Wylie Junior High absolutely dominated the State TMSCA competition this spring, winning the overall sweepstakes award and claiming either 1st or 2nd place in all four of the team competitions. The State Texas Math and Science Coaches Association competition features the best math and science students from across the state competing against each other. Students […]
Junior High Still Helping Hurricane Victims
Wylie Junior High students collected 100 pairs of jeans and 104 jackets at Christmas for a hurricane-ravaged school in Dickenson. “Every Christmas we try to do something to help the community,” said 8th-Grade Student Council member Makeda Marquardt. “We had helped Dickenson before, and those kids have been through a lot. We decided to help […]
Junior High 2nd At State TMSCA
The Wylie Junior High Math Team finished 2nd overall at the Texas Math and Science Coaches Association State Competition in April, led by a strong group of 6th-graders. The Calculator Team of Ava DePrang, David DePrang, Vincent Merado and Conner Brown won 1st place as a team in the state competition, and Connor won 1st […]
Should Wylie Build A 2nd Junior High?
The Wylie school board is considering the possibility of building a second Junior High on property near Kirby Lake and dividing the current Junior High with students living west of US Highway 83/84 going to the current campus and those living east going to the new campus. The idea is just one of several under […]
Wylie Keeps Growing and Growing
Wylie is one of the fastest growing school districts in the state, a fact that can be both a blessing and a curse. The state classifies 75 of the state’s 1,032 school district’s as Fast Growth Districts, and Wylie is 17th on the list. And Wylie’s growth doesn’t appear to be stopping or even slowing […]