Wylie Weekly
Keep Up With All the Happenings at WHS!
Snow Day
Wylie FFA Local Stock Show
Bayleigh Smith
Aubrey Meador
Aubrey Meador
Shae Nicholson
Madison Hunt
MEDLIFE Meeting
last chance for senior pictures
teacher tribute
This year, we will honor 12 Big Country teachers for the positive impact made on their students’ lives. You can nominate a teacher HERE! Each honoree is given a designated week in which he or she is honored by
the media partners in the following ways:
• Featured on KTXS in a 6 o'clock news story and a 30 second commercial that runs during the week on KTXS.
• Featured guest during Wake Up Country on KEAN 105 with Rudy Fernandez.
• Their picture along with their story about their inspiration for becoming a teacher appears in Hispanic Life.
• Featured billboard on LAMAR Billboards around Abilene.
• Receive $100 check and a brand new car to drive for two weeks, courtesy of Arrow Dealerships.
• Prize from KEAN 105, KTXS, Arrow Ford Dealership, Hispanic Life Magazine, Communities in Schools of the Big Country, and Exceptional Brands.
Prize packages have been modified to follow local, state, and CDC guidelines regarding covid-19. The health of our educators and students is our top priority.
Texas Regional Citizen Bee Competition
Texas Girls and Boys State
If you are a Junior and interested in attending Texas Boys State or Bluebonnet Girls State in the summer of 2021, please come by Mrs. Harrison's room (418) for an application and more information. The following is a little bit more about the two programs.
What is Texas Boys State?
American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for high school students. It is a participatory program where each student becomes a part of the operation of his local, county, and state government.
At American Legion Boys State, participants are exposed to the rights and privileges, the duties and the responsibilities, of a franchised citizen. The training is objective and practical, with city, county, and state governments operated by the students elected to the various offices.
What is Girls State?
Texas Bluebonnet Girls State is a mythical 51st state where, for one week, participants, or “citizens”, organize their own city, county, and state governments. They elect their own officials, learn the duties of the various city, county and state offices. Citizens introduce and debate their own bills in a mock legislature. The program concludes with a visit to the State Capitol building in Austin where the citizens are given an opportunity to sight-see and meet state officials.
Who participates in Bluebonnet Girls State?
Girls State citizens are made up of excellent high school students from across the state. Girls are selected to participate based on nominations by their own high school faculty or staff. Eligibility is limited to any girl in her junior – or third – year of any Texas senior high school whether public, private or parochial. Fundamental qualifications of all nominees are demonstrated accomplishments of leadership, citizenship and character in their schools and community. Past Girls State citizens include former Governor Ann Richards, former Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, and Judge Court of Criminal Appeals Bea Ann Smith.
Junior Scholarship Opportunity
The Coolidge Scholarship is a full-ride scholarship opportunity for high school juniors who plan to enroll in college in the fall of 2022. Coolidge Scholars are selected based primarily on academic excellence, an interest in public policy, an appreciation of the values of President Coolidge championed, as well as humility and service.
The 100 top applicants are invited to participate in an all-expenses-paid Summit Weekend in Washington, D.C. and one-time $1,000 scholarship. The application requires that applicants read President Coolidge’s Autobiography and complete a few other reading assignments, so applicants are encouraged to begin the process early.
More information, including the application, is available at coolidgescholars.org. All applications must be completed online and submitted by 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
Senior Scholarship Opportunities
Have you caught someone being a Bulldog?
Have you caught a student or a WHS staff member "Being a Bulldog"? We want to hear about it!
What is being a Bulldog? The American Kennel Club describes a Bulldog as kind but courageous, full of tenacity, friendly, and loyal companions. It is fitting that we are the Wylie Bulldogs because those are the qualities we strive for our campus to exude.
We believe that it is important to recognize those that are examples of kindness, friendliness, loyalty, and courage. Students and staff members can be nominated by students, staff, and community members. It is the hope of WHS that Bulldogs will inspire other Bulldogs to continue to show these characteristics. Nominate someone here!
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Wylie High School
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Website: https://www.wyliebulldogs.org/Domain/10
Location: 4502 Antilley Road, Abilene, TX, USA
Phone: 325-690-1181
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