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How Are Seniors Feeling in the Weeks up to Graduation?
Kaiya Seal, Staffer • May 20, 2025

As graduation rapidly approaches, seniors everywhere are filled with the classic cocktail of conflicting feelings–dread, joy, excitement, and straight up fear all rolled into one. Some seniors have more solid plans for life after graduation, and others are diving headfirst into the great unknown. But...

Summer Jobs
Summer Jobs
Landry Castricone, Staffer • May 20, 2025

With summer break right around the corner, that means the job hunting begins. In the summer, there's a lot of high school students and college...

band standing up as they had finished their music at Wylie East theater.
Celebrate the Arts
Ayleen Zambrana, Staffer • April 19, 2025

Celebrating the Arts is a multi-night event where Wylie High School showcases the different areas of our fine arts classes. This includes band,...

All of the members of Chamber Choir standing with Mr. Bowling.
Chamber Coffee House
Landry Castricone, Staffer • April 17, 2025

On Thursday Apr. 17, the WHS Chamber Choir performed in a jazz themed concert called Coffee House at Wylie High. Those who attended enjoyed coffee...

Who is VuHanbin and Where did he go?
Kester Gyasi-Frempah, Staffer • April 11, 2025

Colin Vu (11) is a junior who has been for the last five years making music using the name “VuHanbin”. During the pandemic, his family would...

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The tennis team poses with their medals after Districts.
9 Tennis Players Advance to Regionals After District Success
Madee Doriot, Staffer • May 20, 2025

On April 30th, Wylie Tennis competed in the District Championships with nine students advancing to the regional championships and earning eight out of...

Girls 4x200 Team Breaks School Record at Area Track Meet
Girls 4×200 Team Breaks School Record at Area Track Meet
Madee Doriot, Staffer • April 25, 2025

On April 10th, at the Area 09 & 10 6A Track Meet the Varsity Girls 4 x 200 meter relay race made history for Wylie High School, breaking the school...

Varsity girls soccer win district champs
Varsity girls soccer win district champs
Ayleen Zambrana, Staffer • April 10, 2025

The Wylie High School girls soccer team has made a big effort since the beginning of the season that led them to winning as District champions. They did...

Baseball Unites
Baseball Unites
Addison Bicknell, staffer, yearbook • April 9, 2025

Baseball is no doubt a tough sport to play. Bad pitches, bad swings, bad calls happen all the time, and it’s easy to start doubting yourself in those...

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Earth Day Celebrations
Earth Day Celebrations
Colleen Schmucker, Managing Editor • April 11, 2025

On Apr. 22, the annual Earth Day festivities will take place, a day where the nation comes together to celebrate and protect the environment and the world...

What Exactly is the Voucher System?
What Exactly is the Voucher System?
Ryley Collins, Managing Editor • April 7, 2025

The educational voucher system is a system where families are allocated funds for their children's education, which the family can then choose...

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...

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Know Your Rights: Student Edition
Know Your Rights: Student Edition
Max Kelley, Staffer • May 9, 2025

Many students believe the rights we are entitled to as citizens apply in school just as they do in public spaces, but that’s not always the case. Schools...

How Politics is Changing the Education System
How Politics is Changing the Education System
Colleen Schmucker, Managing Editor • April 28, 2025

An issue that has always been high priority for politics is the education system and how it’s run. Even when there are no specific problems...

A Student at Work
How might the new tariffs impact daily life?
Kaiya Seal, Staffer • April 25, 2025

In today's society, there is a great deal of fear. In a world of quick, bite sized pieces of information that are cherry-picked to accumulate...

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