In honor of Texas Public Schools Week and Texas Independence Day, members of the San Marcos Masonic Lodge No. 342 presented flags that had flown over the State Capitol to delegates from each San Marcos CISD elementary school on March 3, 2015, in a ceremony held at the De Zavala Elementary School. Members of a De Zavala student choir performed some Texas-themed songs prior to the ceremony beginning, and Principal Tim Maresch welcomed visitors. Texas Public Schools Week was originally created in 1950 by the Masonic Lodges of Texas to recognize contributions made by the state’s free system of education.