Wylie Hall of Honor member Don Blackburn passed away Dec. 20 at the age of 83. Blackburn was a 1953 Wylie graduate, a Wylie parent and a longtime Wylie school board member. He helped lead the board during its immense growth of the 1990s, serving 15 years on the board and five of them as […]
Hall of Honor
Nick and Julie Pruitt, Sam Harvey and Betty Hines will be inducted into the Wylie Hall of Honor on Friday during the annual Hall of Honor Luncheon. The luncheon will be at 11:30 a.m. in the Auxiliary Gym at Wylie High School. The public and Wylie alumni are invited to attend to honor the district’s […]
Humphrey Blazed Trail For Women
Sue Humphrey was the first female principal in the Wylie school district, but that’s not why she is being inducted into the Wylie Hall of Honor. Humphrey is being inducted because of her profound impact on the Butterfield School and the students who were educated there. “She loved those kids at Butterfield,” said her daughter, […]
Former Kindergarten Teacher Enters Hall of Honor
Mary Powell didn’t just teach her kindergarten students their ABCs and 123s. For 25 years, she taught young Wylie students listening skills and social skills and how to love their neighbor. She let them learn about plants by working in a real garden and learn about math by cutting a pizza into eight slices. “She […]
Lunneys Chosen For Hall of Honor
Mike and Jeannie Lunney built the Wylie band program into one of the best in the state and earned the love and respect of bands students and parents in the process. So their retirements last spring came as a major surprise to the Wylie community. Their selection to the Wylie Hall of Honor, on the […]