Wylie Way Day has been a tradition throughout the district for many years now, and many strategies have been implemented to increase student engagement and up the buzz around the event. The most recent of these? Food trucks. This Wylie Way Day featured a ring of food trucks parked inside the school bus loop, and the space was full of hungry students and delicious smells wafting through the air.
“Having the food trucks there was really fun and enjoyable,” Lily Crump (11) said.

And while students were enjoying trucks- which ranged from Italian food, to burgers, to Kona Ice- Mr. Alexander DJed in his outfit from high school. The overall energy seemed to be upbeat and happy. And this isn’t accidental, either.
“By having the food trucks and big decorations in the hallway… it hypes Wylie Way Day up more. I know it made me, as a teacher, more excited… and I know I’m excited to come get food at food trucks, and clearly all these kids out here are too,” Ms. McMillen, a teacher at Wylie High, said.But it wasn’t just this year that things have been updated in order to increase a feeling of unity and celebration. Past years have brought change, and the extent to which Wylie Way Day is emphasized shifts even depending on the campus.“I have only been at the High School for two years… and I know that this is more exciting. I also know at my previous school in Wylie that I taught at… it was a drag to get anybody to do anything… This year I’m finding more engagement, even within my classroom,” Ms. McMillen said.
It’s clear that both students and staff are more excited for Wylie Way Day with its new celebratory air. And this seems to be bleeding over into the classroom, where teachers note even more participation in the lessons that are the true purpose of Wylie Way Day. Conceivably, the involvement will only increase, promoting the positive outcome of the unique event.