The Mason ISD Education Foundation honored Mason High School students with the presentation of Academic Excellence awards last week. The award recognizes academic achievement. Students receiving the Academic Excellence Award maintained a 3.95 GPA or better for each of the first four six weeks while taking at least four core subjects.
The staff and management of the Community Thrift Store is pleased to announce that we will soon be reopening. On Tuesday, May 26, the day after Memorial Day, we will open at 9:00 in the morning and be open till 2:00 that afternoon. It is expected the store will follow these hours for the next several weeks to allow the staff time to clean and disinfect the store each afternoon to provide a safe and pleasant shopping environment.
It’s graduation time, and we are looking forward to a new kind of celebration! The faculty and administration of Mason High School is well aware that the numbers of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 continue to grow in our county. We take this situation very seriously, and it has been in the forefront of our minds as we made plans to hold a graduation parade.
It has been a month since we have provided information about Mason County Food Bank activities. During that time we have seen an extraordinarily generous response to the request assistance for the Food Bank. Our citizens have given money, volunteered to purchase and pick up supplies, donated fresh fruits and vegetables, packed boxes and distributed food.
In the past, we have served an average of 65 households during the 3 days we were open a month.
The Mason FFA Chapter, as all our outstanding organizations, was unable to host their 2019-2020 Banquet. This banquet has been an annual event where the current FFA chapter officers prepare a fajita supper and honor all those students competing in various contests throughout the school year. Students, family members, and guests are invited each year to enjoy the evening and reflect on their participation in FFA.
The school year begins with fall judging teams known as Career Development Even ...
Picture this: 44 graduates dressed in their Sunday best, file into the auditorium to the tune of “Pomp & Circumstance.” The audience is filled with family and friends of the seniors, not to mention, the many local scholarship donors who have come to give away thousands of dollars. The students are seated on the stage in front of the giant purple Horsehoe M as they wait in anticipation of hearing their name called to receive their scholarship certificate, the culmination of four years of h ...
This week is National Hospital Week. Hospital week is a week dedicated to celebrating hospitals and healthcare systems. Primarily it is a week to celebrate the people who serve in them - the teams of Doctors, Nurses, Technicians and support services whose passion it is to care for our communities.
A normal Hospital Week for the Hill Country Memorial (HCM) staff, is a week of celebration and hallways full of smiles.
It’s graduation time, and we are looking forward to a new kind of celebration! The faculty and administration of Mason High School is well aware that the numbers of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 continue to grow in our county. We take this situation very seriously, and it has been in the forefront of our minds as we made plans to hold a graduation parade.
The Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Youth Leadership Conference will be held virtually this year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
“We are keeping safety of our youth in mind as we navigate this unprecedented situation with COVID-19,” Will Frey, Mason County Farm Bureau president, said. “Although this will be an adjustment, we are excited to offer our youth a meaningful online experience.”
The Virtual Leadership Conference will still focus on the free enterprise system, patriot ...
At the beginning of our reign, we as the Mason County Queens Court selected a philanthropic project. We chose Bluebonnet Casa because we wanted to help make an impact on children in our community. The original plan was to raise funds during the entirety of our year and donate all at the conclusion of our reign in July.
With the current state of our country; and, specifically, our community, many organizations in our area are struggling financially.
