Wylie High cadets cheer when finding out they placed first in Female Color Guard Saturday, Feb. 1 at the annual JROTC competition hosted by Wylie East High School. Twenty-three schools competed overall. Courtesy Wylie ISD AFJROTC Wylie East High School hosted its...
Students in the area have plenty of opportunities to show off their art skills. Several statewide and local art contests have begun, and participants have a chance to win prizes ranging from vacations to displays. Adopt a Beach is sponsoring the organization’s 23rd...
A special guest gave Sachse students a lesson on publishing, productivity and empowerment. Children’s author Susan Stevens Crummel visited Sewell Elementary Monday, Dec. 17. Crummel, who lives in Fort Worth, has made guest appearances in GISD schools for 15 years....
Two programs at Collin College received awards from national programs. The Health Information Management (HIM) program at Collin College was ranked fifth nationally in a recent survey. TheBestSchools.org ranked the country’s 25 best online health information...
Garland ISD held a district-wide greeting card design contest for all fifth-graders, and a Sachse student was one of just four winners selected. Chloe Chuong, who attends Sewell Elementary, drew Santa flying above a cabin in the middle of a snowy forest. “First I drew...
Once a week, Sachse High School’s baseball team visits Sewell Elementary to become big brothers for half an hour. Baseball Buddies was launched in 2015 and lasts through the fall semester. Each baseball player is paired with a Sewell boy and serves as a mentor,...
At this point in the school year, high school upperclassmen are filling out applications, requesting transcripts and making sure test scores are in order, all while trying to balance classes. College application season is wrapping up for many seniors, but there is...
An old cliché states that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but to WEHS art teacher Jennifer Thompson, that simply isn’t true. According to her, anyone can become an artist. After 16 years of teaching high school, a few more teaching college and a lifetime of...
Local students ‘add’ to community by providing free tutoring “Mom, I want to come back to tutoring next week, please!” said a first-time attendee of the Wylie Math Tutoring (WMT) program. Surprised, his mother told him he would have to miss baseball practice to go...
