Wylie junior high and high school bands, choirs and orchestras, along with the Wylie Community Band, performed at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Saturday, March 2. Jeremy Hallock/The Wylie News It was a music-filled Saturday as Wylie ISD students...
District leads effort to change Texas Education Code
Chloe Stovall, shown with Wylie High Theatre Director Polly Harrison and the school board, was recognized at last week’s meeting for being a Texas Thespian State finalist. Courtesy photo Superintendent David Vinson discussed an ambitious new effort at Wylie ISD’s...
Wylie campus to host artist lecture series, exhibit
Resident art lovers have a unique opportunity to attend two public art lectures and an exhibit at the Collin College Wylie Campus in March. The campus will host an artist lecture series titled “Street Art and Contemporary Culture,” from Art Historian G. James...
CTE program highlighted this month
February is CTE Month, a national public awareness campaign that highlights the value and achievements of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. “It’s an opportunity to showcase our programs and to continue to educate the community about the things we are...
Annual fundraising gala planned
Boots ’N Barbecue, the largest fundraiser for the Wylie ISD Education Foundation, may be sold out, but there are still opportunities to get involved. The event, set for 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, will happen at a new venue — the Plano Event Center— this year. Last...
Trustees OK donations for memorial honoring sisters
A memorial will be built at Cox Elementary in Sachse honoring the Mendoza sisters, Daniela and Sofia, who were killed in the May 2023 mass shooting at the Allen Outlet Mall. Courtesy Wylie ISD At the first Wylie ISD school board meeting of the year on Monday, Jan....
Local Scout completes project for In-Sync Exotics
A 14-year-old member of Scouts BSA Troop 1869 earned Scouting’s highest honor — the Eagle Scout Award – for her project at a local nonprofit. Scout Amelia King, an eighth-grade student Burnett Junior High School, partnered with In-Sync Exotics in Wylie to update the...
WISD accepts donation to honor Allen shooting victims
The school board approved a motion to accept donations for the Mendoza Legacy Project. The upcoming memorial at Cox Elementary will honor siblings Sofia and Daniela Mendoza, who were killed during the Allen shootings on May 6, 2023. The district also addressed Senate...
Wylie HS Theatre to perform ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Wylie High School Theatre students rehearsing for their next production, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast – The Broadway Musical.” Jeremy Hallock/The Wylie News Wylie High School Theatre will have 131 students on stage—and working behind the scenes—for its next...