Wylie ISD Community News

Superintendent Dr. David Vinson covers the FINAL week of school!

There are only 3 more days left in the 2023-24 school year! We hope you made some great memories this year and that you enjoy the last few days of school. As a reminder, Thursday is an early dismissal day. The schedule is as follows:

• Elementary Schools: 12:45 p.m.
• Intermediate & Junior High Schools: 1:30 p.m.
• High Schools: 2:20 p.m.
• Achieve Academy: 12:45 p.m.

Do you know a family within Wylie ISD with an incoming kindergarten student? Encourage them to enroll for the 2024-25 school year today (and share the advice video our kindergarten experts helped make)! Enrollment information can be found at https://www.wylieisd.net/enroll.

Starting today, Monday, May 20, there will be a new policy in place regarding outside lunch deliveries for students. With the safety and security of students and staff in mind, Wylie ISD has decided to discontinue outside lunch deliveries to our campuses. This decision was made in response to the increasing frequency of delivery drop-offs and the growing number of unaffiliated individuals visiting our campuses during the day.

Please note that this policy will remain in effect for the upcoming school year as well. However, parents are still welcome to check in and drop off food for their own children.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we prioritize the safety and security of our schools. Please let us know if you have any questions.

When the school year ends, Wylie High School teacher and coach Mike Crutcher will have celebrated an impressive milestone – 50 years in public education. Despite reaching this remarkable achievement, Crutcher shows no signs of slowing down and intends to keep teaching and coaching for many more years to come.

A graduate of Texas Tech University, Crutcher’s story begins in Lubbock, Texas. His influence extends from West Texas to North Texas, leaving a lasting legacy across the state. He is loyal to his school districts; in his 50 years in education, only three school districts have the distinct pleasure of claiming him as one of theirs.

Affectionately known as Coach, even to his grandchildren, Crutcher spent nearly 30 years teaching at Monterey and Estacado high schools in Lubbock ISD.

Learn more about Coach's journey and increasing legacy by visiting our website.

Do you know how humans defeated dragons?

With tacos.

Dragons Hate Tacos, according to Noah Kelley, an eighth-grader at Cooper Junior High. He took the children’s book, Dragons Love Tacos, and put a spin on it, offering a fresh perspective.

“The lesson in my book is to try new things,” Kelley said. “It took me about a week to write it.”

Eighth graders in English Language Arts at CJHS chose a fairy tale or children’s book to rewrite with a twist and you can learn more about this fun project and how Cooper students shared their creative works with the Wolves at Whitt Elementary school by reading the full story on our website.

We know...school's not even out yet, but we wanted to get the date for this important community event on your calendars. Join us Saturday, Aug. 3 for the annual Back-to-School Fair. Students with a financial need who are currently enrolled in Wylie ISD are welcome to attend and receive free backpacks, school supplies, immunizations and dental screenings.

For more information, please click HERE or contact Joley Martin at joley.martin@wylieisd.net or 972-429-2996.

Signing Day for our Career & Technical Education students is tomorrow, Tuesday, May 21 at 11 a.m. at Wylie City Hall! We look forward to celebrating and recognizing our students who will complete a summer internship at an organization related to their career pathway.

• Texas A&M Engineering Academy at Collin College: Begin your Texas A&M engineering degree at the Collin College Technical Campus in Allen, TX today! Details: https://www.collin.edu/tamuengineering/index.html.

• Summer Camps – we are offering camps at seven of our campuses. Please check the list out and share with parents as needed: https://www.collin.edu/community/summercamps.htmlmost.

• Prepare for the TOEFL Exam – please see attached flyer. Our ESL staff is excited about offering this summer camp!

• Continuing Education Program Highlight – we are offering Welding I and II in Spanish. Please see below for the information in English and attached flyer in Spanish.

• Evening Tours – We will be opening registration for our next set of evening tours next week. To preregister for these tours, please use this link: https://www.collin.edu/explore/campus_tours.html. Below is the schedule, all tours start at 5:30pm:

• 6/10 Plano Campus
• 6/12 McKinney Campus
• 6/13 Farmersville Campus
• 6/17 Celina Campus
• 6/18 Frisco Campus
• 6/19 Technical Campus in Allen
• 6/20 Wylie Campus
  

Interested in signing up your student for a summer sports program? There is still time to register for our annual Wylie ISD sports camps. Visit our RankOne website and look for “WEHS Raider Nation Camps” under Wylie East High School Sports Camps and “WHS Camp of Champs” under Wylie High School Sports Camps to register today.

Other WEHS and WHS sports camps are available through Performance Course. For more information, please see the links below.