Christmas Giving The holidays are a time for giving, and Wylie students are doing their part to help the less fortunate this holiday season. Every Wylie campus usually has some sort of collection drive during the holidays to teach children the value of giving. By far the biggest and most special of these efforts is […]
Morrison Mentors Cancer Patients
Dale Morrison knows what it is like to watch someone you love die from cancer. He also knows what its like to have cancer, and he wants to help other cancer patients navigate that valley. “The Lord really burdened me to minster to cancer patients,” he said. “Forty-two percent of Americans will have some form […]
Former Wylie Classmates Now Business Partners
When Alex Beal and Hali Thompson became friends as the mothers of two young children in the same class at St. John’s, they quickly realized they had a lot in common. For one, Alex’s husband, Brady, went to school with both Hali and her husband, Adam, at Wylie. Brady is an ’02 Wylie graduate, and […]
Former Wylie Teacher Helped Care For Smokey The Bear
Almost everyone has seen Smokey the Bear in an ad campaign at one time or another, but former Wylie teacher Jimmy Pickins saw the real thing. As a child, Pickins helped care for the real, live Smokey the Bear, when Smokey was just a tiny bear cub recovering from the burns that made him […]
Wylie Grad Comes Home To Work With Uncle
As a young college student, Lauren (Oglesby) Edwards dreamed of one day working with her uncle at his dental office in Abilene. This summer, that dream came true. In July, Dr. Gary Linn, a Wylie resident and former Wylie parent, welcomed Edwards into his practice. “I always dreamed of returning to Abilene – particularly working […]