Monthly
Open house evenings
Tour after hours, meet instructors, bring your people.
Life at Hays Academy
The competition wall
Small western-Kansas school, national podiums. These are the headline wins, the complete list is below, verbatim, all sixty-plus lines of it.
1st Place Overall in Editorial Cut (3 finalists), Transformation Color (3 finalists), Editorial Color (5 finalists); finalists in Transformation Cut (2), Editorial Style (2), Transformation Style (4)
Top 3 Color 1st Place Overall; Top 3 Cut
Top 3 Student Color 1st Place Overall; Top 3 Student Nails 1st Place Overall; plus Color, Style
Top 10 Future Star 1st Place Overall, 2× Top 3 Overall, 4 more Top 10 Future Stars, Top 10 Nail Artist
1st Place Overall
Top 10 Future Star ×4, Top 10 Nail Artist
First Place, 2 in Top 3, 5 in Top 10
Winner
Winner
Podium sweeps, multiple 1st/2nd/3rd places
Educator of the Year, Danielle Markley
Overall Winner (placements 2010–2017)
Best Overall School, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
School of the Year
Housing
Fort Hays State University's student-housing office has the details on residence halls, rates and who can apply. If the dorms are part of your plan, start there.
Student housing info
Residential Life & Student Housing
Fort Hays State University
Come see it live
Monthly
Tour after hours, meet instructors, bring your people.
Every cohort
Spend a real school day on the floor before you enroll.
Spring & fall
The whole school rallies before nationals, it's a thing.
Event cadence shown is illustrative for this preview, book a tour and we'll tell you what's actually coming up.
It's what a student named Lexie wrote after graduating: “They made me feel like one of their own. I can definitely see why they say ‘Welcome to the family’.” The school has been family-owned since 1981 and sister-run since 2003, the culture isn't manufactured, it's inherited.
A tour takes 30–45 minutes, the floor, the people, the trophy shelf. Tell us what you're into and we'll text you times.
Ok, check your texts. 💌
Randi will text you real answers, cost, start dates, and a tour invite. No spam, no pressure.
Randi Gerstner
Admissions Director, she's the one texting you.
Kellie Brown Admissions Director/Salon Coordinator, she's the one texting you. Kellie will text you real answers, cost, start dates, and a tour invite. No spam, no pressure. Skip the wait: call Hays at (785) 628-6624 or Salina at (785) 833-2280.
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Our goal is to produce the most hire-able, financially responsible graduates in the country! We hope that is your goal too!