Viking Voyage
April 12, 2023
Summer Camps for Middle and High Schoolers!
Is your high school student interested in attending a Summer Camp? Check out the many Summer Camps hosted by Collin College!
Plano Color Guard Auditions
Colorguard are hosting auditions for current 8th to 11th grade students. No experience is needed! Auditions for the Vines Colorguard are happening April 11th through April 14th , in the Vines HS gym, from 5pm - 7pm. Current 8th and 9th grade students can sign up for the Vines Colorguard Google Classroom using the code "xjxdnwf".
Auditions for the Plano Senior Colorguard are happening April 17th through April 21st , in the Plano Senior gym, from 5pm - 7pm. Current 10th and 11th grade students can sign up for the Plano Colorguard Google Classroom using the code "o7yzmaa". We hope to see you there!
Plano Youth Leadership Applications
PSHS Golf Tournament 2023
Vines Tutorial Schedule
Admin and Counseling Contact Info
Mrs. Dean: Julie-Anne.Dean@pisd.edu
Mrs. Bettge: melissa.bettge@pisd.edu
Mrs. Armstrong: megan.armstrong@pisd.edu
Mr. Davis: reuben.davis@pisd.edu
Mr. Penio: justin.penio@pisd.edu
Maggie Lee (A-B & Newcomer ELL): maggie.lee@pisd.edu
Kiely Baer (C-H & Deaf Ed): kiely.baer@pisd.edu
Demetra Jackson (I-Pa): demetra.jackson@pisd.edu
Teresa Williams (Pb-Z): teresah.williams@pisd.edu
Recycling Tips of the Week
In many recycling facilities, when plastic bags full of recyclables arrive, workers are not allowed to open the bags. This means the entire bag, even if it's full of water bottles, is considered trash.
Instead of putting them in the recycle bin, reuse bags or repurpose them into trash can liners or doggy waste bags. An even better option would be to use reusable bags and containers for your groceries!
PTSA Announcements
Spring Viking Fest!
Handy List of Important Dates
April 14th - Save the Date! SPRING VIKING FEST...info coming soon
April 21st Wilson MS visits Vines
Testing Dates: (EOC = End of Course)
April 18th- English I EOC
April 19th English II EOC
April 28th- Biology EOC
May 4th- HGAP AP TEST
May 5th- European History AP TEST
May 8th- Computer Science AP TEST
May 8th- LAST PTSA GENERAL Meeting of the School Year- 9am in the Library
May 10th- Algebra I EOC
May 11th- World History AP TEST
May 22-26- FINAL EXAMS WEEK
The Book Blurb
Walk on Earth a Stranger
By Rae Carson
Fantasy
Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.
Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed.
She has a best friend—who might want to be something more.
She also has a secret.
Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it.
When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California—where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.
The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.
Super Fake Love Song
By David Yoon
Romance
From the bestselling author of Frankly in Love comes a contemporary YA rom-com where a case of mistaken identity kicks off a string of (fake) events that just may lead to (real) love.
When Sunny Dae—self-proclaimed total nerd—meets Cirrus Soh, he can’t believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakes Sunny’s older brother Gray’s bedroom—with its electric guitars and rock posters—for Sunny’s own, he sort of, kind of, accidentally winds up telling her he’s the front man of a rock band.
Before he knows it, Sunny is knee-deep in the lie: He ropes his best friends into his scheme, begging them to form a fake band with him, and starts wearing Gray’s rock-and-roll castoffs. But no way can he trick this amazing girl into thinking he’s cool, right? Just when Sunny is about to come clean, Cirrus asks to see them play sometime. Gulp.
Now there’s only one thing to do: Fake it till you make it.
Sunny goes all in on the lie, and pretty soon, the strangest things start happening. People are noticing him in the hallways, and he’s going to football games and parties for the first time. He’s feeling more confident in every aspect of his life, and especially with Cirrus, who’s started to become not just his dream girl but also the real deal. Sunny is falling in love. He’s having fun. He’s even becoming a rocker, for real.
But it’s only a matter of time before Sunny’s house of cards starts tumbling down. As his lies begin to catch up with him, Sunny Dae is forced to wonder whether it was all worth it—and if it’s possible to ever truly change.
New Kid
By Jerry Craft
Graphic Novel
A graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real.
Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade.
As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds—and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?