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 West Junior High
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 […]
How She Wrote “How They Croaked”
Wylie 7th-graders got a rare treat this fall when they got to Zoom with the author of their favorite book, How they Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous. Author Georgia Bragg spoke to a cafeteria full of 7th-graders from her home in California. “In all the years that we have read this awesome […]
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