As families plan ahead for the next school year, Garland Independent School District is reminding parents that its annual school choice window is now open, giving them the opportunity to select the campus that best fits their child’s needs. Garland ISD operates as a...
Garland ISD students and faculty received accolades all around at last month’s trustee meeting. As one of eight high schools in GISD, Sachse High School was one of five of the district’s schools recognized for being named among the Best Public High Schools in the...
It was an early start for the 27 Wylie ISD construction students, two teachers and handful of city employees who met at City Hall on a gloomy Wednesday last week. The Manufacturing Day tour, “Anatomy of a Construction Project,” started at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25,...
Sachse High School theater students have been busy working on their annual haunted house, which will be a lengthy and genuinely scary experience inspired by horror films. The haunted house takes two weeks to prepare and will take over the stage, auditorium space,...
Wylie ISD high school students from the pharmacy technician program toured and learned about what it takes to work in a compounding pharmacy as Manufacturing Day tours continued last week. In partnership with the Wylie Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), local...
Wylie Police responded to incidents at three WISD schools on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Cooper Junior High was put on “lockdown” at 1:57 p.m. when Wylie Police received a call from a teacher stating a student reported the possibility of a school shooting that afternoon. An...
Sachse Fire-Rescue personnel have been rehearsing skits, listening to music, dusting off a larger-than-life dog costume and practicing puppet shows highlighting Fire Prevention Week for elementary school kids. Commemorating the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 that killed...
Grease is still the word. The musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey debuted in 1971 in Chicago and opened on Broadway the following year. The massively successful film version arrived in 1978 starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and has been etched in pop...
The second regular trustee meeting of the school year on Sept. 18 had several recognitions, information on a new initiative, and a Bond 2023 update. Recognitions included the Wylie High School Theatre team for receiving an award of distinction by the Texas Education...
