Elementary Paraprofessional of the Year Lily Courtney reacts after hearing her name announced at the district’s annual banquet held Friday, May 2. Courtesy Wylie ISD Wylie ISD honored some of its most dedicated and passionate educators during its annual Wylie Way...
SHS step team members open for Blue Man Group In just a few days, a group of Garland ISD teens will open a show for award-winning performers on one of the biggest stages in North Texas. Five Sachse High School students will be onstage at the AT&T Performing Arts...
Next school year’s Choice of School selection window is about halfway over. Families of first through 12th graders have until Monday, Jan. 27 to choose which campuses they want their children to attend in the fall. Only new students, anyone wishing to change schools,...
The holidays may be over, but chances are good that many local families (plus their loved ones) still have local artwork featured on their walls, tables or fridges. Alexandria Bono is one of just three fifth graders to have her design selected for the district’s...
Collin College trustees last week awarded a Guaranteed Maximum Price contract to J.E. Dunn Construction Company for the construction of the IT Center at the Frisco Campus (Preston Ridge) using the construction-manager-at-risk delivery method. The contract was...
Wylie ISD Education Foundation has officially opened nominations for the Elisabeth W. Garrison Award. This award is presented to a woman who lives or works in WISD who exhibits servant leadership and generosity. A winner will be declared at the annual Boots ‘n...
Garland ISD’s employee wellness programs are paying off on more than the physical level. Out of all the companies that employee more than 5,000 people, only 36 achieved the American Heart Association’s Bronze Award. And GISD is among this group. For the full...
Five new leaders have been named to the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) Foundation Board of Trustees. They include Manuel Diaz, Chad Houser, Alicia Makaye, Ann Margolin and Alfreda B. Norman. Board members works to spread the word about the...
Thanks to the unique services it offers, one Sachse school is playing a role in a Harvard study. Armstrong Elementary welcomed Tara Reynolds, a researcher from Boston, to campus to study its dyslexia screening program. Reynolds is on a team at Boston Children’s...
