Maddy Lowry took the stage many times during her four years as a theatre student at Wylie High School. In November, she was back at her alma mater, directing her first musical as an employee for Wylie High. “Abilene has such a rich fine arts community, so to be able to be a part of […]
Ready to Work: College Not Always Required
Cristobal Correa thought the film industry sounded like a cool career when he started in Wylie’s Video Production class as a freshman. Now he’s sure of it. “I want to go into film production and film editing in college,” he said. “This class is really helping me. Not only am I getting hardware experience working […]
Tennis Team Takes 2nd at State
The Wylie tennis team ended its season hoisting a trophy in the state team tennis tournament — only it wasn’t the trophy the team wanted. “Our goal was to win a state championship,” Coach Mark Hathorn said. “We felt like we had the team. We are still fairly young, but I knew we had the […]
S2S Program Spruces Up Bathrooms
Students at Wylie High School aren’t using the same old boring bathrooms anymore thanks to the Student2Student program. The S2S students recently spruced up the bathrooms as part of a service project. “They needed some help,” student Elise Grimland said of the bathrooms. “They were green and then they were painted black.” S2S is a […]
Making it to State
Wylie students were successful in various competitions this spring, with numerous students advancing to state in Academic, Debate and Art competitions. The Academic Team won its district championship, won the regional championship and sent 12 students to state competition. Ayden Gertiser finished 2nd in the state in Math, 4th in Number Sense and 5th in […]