1. Freshmen parent meeting
Beginning the journey

2. Administrative Team Virdie Montgomery – principal
Amanda Lannan – associate principal T-z
Cheryl scott – assistant principal a-c
Michael slaughter – assistant principal d-h
Tony Gilliam – assistant principal i-n
Andie doty – assistant principal o-s
Tammie Sullivan – assistant principal attendance

3. 9th grade Counseling team
Julie black – freshman counselor a-l
Anna reck – freshman counselor m-z
Dr. april miller – student support advocate
Terri Shauchunas – office manager

4. Important information
Skyward family access
Parent and student should check every day
Important dates
meet the teacher night August 27th 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
WISD college night (at wylie east) September 9th 6:00 PM – 8:00 Pm
parent/teacher conference night September 24th 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

5. Communication is key!
Please contact the teacher directly with concerns
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teachers will respond within 48 hours

6. Grade classification Promotion to 10th grade requires 6 credits
26 credits required to graduate
Please check your skyward account on the “graduation requirements” link. This is your responsibility.
A student may not enroll in a particular course more than once . Example: a student may not take computer programming ii more than once.
Academic planning guide

7. Credits and graduation
Make sure your freshman is enrolled in seven course which include English, math, biology.
requirements by the state:
One credit of pe
Two credits of language other than English (same language)
One credit of fine arts
Please refer to our WISD academic planning guide for graduation info (and much,much more!):

8. Freshmen to-do list
Start thinking about your life after school. What are your current interests?
talk to others in the community about future careers.
Participate in extracurricular activities.
Have a realistic conversation about financial situation for college.
Explore summer opportunities.
Join clubs and organizations.
Continue to do your best.

9. Parent to-do list
Support your child’s developmental independence by encouraging self-advocacy and responsibility for balancing homework with other activities.
Monitor skyward gradebook account.
Review progress reports , report card and daily attendance.
Connect with teachers and counselors with concerns.

10. Academic resources Students should talk to teachers.
Lunch tutorials available every day during 1st half of lunch and 2nd half of lunch in the media center for all core courses and LOTE.
Tuesday and Thursday night school from 4:30-6:30 in media center for all core courses and LOTE.
Testing center located in room 213

11. Schedule issues We can’t make teacher changes or class period changes
Pre-AP classes may be dropped within the first 9 weeks

12. Attendance
Attendance contact info or
Please visit the attendance page on the WHS website for more information

13. Checking your child out during the day
The following procedures are in place for the safety of everyone in the building.
Contact info or
You must present an official govt ID to enter the building
You must present the ID every time you enter the building
Parents must come into the building to pick up their student – we cannot dismiss a student to the parking lot even with a phone call
Students will only be released to parents/guardians or those listed on the emergency contact list
We follow these rules very closely for the protection of your students.

14. Riding the bus Almost every WHS student is eligible to ride the bus
Please check the “bus route finder” on the WISD website on the “transportation” page to find which bus your child will ride, when and where the bus stop is located.
If you do not see your address, please call transportation at to let them know that your address has not been assigned a bus

15. Questions?????