R. V. Groves Elementary School, in partnership with families and the Wylie community,
will provide a safe environment with quality education so that all students will strive
for continuing excellence in social, academic, and extracurricular opportunities throughout their lifetime.
GO GROVE GATERS!

Home of the Marauders.



Let me be the first to say it is a great day to be a Davis Intermediate School Marauder. I would like to welcome each of you to the newest intermediate school in Wylie. My name is Mike Williams, and I will be your principal. I have been involved in education either as a teacher, coach, or administrator for the last twenty-two years and for the last four years, I have served as the Assistant Principal at Burnett Jr. High School. I am a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and Texas A&M University-Commerce. My wife teaches at Dodd Elementary and both of my daughters attend school in Wylie. We are proud to call Wylie home and we believe our daughters are receiving a world class education through the Wylie ISD.

Work is nearing completion at Bill F. Davis Intermediate School and furniture should be delivered in early June. Many of our teachers will be coming from McMillan Jr. High School, and I’m very busy interviewing new applicants to fill the other positions that are available. I see no problem in our building being ready for the start of school. We have a web site that is up and running and new messages and pictures can be viewed by going to the Wylie ISD web site and clicking on Davis Intermediate School link.

There are some important events that will be coming up that will be of interest to you. The first is the organizational meeting for the Davis Intermediate School PTA. This meeting will take place on April 22, 2004. The meeting will be held at McMillan Jr. High School. We will meet in the cafeteria at 7:00 P.M. At this meeting, a representative from the Wylie ISD School Board will be present to share information about the upcoming bond election. New students to the district may come by the school starting June 1 and pick up a registration packet to sign up for a day and time to meet with the registrar.

Thank you,
Mike Williams
Principal
Davis Intermediate School
Michael.Williams@Wylieisd.net
Office 972-429-3206
Fax 972-442-1447

William Franklin McMillan (1907 - 1983)

This beautiful facility was named for Frank McMillan or 'Mac' as he was known by his students and friends. Born in 1907 in Clear Lake, Texas, he spent 26 of his 40-year educational career in Wylie ISD. He earned both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree from East Texas State College and began his teaching career in 1925. He joined the Wylie ISD in 1939 as a mathematics and shop teacher. He later became principal of the T.F. Birmingham High School, where he remained until his retirement in 1965.

Besides his duties as principal, he taught math, mechanical drawing, agriculture, wood shop, metal shop and industrial arts. He coached football, baseball, track, boys and girls basketball and was an FFA sponsor. Mr. McMillan and his wife Katheryn Drake McMillan were long time members of the First Baptist Church of Wylie. He was a member of the 1953 Building Committee and taught a men's Sunday school class for more than 30 years. A Scoutmaster, he served on the Wylie Planning and Zoning Commission, and was a Master Mason for 53 years.

He and his wife are survived by their two children, Howard Franklin McMillan and Patsy Jo McMillan, four grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and three great grandchildren.