Friends encouraged you.
And an entire community is cheering you on as you take your next steps.

No matter where life leads, the Class of 2026 will always be part of the Johnson High School story. 🖤💛🖤💛

Congratulations, Jaguars.
Your future is bright, and we are so proud of you.

📣Hays CISD teachers… this is your reminder.

⏰ 4 days left to apply for fall grant funding!

That big idea you’ve been thinking about?
The classroom project sitting in your notes app?
The hands-on experience you know would light your students up?

Apply for a Hays CISD Education Foundation grant.

Every year, these grants help turn “maybe someday” into “happening this school year” for classrooms across our district.

We believe in supporting innovative ideas, creative teaching, and opportunities that help students thrive. We cannot wait to see what YOU dream up this year.

📅 Grant application deadline: 5/31/2026
Apply here www.haysef.com/grants