Wylie parents Brady and Alex Beal have been fishing all their lives. It’s something their family does. It’s something their family loves, and it was because of their love for the sport they sought to create a fishing team for Wylie students. What followed was something they did not expect. “I have been stunned at […]
In Full Swing: The Growth of Wylie Junior High Golf Program is Booming
Volunteer golf coach Matt Preston’s enthusiasm for golf is quite contagious. It’s his enthusiasm that gave a platform to Wylie’s developing junior high golf program — one of a handful of junior high school golf programs in the state of Texas. The program started in 2017 with about fifteen players signed up, but has grown […]
Thanksgiving Chain Links Students and Staff
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” — William Arthur Ward In 2016, Kristian Spencer, a seventh grade science teacher at Wylie Junior High, reflected on this quote when she was pondering how to cultivate a “spirit of thankfulness” for her campus. From this […]
Campus Connections December 22: Wylie East Junior High
AOK SUMMARY The goal of the WEJH Acts of Kindness Club (A-OK) is to recognize students for their acts of kindness towards other Bulldogs that go beyond our expected behaviors and to foster a culture of KINDNESS. For example, we would expect a student to clean up after themselves in the cafeteria…not an act of […]
Peanut Butter Plus Jelly Makes Dynamic Duo
Wylie has its very own Dynamic Duo in Wylie East Junior High’s Lisa Albert and Debra McCright, although Albert describes them more as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich than Batman and Robin. “She’s my peanut butter, and I’m her jelly,” Albert said. The two women have been working together in the same office going […]
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