Wylie ISD trustees approved staff raises, adopted legislative priorities and recognized dozens of students during their Monday, May 18 meeting held at the Montgomery Center at Wylie High School. The meeting began with recognitions for the parent-teacher associations...
Most first-year high school students spend time meeting people, participating in activities that interest them and trying to figure out where they fit in. Maddy Geller eventually found her niche at Wylie East High School, but went through some struggles, such as...
Robert D. Putnam’s book “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community,” released in 2000, explored the decline of social capital and how trends showed Americans were avoiding joining local social groups and clubs and were withdrawing from civic...
Michael Brinkley knew from a young age he wanted to be a teacher. “I wanted to be a teacher since I was 5-years-old,” he said. “I fell in love with school when I was 5-years-old. It was just magical, and I loved the idea of being in a classroom, learning and doing...
Brennen Lunsford was named Firefighter of the Year by Wylie Fire-Rescue at its annual awards banquet Sunday afternoon at the Wylie Recreation Center. Presenting the award (above) was Assistant Fire Chief Brian Ritter. Lunsford was just one of many people recognized at...
Wylie city leaders are mulling over a bond election to improve needs around town, including infrastructure, with a citizen bond committee recently approving a list of suggestions for the city council to consider. On May 25, at its second meeting of the month, the...
A Royse City woman who died in March and was found in a parking lot at the Wylie CVS Pharmacy location, 750 W. Kirby St., succumbed to blunt force injuries and strangulation, according to an autopsy report released May 25 from the Collin County Medical Examiner's...
A checklist and a puzzle. The top graduating seniors from Wylie High School used two different measuring sticks of experience and success in their speeches to their classmates at WHS’s graduation Saturday, May 29, at Wylie Stadium. Senior and National Honor Society...
Wylie East High School’s top graduating seniors used a metaphor of students being the author of their own stories, or lives, in their speeches to the class of 2021 Friday, May 28, at Wylie Stadium. East Principal Tiffany Doolan gave welcome remarks at the graduation....
