HVAC course gives students new goals In a state that seems to experience all four seasons in a week, heating and air conditioning are especially crucial. Wylie ISD realized this and, a few years ago, set about transforming this need into a class. The district’s...

A group of students are proving that community can be found with other people as well as in fiction. Sachse High School librarian LeRay Havard began running the Book Club in 2013, and it has been going strong ever since.   For the full story, see the Feb. 6 issue...

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Adults who want to make a difference in students’ lives now have an opportunity to do so. Wylie ISD’s MENTOR program is seeking volunteers from now through the end of April. These people will spend half an hour each week with a WISD student. “Mentors are essentially...

Sachse was well represented at the GISD spelling bee last week, thanks to the efforts of two fifth grade girls. Keziah Thomas of Armstrong Elementary and Lexie Mumphrey of Sewell Elementary each won their campus’ spelling bee earlier this month, which sent them to the...

Next week will mark the kickoff of a month-long art exhibit celebrating the environment. Collin College’s Spring Creek campus in Plano will host the “Land: Awe and Raw” exhibit from Thursday, Jan. 16 until Wednesday, Feb. 12. A reception is scheduled for 4 p.m....

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,...