Wylie ISD Community News

All Wylie ISD campuses and buildings are closed next week, November 20-24, 2023.

We hope you take the opportunity to spend time this next week cherishing all that you have to be thankful for in your life. The success of our annual food drive and holiday gift donation programs are powerful reminders that there is an abundance of good in this community and that we are blessed in so many ways. Thank you for caring and giving, the Wylie Way.

Thank you for being part of this great school district and have a Happy Thanksgiving.

The Raiders are moving onto Area and will take on the DeSoto Eagles tomorrow, 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐯. 𝟏𝟕, 𝐚𝐭 𝟕 𝐩.𝐦. 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 (𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐖𝐚𝐲). Below are all the game details fans need to know:

• 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 – please bring a credit or debit card for purchases.
• 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 $𝟏𝟓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲. Purchase tickets online at https://www.choctawstadium.com/event/high-school-football-presented-by-ram-20231117/. No passes will be accepted. All tickets are 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲. The Raiders are the 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦. Fans should enter at the 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞.
  
• 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 $𝟏𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞. Parking for games at Choctaw Stadium will be available for purchase with a credit card at lot entrances in Lots B, C, D, E, and L. Pre-paid parking is not available. Parking lots will open 90 minutes before kickoff, with the Choctaw Stadium gates opening one hour before kickoff.
  
• 𝐁𝐚𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲: Guest bags and purses must be soft-sided and not exceed 16” x 16” x 8”. Backpacks are prohibited, except for single-compartment drawstring bags that do not exceed 16” x 16” x 8”. Exceptions are for those carried for medical reasons or manufactured diaper bags accompanying infants and young children. All bags are subject to search before entering Choctaw Stadium. No outside food or drink is permitted in the building except for a clear, sealed bottle of water for the individual.
  
• Tailgating is permitted.
  

A third grader is not having a great day and isn’t in the best mindset to learn. There’s a knock on the classroom door. A high schooler asks to take the student down to the gym. It’s the perfect timing. Just what the third grader needed - a break from the classroom to expel some energy and refocus. Elementary students are benefitting from the high school Peer Assistance and Leadership program, known as PALs.

PALs is a class for selected high school students who want to be a positive influence in someone’s life. During the first term of the school year, these students are trained to work as peer facilitators. Then they are paired up with students from feeder schools to visit and mentor once a week.

The course includes training in a variety of skills that enable PALs students to assist other students in having a more positive and productive school experience.

Read more about this wonderful program by visiting our website.

Amanda Lannan has been named the new Principal of Cooper Junior High. She replaces Jesse Chavoya, who resigned for health reasons.

Lannan most recently served as the Director of Student Services. Prior to that, she was the associate principal at Wylie High School, from 2019-2023. Lannan began her teaching career in 2007 at Wylie East High School, teaching world geography and economics. In 2015, she moved to the Wylie ISD Educational Service Center and served as a social studies learning specialist. Lannan then joined the administration team at Wylie High School in 2017, serving as an assistant principal before her promotion to associate principal.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from Texas State University and a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Texas A&M-Commerce.

Lannan resides in Wylie ISD with her family.

From 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7 until the first bell of the school day on Wednesday, Nov. 8 Watkins administration was on top of the world--well, on top of the school anyway! Watkins’ administration braved the wind and darkness and slept on the roof all night long as a reward for meeting their goal in the Wylie Community Christian Care Center Food Drive.

“Our Wranglers have crushed our canned food goal so far (and we are still going),” Watkins Principal Jennifer Wiseman said.

Learn more about how these administrators inspired the Wranglers to give by reading the full story on our website.

Wylie ISD Musical Season begins THIS WEEKEND!