Wylie, TX

Who dat? is a term that was widely introduced to Americans in recent months. For those of you not familiar with its use, it is a term associated with New Orleans and adopted by the New Orleans Saints fans as their battle cry during Super Bowl XLIV. I would like to make a formal note of congratulations to the Saints on their much anticipated, long awaited win. Their win represents the Saints first Super Bowl trophy in the history of the franchise.

For me, who dat? brings to mind a neighbor and friend in the community. During the Super Bowl watch party, I had the opportunity to meet a couple of other families that have made our community home. These families relocated from New Orleans because of the devastation of Katrina. We are glad they chose to be our neighbors and friends.

Diversity is part of what makes a community great to live in and raise a family. I have often heard from others that I have met throughout our community say what great neighbors they have. Today if your path crosses that of a neighbor bring out the hospitality with a friendly hello, a warm smile or a simple wave of the hand. Together let's make our community a place to live where everybody knows your neighbor.

Collin County Texas Vegetable Growers Program

Are you interested in growing vegetables on a large scale or for commercial production?

If so, the Texas AgriLife Extension Service will present an educational program entitled:

"Vegetable Production for North Texas"

Friday, March 5th, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Myers Park and Event Center, McKinney Texas.

The program will consist of 3 major topics, which include:

• Basics of Commercial Vegetable Production
• Pest Management for Vegetables
• Vegetable Disease Management

Hope you will be able to attend this informative program.

Happy Gardening,

Collin County Master Gardeners
Visit online at www.ccmgatx.org

The Collin County Master Gardeners Association is an educational service organization associated with the Texas AgriLife Extension Program. We are volunteers trained in horticulture, landscaping, soil improvement, water conservation and many other subjects of importance to Texas gardeners.

The Wylie High School Track and Field Team is holding the Annual Commonwealth Relays, Saturday, February 27. Field events begin at 8 a.m., prelims at 9 a.m. with finals starting after lunch. In addition to the Wylie high schools, five other teams are participating in this favorite community event. Volunteers are needed; anyone interested should contact Coach Kate Wright kate.wright@wylieisd.net or Coach Daren Rodriguez at daren.rodriguez@wylieisd.net.

Wylie, Texas 2010 WISD Teachers of the Year!

Congratulations to our 2010 WISD Teachers of the Year! Sue Wilson, from the Achieve Academy, is the WISD Secondary Teacher of the Year, and Julie Vaughan, from Bir¬mingham Elementary, is the WISD Elementary Teacher of the Year. Sue teaches D.A.E.P. and Julie teaches kindergarten.

They received their honors at the 32nd Wylie Chamber of Commerce Banquet on Satur¬day, January 30. The 16 other campus teachers of the year were also presented and recognized at the event. They are:

Amy Herzog - Akin Elementary, Second Grade
Natalie Fritsche - Cox Elementary, Pre-Kindergarten
Teresa Abrams - Dodd Elementary, Kindergarten
Amy Poole - Groves Elementary, Third Grade
Nancy Ward - Hartman Elementary, First Grade
Debra Bottoms - Smith Elementary, Second Grade
Shawnta White - Tibbals Elementary, First Grade
Cindy Stephens - Whitt Elementary, Fourth Grade
Kim David - Davis Intermediate, Sixth Grade Social Studies
Jennifer Oramous - Draper Intermediate, Sixth Grade Science
Dachia Kearby - Harrison Intermediate, Sixth Grade Language Arts

Paulette Jones - Burnett Junior High, English
Monica Daily - Cooper Junior High, Eighth Grade Social Studies
Stephanie Leach - McMillan Junior High, Special Education
Jeff Hattaway - Wylie East High School, Math
Adam Jacobson - Wylie High School, Science

Sue and Julie will now move to the Region 10 competition which leads into the state teacher of the year award.

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Wylie Community News for Thursday, February 04, 2010

Join his friends and colleagues on Monday, February 15, at a reception honoring Mark Ball and thanking him for 13 great years of service to the Wylie ISD. The 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. event will be held in the Learning Center at the WISD Educational Service Center, 951 South Ballard Avenue. Come and say goodbye to Mark before his end-of-month departure to Lubbock ISD where he will serve as executive athletic director.