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Academic Decathlon Packets
Should You Join Academic Decathlon?
Kaiya Seal, Staffer • March 17, 2025

Academic Decathlon, sure it’s a name sullied by ironic and biting comments in various movies from the 2000s, but is it really the straight A student extracurricular we all thought it is? To be frank, no. Academic Decathlon is characterized by ten sections: Art, Sciences, Economics, Literature, Essay,...

The Digital Balance Initiative
The Digital Balance Initiative
Julianna Howe, Staffer • February 28, 2025

The Digital Balance Initiative (DBI), a relatively new club, focuses on changing the lives of students who recognize that technology is starting...

What Are the Criteria For Cancelling School For Weather?
What Are the Criteria For Cancelling School For Weather?
Kaiya Seal, Staffer • February 28, 2025

January and February may be, hands down, the longest months of the year. But one thing redeems these dreary, endless weeks: snow days. But when...

Skills USA culinary: Perspective from a student and their experience
Skills USA culinary: Perspective from a student and their experience
Berry Cano Sanchez, Staffer • February 28, 2025

From February 20-22, there were overlapping competitions for SkillsUSA. One of them was culinarys’ baking competition. One of the many Participants...

Wylie High Anticipates Arrival Of New Counselor
Wylie High Anticipates Arrival Of New Counselor
Mallory Masullo, Staffer • February 21, 2025

At the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, Wylie High School plans on welcoming a new counselor to the administrative staff. Due to a rapid...

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Lacrosse Season is here
Lacrosse Season is here
Berry Cano Sanchez, Staffer • February 16, 2025

Lacrosse is a competitive 10-12-player team sport with a lacrosse stick and ball. Players use the long-held sticks to catch, throw, and carry the ball...

Micah Lovelace (12) playing at the basketball tournament hosted by Wylie High School.
Varsity Girls Basketball Team Works Toward Playoffs
Madee Doriot, Staffer • January 28, 2025

Basketball season is in full swing, with all teams well into district play. While the district season isn’t over yet, the Varsity Girls Basketball team...

Volleyball plays against Sachse toward the end of regular season on October 22nd.
Wylie Volleyball’s Season Comes to an End
Madee Doriot, Staffer • November 22, 2024

After defeating South Garland High School in the last regular season game, taking down Rockwall-Heath in Bi-District, and beating Waxahachie in Area, volleyball’s...

Christine Tykoski plays a match at the district finals against Wylie East on 9/27.
Tennis heading for another consecutive district championship.
Madee Doriot, Staffer • October 8, 2024

While the festivities of Homecoming week carried on, Wylie Tennis played their way to another district win, defeating Wylie East 13-2. This victory marks...

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4 of the big winners of the night Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin showing of their awards.
2025 Oscars Recap
Landry Castricone, Staffer • March 9, 2025

The 97th Academy Awards took place on March 2nd and was hosted by Conan O’Brien. All of the films that were nominated for awards were released in 2024....

UTD's Newspaper Revolution
UTD’s Newspaper Revolution
Ryley Collins, Managing Editor • February 24, 2025

University of Texas at Dallas’ student newspaper is leading a small but mighty revolution against its school after repeated mistreatment. For...

DeVonta Smith catches a touchdown pass against Jaylen Watson.
Super bowl LIX Overview
Landry Castricone, Staffer • February 23, 2025

As one of the most watched sports events in the world, Super Bowl 59 took place on February 9th between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia...

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FAQ's: Prepping for College
FAQ’s: Prepping for College
Colleen Schmucker, Managing Editor • March 12, 2025

As winter passes and spring approaches, seniors begin to close in on final college choices and graduation and saying goodbye to high school. Which can...

Recession Pop is Back
Recession Pop is Back
Ryley Collins, Managing Editor • March 7, 2025

If there’s anything good about a depressing American economic downturn, it's that we usually get effervescent and liberating pop music out...

Is spring coming earlier than anticipated?
Is spring coming earlier than anticipated?
Ayleen Zambrana, Staffer • March 7, 2025

Every year on Feb. 2, a special groundhog determines whether we will have spring early or a longer winter. Thousands of people watch as Punxsutawney...

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