Viking Voyage
November 16, 2022
FALL FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
Vines Theatre Takes 3rd in UIL one-Act Play!!
This past Friday, November 11th, the Vines Theatre - Epic Proportions company took to the PESH stage for the 2022 UIL One Act Play Contest where a panel of judges ranked them 3rd overall for the district! (S/O to Shepton and Williams for their 1st and 2nd place wins, respectively)
In addition to placing, the following students were recognized for their individual achievements in an acting or technical role:
Connor King - Honorable Mention All-Star Cast
Travis Wolfe - All-Star Cast
Skye Urech - All-Star Technician
Reagan Huffstutler - Outstanding Performer
If you see these students today, please help me in congratulating them on an incredible performance and for representing our campus and Fine Arts department so well. Go Vikings!
Thank you for all that you do in supporting these students and their (many) passions!
Names of students, L-R, starting on bottom: Chase Ramos, Liv Anderson, Ms. Bri Wehman, Whitley Taylor, Mikayla Bigelow, James Watkins, Skye Urech
Middle row: Andrew Ladishew, William Adams, Reese Bailey, Jesreel Chrisniah Garciano, Evelyn Traynor, Isabel Bonilla
Back row: Aaron Chaput, Robby Coppedge, Travis Wolfe, Connor King, Madeline Olivieri, Heidi Myers, Coda McCardel, Reagan Huffstutler, Zach Hutton
Not pictured: Giuliana di Benedetti, Adam Johnston
Student Attendance Parent Information Session — “I’m Present”
Join the Plano ISD Family and Social Services Department for an in-person, evening parent information session about attendance entitled “I'm Present.” The session will take place on Thursday, November 17, at the Plano ISD Cox Building (1517 Ave H, Plano) at 6:00 p.m. Participants will learn more about Texas compulsory attendance laws, Plano ISD truancy prevention measures and tips to help increase your child's school attendance.
For more information about this parent informational session on attendance and the Plano ISD Attendance Review Board (PARB), please email Sharon Bradley.
STUCO BLANKET DRIVE
FLU INFORMATION TO KEEP YOUR STUDENT SAFE THIS FALL
Vines Tutorial Schedule
ADMIN AND COUNSELING CONTACT INFO
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
PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS
VIKING FEST INFO!
VIKING FEST VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
GIVING IS GREAT
PTSA is collecting monetary donations to support Viking Fest tickets for our underserved students (so that all students can enjoy this special day) and Faculty & Staff Thanksgiving Luncheon (so that the Vines community can express our gratitude for all they do for our students).
THANK YOU!PTSA SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING: 11/16 @ 6PM CT
Vines’ PTSA has called a Special Meeting on Wednesday, 11/16 at 6pm CT to discuss: increasing the Gifts to School Fund, purchase of Membership Toolkit, and School Store budget.
Register here https://forms.gle/LGunM9T262HAE6uu7
After registering, you will be emailed to zoom code info.
TEACHER SPOTLIGHT
The Book Blurb
They Wish They Were Us
By Jessica Goodman
Mystery
A murder mystery set against the backdrop of an exclusive prep school on Long Island.
In Gold Coast, Long Island, everything from the expensive downtown shops to the manicured beaches, to the pressed uniforms of Jill Newman and her friends, looks perfect. But as Jill found out three years ago, nothing is as it seems.
Freshman year Jill's best friend, the brilliant, dazzling Shaila Arnold, was killed by her boyfriend. After that dark night on the beach, Graham confessed, the case was closed, and Jill tried to move on.
Now, it's Jill's senior year and she's determined to make it her best yet. After all, she's a senior and a Player--a member of Gold Coast Prep's exclusive, not-so-secret secret society. Senior Players have the best parties, highest grades and the admiration of the entire school. This is going to be Jill's year. She's sure of it.
But when Jill starts getting texts proclaiming Graham's innocence, her dreams of the perfect senior year start to crumble. If Graham didn't kill Shaila, who did? Jill vows to find out, but digging deeper could mean putting her friendships, and her future, in jeopardy.
A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #4)
By Ransom Riggs
Fantasy
Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery—a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob’s grandfather, Abe.
Clues to Abe’s double-life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, secrets long hidden in plain sight. And Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous legacy he has inherited—truths that were part of him long before he walked into Miss Peregrine’s time loop.
Now, the stakes are higher than ever as Jacob and his friends are thrust into the untamed landscape of American peculiardom—a world with few ymbrynes, or rules—that none of them understand. New wonders, and dangers, await in this brilliant next chapter for Miss Peregrine’s peculiar children. Their story is again illustrated throughout by haunting vintage photographs, but with a striking addition for this all-new, multi-era American adventure—full color.