Wylie ISD Community News

Have you cast your vote for your preferred calendar for the 2024-25 school year? If not, please review the two options below and vote NOW in Skyward Family Access under “Online Forms.”

Each family will receive one vote. If your family has multiple students, you will have access to the same form under each student; however, changing the response for one student will update the response for all students in the family to be counted as one vote. If a student has multiple families, each family will have the opportunity to vote.

The survey is open until Friday, Dec. 22 at noon.

Option 1:

• Includes Fall Break (Oct. 14-18)
• First Day of School - Aug. 8
• Thanksgiving Break - Nov. 25-29
• Christmas Break
• Early release: Dec. 20
• Break: Dec. 23-Jan. 3
• Student holiday/professional development: Jan. 6
• Spring Break - March 17-21
• Easter Break - April 18-21
• Last Day of School (early release) - May 22

Option 2:

• NO Fall Break - Fair Day is Oct. 14
• First Day of School - Aug. 15
• Thanksgiving Break - Nov. 25-29
• Christmas Break
• Early release: Dec. 20
• Break: Dec. 23-Jan. 3
• Student holiday/professional development: Jan. 6
• Spring Break - March 17-21
• Easter Break - April 18-21
• Last Day of School (early release) - May 22

Calling all Elves! Sign up to volunteer at the Wylie Way Christmas & Holidays event. We need help sorting and organizing gifts (and a bit of shopping too!) for the gift-giving drive-thru on Dec. 9 at Watkins Elementary. Sign up here https://bit.ly/3urJ3GA

Wylie ISD Musical Season Continues Thru January 20!

Welcome back to News from Collin College. Stay up to date with the latest information about Collin College and the Wylie Campus.

Q. Did you know?

A. The Collin College Wylie Campus will offer a new percussion ensemble course in Spring 2024. The course will be on Wednesdays from 6-8:50 p.m. with Professor Lauren Teel.

Q. Did you hear?

A. You can now enroll in Sociology 2319 for Spring 2024. Minority studies will include learning about race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, and religion. Face-to-face instruction and online classes are available. For more information, contact Pam Gaiter at pgaiter@collin.edu.

Q. Have you registered for spring classes?

A. Registration for spring courses is now open for all. Click here to view the schedule of classes.

Mathematics Lead Tutor at the Wylie Campus Bryan Valenzuela started working at Collin College in April 2014 as a part-time math lab tutor. He became a full-time math lab instructor in 2015 working at the Plano Campus until 2020 when he transferred to the brand-new Wylie campus.

Valenzuela has worked as a math tutor for more than 20 years and is proficient in assisting students in all levels of math taught at the college level. Valenzuela holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Dallas.

What do you love most about your job?

Valenzuela: I love helping students succeed in math who previously thought they could not.

What would you like parents and students to know about the Wylie Campus?

Valenzuela: They should know that we are a student-centered campus that aims to support and provide resources for students to succeed. Once inside the campus, students will find that our staff and faculty are super friendly, positive, and eager to help.

For more information about the Wylie Campus, visit www.collin.edu/campuses/wylie.

To learn more about Collin College, visit www.collin.edu.