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In the Spotlight: Art

March 1, 2025

***Scroll to the end of the story to take an art walk!   Blooming Easels Growing in leaps and bounds, the Wylie Art Program has been growing steadily with a noted boost in recent years. Art teacher Alexis Hughes, who has taught art in varying capacities at Wylie for 21 years, has seen the program […]

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If I Were in Sixth Grade Again

August 12, 2024

Next up! Eighth graders are heading to high school next year, but before they go, they dish out advice to incoming sixth graders about what they wish they would have known when they started junior high. “Upcoming grades are tougher than previous ones so study hard and work hard, and you will go places.” Autumn, […]

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In Full Swing: The Growth of Wylie Junior High Golf Program is Booming

March 6, 2023

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 […]

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Thanksgiving Chain Links Students and Staff

December 8, 2022

“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 […]

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Campus Connections December 22: Wylie West Junior High

December 1, 2022

CELEBRATING AND SPREADING AWARENESS This year, Wylie West Junior High celebrated Dyslexia Awareness Day with a day full of games, fun and laughter for the students who have this learning style. Karen Cothran, the dyslexia teacher, said it was a great day to celebrate the students and what amazing thinkers they are. She said twenty […]

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