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 […]
2016 Hall of Honor Nominees
Buddy and Elizabeth Dulin Love Wylie Kids Buddy and Elizabeth Dulin moved to Abilene in 1997, and as luck would have it, they settled right in the heart of Wylie. Now, almost 20 years later, they have become such an important part of the Wylie community that they will be inducted into the Wylie […]
McMinns Perfect For Hall of Honor
Clyde and Melanie McMinn aren’t sure why they were chosen for induction into the Wylie Hall of Honor, but ask anyone who knows them, and they can tell you why. Melanie left her mark on thousands of children and parents over 25 years as secretary at several Wylie campuses. Together, the McMinns helped start […]
Stringfellow Built Math Program
Wylie Junior High has been absolutely dominant in state math competitions over the last decade, winning state championships the last three years in a row and state runner up for at least four consecutive years before that. Wylie’s program has become literally the best in the state because of one person – Carol Stringfellow. The former […]
Blackburn Helped Keep Wylie Special
Don Blackburn wasn’t always a Wylie Bulldog, but it only took him four years to realize that the school was very special. Blackburn attended Wylie from 1949 until he graduated in 1953, and those four years changed his life. When he began having children of his own, he knew he wanted them to grow up […]