The campus of Wylie East Intermediate has something in common with the great State of Texas this spring – bluebonnets! Thanks to fourth grade social studies teacher Mrs. Emily Sides and a group of eager students a few blooms appeared on April 11. Sides said the idea of planting bluebonnets stemmed from an impromptu brainstorming […]
New Group Builds Leadership and Community-Mindedness
Wylie’s newest campus, Wylie East Intermediate, did not wait long to start equipping its students with an opportunity to build leaders and service-minded students, starting their very first student leadership group this year. “Mrs. McKnight [our music teacher] came to me at the beginning of the year with an idea for a student council-like group, […]
Custodian Building Friendships at Wylie
Louis Rangel’s title at Wylie East Intermediate School is head custodian, but a more accurate description might be head encourager. Rangel loves kids, and he never misses an opportunity to encourage and uplift the kids around him as he goes about his duties during the day. “I enjoy kids,” he said. “I really do. I […]