A cut above the rest is what Wylie High School is shooting for this fall as a group of its FFA students learn the art of butchering ribeye rolls into perfectly cut steaks — and yes, the community can purchase them. Currently 20 FFA students are working to acquire skills in attempt to make Wylie’s […]
Rabbits, Chickens, & Pigs, Oh My!
Every morning when Riley Bilbrey wakes up, he heads to the school’s livestock barn to feed his pigs. As soon as school is over the Wylie junior heads back to feed, exercise and wash them. Such is the life of a Wylie ag student during Stock Show season. “It’s a lot of hard work and […]
Wylie FFA’s Leadership Development
The Sr. Radio team, Sr. Chapter Conducting Team, Jr. Quiz Team, Sr. Quiz Team, Sr. Creed Speaking & Jr. Creed Speaking teams competed at the Texas Tech & Tarleton Invitational contests. The Jr. & Sr. Skills, & Jr. Radio teams also competed at Tarleton. Results from these were as follows: Sr. Radio: 2nd place @ Tech, […]
Congratulations to Wylie FFA 2019
Congratulations to the Wylie FFA students that competed this week at numerous judging contests. Results are as follows: Wool Judging Team: Hannah Kay Kirby, Morgan Woods, Kaylee Dickson, and Avery Soto: Sweetwater Invitational Judging Contest: 8th place as a team overall, and Hannah Kay was 10th place high individual overall. West Texas A&M University Judging […]
Wylie FFA Takes Leadership to the next Level
Four Wylie FFA students were state semifinalists in the FFA’s annual leadership competitions this fall. Samantha Bailey, Breanna Conlee, Kaitlyn Blaylock and Hattie Kirby won 1st place in Public Relations at the FFA’s district and area Leadership Development Events to advance to the state competition, where they were semifinalists in the event. Kaitlyn also advanced […]