Vines High School

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Vines High School

Motto	"Valor Honor Scholarship"
Established	1976
Type	Public School
Principal	Roxanne Burleson
Location	1401 Highedge Drive Plano, Texas United States
District	Plano Independent School District
Enrollment	1,260 students
Grades	9-10
Colors	Purple and White
Mascot	Viking
Website	http://k-12.pisd.edu/schools/vines

Vines High School is a secondary school serving grades nine and ten. It is part of the Plano Independent School District, which uses an unconventional high school system in which students in grades nine and ten attend one of five high schools. Students in grades eleven and twelve attend senior high schools. Vines High School feeds into Plano Senior High School along with students from Jasper High School.

Vines High School maintains a population of over 1,200. The school's current principal is Roxanne Burleson.

[edit] Achievements

Award winning fine arts program.
The 2005 AEIS gave Vines a rating of Academically Acceptable. [1]
Vines World History was number one in the entire district final exam results for the fall of 2003. Vines had the highest scores and highest percent of mastery, and Vines world geogrpahy ranked number two in the district for scores and mastry.
For twenty years the Vines High School National Honor Society has received the Meadows Foundation Award for Community Service.
Over the past ten years, over 200 students who attended Vines have been named National Merit Semifinalists and Finalists.
Vines received the Caudill Award for Architecture Excellence in school design.
Vines received Exemplary Recognition from the Texas Education Agency based on 2002-2003 TAAS scores.
Vines offers strong programs in the music area (band, choir, and orchestra) with various programs placing 1st and receiving Sweepstakes Awards annually.
Vines offers strong programs in the fine arts area (speech, drama) with teams competing, performing, and placing/winning at local, state, and national competitions yearly.
Vines science fair and history fair students routinely compete and place/win at the district, regional, state, national, and international levels.
Vines art students (all levels) compete in a variety of contests and exhibits annually, placing and winning a variety of titles. The City of Plano in a city art exhibit displays painted “Art Furniture of the Masters” annually from Vines.
Vines was named by Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC) Just For The Kids (JFTK) National Honor Roll as one of the top 10 high schools in Texas. Texas Monthly recognized Vines for this accomplishment as well.

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