Fatal shootings cause students to rally for new law
January 6, 2012 • Ashley Braun, Opinions Editor
What if there was something that we could have done? Making a change can be a positive result from a negative situation. Last October the son of one of our former teachers, 7-year-old Eryk McCall, lost his life during a custody battle after a divorce. His father Rodney McCall and Boys Soccer Coach... Read more »
Keep fighting Joseph
May 20, 2011 • Ana Meraz, Staff Writer
Remember our friend Joseph who has cancer? The cancer has gotten worse. Let’s give him something to stay strong for. Write letters of inspiration and appreciation to him. Give these letters to Mrs. Arp in room 217 and she will deliver them to him. Keep him in your prayers, and write him to keep... Read more »
Career tech is changing
April 19, 2011 • Allie Massey, Staff writer
People say “just because it is online does not mean it is true”. Well that can apply to career tech classes. There are a few classes online in the course guide for 2011 and 2012 that are not going to be offered next year, like Global Business, Business Law and Web Master. New classes are coming.... Read more »
The will to walk
April 19, 2011
The annual Will to Walk is June 4 at Wylie Stadium at 8:30 a.m. There is a 5K and one mile fun walk/run, the entry fee is $25 for the 5K run and $10.00 for the fun walk/run, t-shirt included. Proceeds will benefit William Henry Smith III, the son of Coach BJ Smith and Hartman Elementary teacher Lajuana... Read more »
Birmingham scholarships split between two high schools
April 19, 2011 • Caitlyn Bogart, Features Editor
College: the single word that strikes fear in nearly every high school student, as well as pain into their wallets. The financial pressure of college is tremendous. However, Wylie ISD awards an annual scholarship to lighten the load-The Pearl Birmingham. In years past, 22 scholarships were given to the... Read more »
No extra weather days
April 13, 2011 • Caitlyn Bogart, Features Editor
The inclement weather days in February of 2011 will not have to be made up. The waiver that was submitted has been passed by the TEA (Texas Education Agency) so the scheduled inclement weather days will be honored but the other three days will not have to be made up. One weather day, Memorial Day May... Read more »
District gets new superintendent
April 11, 2011 • Matthew Milton, Graphics Designer
The board of trustees has announced the lone finalist for Wylie ISD as Dr. David Vinson as Dr. Fuller’s predecesor. Vinson has been the superintendent for six years in Floresville ISD in the San Antonio area. Dr. Vinson was born in Dalhart, Texas. He has a wife and two children. He graduated... Read more »
Wylie Wave seeks student workers
April 5, 2011 • Kiera Bell, Photo Editor
Are you 17 or older and are in need of a summer job to earn lots of money? The City of Wylie is accepting applications for students interested in being part-time maintenance workers. Under the direction of a full-time Maintenance Worker, students will mow rights-of-ways, using riding and pushing lawnmowers,... Read more »
The Machine Gun Preacher comes to Wylie
April 5, 2011 • Tiffany Ing, Webmaster
A movie is being made that will be released in the Fall about Sam Childers, a.k.a “The Machine Gun Preacher” who was an ex-biker, drug dealer and armed enforcer who turned his life around. Childers goes into East Africa and rescues children from the war lords in Sudan and Darfur. In the movie, Childers... Read more »
Bringing down the hammer
March 30, 2011 • Allie Massey, Staff writer
Every good student has his or her bad day. Some bad days can be harsher than others. Sometimes people just wake up and everything goes wrong from then on. Should teachers give them a break or should they still follow the rules? Seventy-five percent of teachers polled said that if a good student is having... Read more »