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By Comal ISD Supt. Andrew Kim Unless you were looking at the school calendar, you probably didn’t notice that today is the official last day of the 2019-20 school year. Typically this day is marked ...
Canyon Lake High School’s Senior Awards Night posted to Youtube last week, honoring students in a “virtual video” for their academic merit, community service, excellence and perseverance in the classroom, and scholarships. Principal Kristy Castilleja ...
by Rep. Kyle Biedermann Texas House District 73/Canyon Lake The 87th Texas Legislative Session begins in January and I believe it will be one of the most difficult we’ve had in decades. Covid-19 is having ...
Canyon High School students Ana Fuentes and Jessie Ortega Jr. are recipients of the 2020 Robbi and Dan Boone scholarships. The $1,000 scholarships, awarded by the Democratic Women of Comal County (DWCC), are named in ...
Canyon Lake High School’s 2020 graduates will get a chance to walk the stage after all. Comal ISD announced last week that ceremonies are scheduled for 8 p.m. June 4 at the school’s stadium, 8555 ...
While students remain home, Comal ISD nurses have been voluntarily staffing a COVID-19 triage call-center for area physicians. Today is National School Nurse Day, and Comal ISD is celebrating its 36 school nurses, who also ...
Child nutrition professionals at Startzville and Mountain Valley elementary schools helped to prepare 121,518 meals for homebound students-in-need over the last five weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Lunch ladies and men’ are considered essential frontline ...
Comal ISD recognized its top academic seniors at Canyon Lake High School with a virtual banquet that allowed students to honor their mentors as well. This year’s 19th Annual Academic Recognition Banquet also paid tribute ...
Twenty-two year education veteran Angela Looney returns to Mountain Valley Middle School (MVMS) as principal after serving as the assistant principal and academic dean at Canyon Lake High School (CLHS) for the last two years. ...
Comal ISD said today it has formalized plans for parents to recover their students’ school supplies, artwork, musical instruments, athletic gear and medications from campuses. “Our focus is on returning your child’s items in a ...
Students can now catch a virtual bus to Comal ISD classrooms. The district has equipped school buses with wireless network devices and parked them at seven strategic locations throughout the district’s 589 square miles to ...
The Comal Independent School District earned a Best Communities for Music Education designation from the National Association for Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education.
Good news for homebound secondary students. Comal ISD is waving grades and will move to a pass/grade review system for the missing nine weeks of the 2019-20 school year, Supt. Andrew Kim explained in an ...
by Andrew Kim Superintendent, Comal ISD Before I share with you today’s message, I want to take a moment to apologize. As you can imagine, not everyone agrees with the decisions I am making. Please ...
Comal ISD is offering free meals for all Comal ISD students from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays though Fridays. Breakfast service begins on Tuesday and lasts from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Participating campuses are: ...
Canyon Lake High School’s (CLHS) SkillsUSA Law Enforcement Club, aka “Lake Law,” won 11 awards at SkillsUSA Texas District 10 Leadership and Skills Conference in Waco Jan. 31-Feb 1. These students are enrolled in Comal ...
Canyon Lake High School (CLHS) student Anise Christensen placed fourth in Rodeo Austin’s student art contest this week, an all-time best for the school. Her sculpture was one of 366 works of art submitted for ...
Canyon Lake High School Swimming Team competes in UIL district competition in San Antonio this weekend. In the water are, coached by Kim Moses, are: Mia Allison Austen Alvarez Andrew Asfeld Evan Burch Aden Butterfield ...
Canyon Lake-area students made sure wishes came true for their friends this holiday season. Comal ISD staff and student groups hosted holiday giving programs like food drives, toy drives, and blanket drives, bringing seasonal cheer, ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed Comal Independent School District (Comal ISD) Superintendent Andrew Kim to the Texas School Safety Center’s board of directors. “It is an honor to be a member of this board,” ...
Funeral services for 11-year-old Mountain Valley Middle School (MVMS) student Brendan Edwards and his mother Melissa Edwards, who were killed in a car accident on Sunday, are scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7 at St. Thomas ...
What do you want to be when you grow up? Answering that question just got a bit easier for Comal ISD students, who in October gained access to a student-preparedness platform called Comal Compass. The ...
Startzille residents still have time to donate to Operation K9, whose service dog will attend Startzville Elementary School’s Veterans Day Remembrance & Celebration at 9 a.m. Monday at the school, 42111 FM3159. The local organization ...
by HilltopNewspaper.com Canyon Lake could not keep up with an offensive juggernaut against the Badgers Friday night, losing 56-35 in Lampasas. This would be a pick-your-poison game for the Hawk’s defense as Lampasas finished with ...
Athletes at Canyon Lake High School had the opportunity to listen to an award-winning athlete and U.S. Army veteran who knows a little something about perseverance and courage. Three-time paralympian medalist Kari Miller stopped by ...
Comal ISD Board of Trustees approved a seven-cent decrease in the district’s tax rate at its monthly meeting on Tuesday, lowering it from $1.39 to $1.32. The new rate takes effect immediately. This is the ...
Bass fishing is the latest addition to Comal Independent School District’s (Comal ISD) intramural sports program, and teams from Canyon Lake (CLHS)and Smithson Valley (SVHS) high schools competed in their first tournament on Sept. 14. ...
Today, P.J. O’Toole is a senior at Smithson Valley High School and a full back on the Rangers football team. But as a kindergartner at Bill Brown Elementary he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia ...
Sure, you’ve heard about the retirees who are master naturalists, master gardeners, and long-term volunteers at Tye Preston Memorial Library — but did you know Comal County has the biggest Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) ...
Comal ISD Director of Safety and Security Joe McKenna said the the district is implementing new procedures, partnerships and training designed to keep students safe this upcoming school year. They include: Classroom go-kits Lockdown alert ...
Canyon Lake High School, Startzville Elementary, Mountain Valley Elementary, Mountain Valley Middle School and Rebecca Creek Elementary earned solid “Bs” on the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) 2019 Accountability ratings, released Thursday by Comal ISD. The ...
by Lisa Johnson Essential Academics Teacher, Mountain Valley Middle School We’re a couple of weeks away from the start of the school year and teachers are starting to get their classrooms ready for students. That ...
Comal Independent School District received the prestigious District of Distinction Award from the Texas Art Education Association (TAEA) on July 29, placing it among the top two percent of districts in the state who earned ...
Comal ISD is offering a new prekindergarten pilot program for students at Startzville and Rebecca Creek elementary schools. To qualify, students must meet one of the following criteria: Limited English proficiency/English language learner Qualify for ...
Comal ISD needs bus drivers, bus assistants, custodians, child nutrition staff, and maintenance-and operations-specialists to work at Canyon and Smithson Valley high schools for the upcoming school year. The district will try to fill these ...
What began as a Parent Teacher Student Association service project in February ended in a surprise awards ceremony for 17-year-old Smithson Valley High School Junior Abigail Redin, who was presented with the 2019 Student Hero ...
by The Hilltop Resporter Mountain Valley continued their winning ways on Thursday with 11 unanswered runs in a win over Canyon Middle School, 11-1. Mountain Valley heads into their next contest sporting an unblemished record ...
Canyon Lake High School Junior ROTC’s (JROTC) Memorial Car Show is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the school, 8555 FM-32, Fischer. It’s the first car show for some 135 ...
Three seniors from Canyon Lake High School won the 2019 Texas FFA Marketing Plan state championship May 3 at Sam Houston State University. Kenzy Hoffmann, Makenzie Knipe and Mia Smith will now advance to the ...
Canyon Lake High School Cheer Coach Nikki Duggan has accepted a new position at Hays High School, the school announced on its Facebook page today. “CLHS is very sad to see Coach Duggan go but ...
May 7 Update: Comal ISD released this statement today in response to news that officials from U.S. Department of Education will visit Rebecca Creek and Startzville Elementary to assess the district’s progress in educating students ...
Rapid growth in Comal County and expansion of the county jail in New Braunfels have created 59 new positions for corrections officer — and Comal County Sheriff’s Office urges area high school students who are ...
Could Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) be expelled from Comal ISD schools? Legislation headed for a vote on the floor of the Texas House that’s intended to curb publicly funded lobbying also would ban PTA parent ...
Mountain Valley Middle School dancers present a night of dance at Kaleidoscope, their Spring Fundraiser, 7 p.m. May 2 at Canyon Lake High School, 8555 FM 32, Fischer. Performances are by Emerald Stars and students ...
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Canyon Lake Fishing Report for Week of June 3: Excellent!
Canyon Lake Fishing Report for Week of June 3: Excellent!
Thanks to Texas Parks & Wildlife, you can get realtime information on fishing conditions in Canyon Lake. These are updated weekly.USACE Reopens Double-Occupancy Sites for Campgrounds | My Canyon Lake
USACE Reopens Double-Occupancy Sites for Campgrounds | My Canyon Lake
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today began a phased reopening of its double-occupancy park sites in Canyon Lake. Visit recreation.gov for more information.97.9.
