The new schools will be named after Richard Parker and Oather Walter "Hamp" Hampton. The Wylie Independent School District has named its two newest campuses in honor of longtime community leaders whose legacies of service continue to shape the city. At the Monday,...
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...
One classroom at Sachse High has joined just 10 other Texas schools in advancing for a national competition. Animation teacher Erik Bushland, along with about half a dozen of his students, was declared one of the 11 Texas finalists in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow...
The front office of Sachse High may have seemed suspiciously empty last week, but the missing administrators hadn’t gone far. All you had to do to find them was look up, and up, and up a little more. Principal Shae Creel and Assistant Principals Ray Young and Melinda...
Archery Club open to East students For the members of Wylie East’s archery club, perfecting a sport is only one of the targets; in the years since the club formed, the students have also become leaders, teachers and friends. Chris Bailey, an economics teacher, has...
The Pride of the East band performed a history-making show two weeks ago. The Wylie East band competed at the UIL 5A State Marching Competition and placed seventh. The competition took place in the Alamodome in San Antonio Nov. 4-5. For the full story, see the...
