Important information from Vines High School, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 ____________________________________________________________ Please check the Vines Website regularly to view daily announcements. Go to http://k12.pisd.edu/vines-high-school Plano ISD's Social Media connections: http://twitter.com/plano_schools http://facebook.com/pages/Plano-TX/Plano-Independent-School-District/119448087707 ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ New Items: (1) Team Sports (2) PSHS Cheer/Mascot/White Guard Tryouts ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Items Worth Repeating: (1) Vines Open House (2) Destination College (3) Youth Leadership (4) PTSA (5) SAGE ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ New Items: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ (1) Team Sports ____________________________________________________________ Hockey Support your Plano Senior High Hockey teams! Varsity game on Thursday, March 1---Plano Senior -v- Jesuit, 7:00pm at the McKinney Dr Pepper Star Center JV game is Sunday, March 4 --- Plano Senior -v- Birdville, 4:45pm Euless Dr. Pepper Star Center ____________________________________________________________ Soccer Boys Fri., 3/2, Hebron @ Clark East Mon., 3/5 @ Flower Mound
Girls Mar. 2, Hebron @ Hebron JV-V Mar. 5, Flower Mound @ Clark East JV-V ____________________________________________________________ (2) PSHS Cheer/Mascot/White Guard tryout packet deadline has been extended! Packets are available in the front office and are due to the PSHS Fishbowl by 4:15 on March 7. Cheer tryouts are scheduled for March 26-30. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Items Worth Repeating ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ (1) Vines Open House This year's Spring Open House is scheduled for Thursday, March 1st from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Our Spring Open House is a come and go event and does not follow the students' bell schedule. Teachers will be in their classrooms to meet parents and briefly answer any questions our parents may have. We anticipate many parents in attendance that evening, so if you need to discuss anything in detail with your child's teacher, we request that you schedule a separate conference for another time. We also will have a short public meeting from 6:00 p.m. - 6:25 p.m. to present the Vines High School report card from TEA upstairs in our Presentation Room (C253). Hope to see you at our Spring Open House! ____________________________________________________________ (2) Destination College Spring 2012: Getting Started: For New Collin College Students 6:30-8 p.m., Thursday, March 1, 2012 Seating is limited. While there is no fee to attend, registration is required. Please go to http://www.collin.edu/gettingstarted/explore/destinationcollege/upcoming_events.html, or call 972.377.1772 to register. If you do not receive a confirmation email upon registering, please call to ensure your reservation was received. Unless otherwise indicated, all Destination College workshops will be held at the Spring Creek Campus Living Legends Conference Center, 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, in Plano. ____________________________________________________________ (3) PLANO YOUTH LEADERSHIP Plano Youth Leadership (PYL) is now accepting applications for its 2012-2013 (Class 18) leadership program. Students currently enrolled in the 9th grade and are planning to enter the 10th grade during the 2012-2013 school years are eligible to apply, if they reside in the area served by the Plano Independent School District (PISD) regardless of whether the youth attend public or private schools or are home schooled.
PYL provides student training in leadership techniques and community awareness to help prepare them to make positive impacts on the quality of life of the community. Through a series of monthly class sessions, running concurrently with the school year, students develop the confidence and knowledge they need to succeed in leadership positions while learning about service opportunities in the community. Plano Youth Leadership is designed for 10th grade students at a time in their personal growth where they are developing an interest and comprehension of the broader community in which they live. PYL provides participants a unique opportunity to meet with and to learn from community leaders representing government, education, community service and business in an effort to maximize their individual leadership skills. The PYL Selection Committee chooses participants who represent a cross section of the community based on information provided in the written application. Completed application and reference forms must be postmarked no later than April 6, 2012. Applications can be downloaded or filled out on-line from the Plano Youth Leadership website: www.planoyouthleadership.org. Tuition for the program is $125 per participant, and need based scholarships are available for qualified students. For additional information, contact John Copley at
[email protected] or Burt Smith at
[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ TALH PROGRAM INFORMATION Perhaps you are aware of the Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities (TALH). Ours is an earlyentrance residential college program established by the Texas legislature for high school-aged students who upon graduation in two years will have earned 60 or more college credit hours. TALH is a part of Lamar University in Beaumont, and our students are fully integrated into the academic life of the university alongside traditional students; Lamar faculty members hold them to the rigorous standards of a college classroom. TALH is rare if not unique among early entrance college programs throughout the United States in its threefold focus on leadership through academic excellence, the humanities, and altruism. Students admitted to TALH are given a full-tuition scholarship for a 15-hour course load. They are given opportunities to pursue research that only a university can provide. Many of our graduates continue their education at some of the most distinguished universities in the nation, and pursue c areers in medicine, law, and education. We would encourage prospective students to contact us to schedule a personal visit to the campus to learn firsthand about the TALH experience from students, faculty, and administration. We have a rolling admissions policy, but applications received after April 15, 2012 cannot be guaranteed admissions consideration for fall 2012 matriculation. Admission to TALH is competitive, enrollment is limited, and specific requirements with supplementary information on the program are noted on our website at www.texasacademy.org; there you can download an application and learn more about the opportunities that we offer to intellectually focused, mature students. Please let us know if you would like to receive more information on our program via email or U.S. Mail. TALH is a selective program and our students are frankly a select breed, mindful of the crucial relation between intellectual excellence and moral growth. If this is an ideal you or a student you know shares, we hope to visit with you soon. ____________________________________________________________
(4) PTSA Vines High School PTSA Board Nominations Will you be a parent at Vines High School next year? If so, please consider serving on the Vines High School PTSA board! Also, please make suggestions for people who would make great board members! Please send your name and/or suggestions to Laura Tate at
[email protected] Katherine Goodwin at
[email protected] or Sherry Hix at
[email protected] Please see the attached for a list of board positions. If you have any questions, please email us! We look forward to seeing you at Vines next year! ____________________________________________________________ Drug/Alcohol Awareness Program at Vines High School - Tuesday, March 20, 2012 The Vines High School PTSA is hosting a drug/alcohol awareness night for our parents and the community on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7 p.m., immediately following the 6:30 p.m. PTSA General Meeting in the Vines High School cafeteria. Featured speakers will be the Plano Police Department's Narcotics Unit, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Addiction Specialists from Insights Therapy and the Plano ISD Security Police Specialists. The narcotic agents will have samples of all the common drugs (heroin, cocaine, GHB, etc.) for us to learn to identify , etc. This is going to be a very eye-opening and informative evening so please join us. The above Parent/Community Program will take the place of the College Financial Aid Presentation. ____________________________________________________________ PSHS PTSA Board Nominations If you would like to be considered for a PTSA office at Plano Senior High next year (2012-2013), please fill out the attached form and email it to a member. If you have any questions, please email
[email protected] , Chairman. PSHS PTSA Nomination Form -> http://elist.pisd.edu/eNews/0009_34_2012_PSHS_PTSA_Officer_Nomination_Form(2).pdf ____________________________________________________________ (5) SAGE Programs For more details on Special and Gifted Education Programs, see the calendar attached at the bottom of this email message. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ For the calendar information go to: http://www.pisd.edu/common/calendar/index.shtml To view/manage your child's mypisd.net account, or to create an account, go to: http://parent.mypisd.net To change your subscription or unsubscribe from eNews, please go to: http://elist.pisd.edu/
Vines PTSA Board Positions -> http://elist.pisd.edu/eNews/0004_89_Vines_Board_Interest_Form__2012_2013.pdf PSHS PTSA Nominations -> http://elist.pisd.edu/eNews/0004_89_2012_PSHS_PTSA_Officer_Nomination_Form.pdf Feb. SAGE Schedule -> http://elist.pisd.edu/eNews/0004_89_SAGEFebruary2012.pdf