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The latest news from Dripping Springs ISD
More than 250 Dripping Springs ISD elementary students competed at the UIL Academic District Contest on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Sycamore Springs Middle School. Congratulations to our students on a great UIL academic season! District champions are listed below. Additional results can be found here.
Chess Puzzles
2nd Grade: Charles Naquin, CSE
3rd Grade: Avish Parikh, RSE
4th Grade: Duncan Vallee, DSE
5th Grade: Ryan Uppal, RSE
Creative Writing
2nd Grade: Evie Chang, DSE
Maps, Graphs & Charts
5th Grade: Shrihan Karthikeyan, CSE
Music Memory
2nd Grade: Chloe Comai, RSE
3rd Grade: Caroline Dietz, CSE
4th Grade: Bethany Hoggatt, WSE; Bobby Duchamp, RSE; Stiles Shevlin, SSE; Hailey Jimenez, SSE
5th Grade: Henry Naylor, SSE
Number Sense
4th Grade: Aarav Desai, SSE
5th Grade: Ian Matar, RSE
6th Grade (Level): Hudson Villoria, RSE
Oral Reading
4th Grade: Maanya Koluguri, DSE
5th Grade: Bronson Smith, WSE
Ready Writing
3rd Grade: Samuel Robinson, CSE
4th Grade: Grace Fox, RSE
5th Grade: Genevieve Paxton, SSE
Spelling
3rd Grade: Ananya Vishnubhatla, SSE
4th Grade: Nishtha Ramrakhyani, RSE
5th Grade: Avanti Joshi, RSE
Storytelling
2nd Grade: Sumedha Kamatham, DSE
3rd Grade: Ari Norden, RSE
The Dripping Springs Century News is helping DSISD students share their letters with Santa! Write a letter and email it to santa@drippingspringsnews.com by Friday, Dec. 13! Letters will be published in the newspaper on Dec. 26.
The Dripping Springs High School HOSA program will sponsor a blood drive on Friday, Dec. 13 from 9 AM-3 PM in the front DSHS parking lot. Participants must be at least 17 years old and 115 pounds to donate. Please eat a full meal and bring a photo ID before donating. All participants will receive a We Are Blood T-shirt.
Come do your holiday shopping with us! Drip Spirit, DSISD's official spirit store (300 Sportsplex Drive), will be open Wednesday, Dec. 18 from 12-5 p.m. Online orders can also be placed at dripspirit.com and picked up the next business day. If you have any questions, please email thespiritshop@dsisdtx.us.
Dripping Springs Ranch Park is hosting Western Wonderland until January 5. The event includes a trail of lights, ice skating, live performances, a holiday gift market and more!
Hours
11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Christmas Eve: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
New Year's Eve: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
New Year's Day: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Visit drippingspringsranchpark.com/westernwonderland for additional information.
