Vines High School

Public school in Texas, United States

W.A. Vines High School

Address

1401 Highedge Drive

Plano

Texas

75075

United States

Coordinates| 33°01′05″N 96°44′38″W﻿ / ﻿33.017934°N 96.743766°W﻿ / 33.017934; -96.743766
Information
School type| Free public
Motto| Valor Honor Scholarship
Established| 1976 (1976)
School district| Plano Independent School District
NCES District ID| 4835100[1]
CEEB code| 445567
NCES School ID| 483510003974[2]
Principal| Julie-Anne Dean
Teaching staff| 62.95 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades| 9th and 10th
Enrollment| 977[2] (2021–22)
Average class size| 20-30
Student to teacher ratio| 15.52[2]
Language| English
Campus| Suburban
Color(s)|
Maroon and white
Fight song| University of Texas Fight Song
Mascot| Wildcats
Website| Official website

W. A. Vines High School (commonly Vines or VHS) is a free co-educational secondary school in Plano, Texas, United States, serving grades nine and ten. Wilson and Haggard middle schools feed into Vines. Founded in 1976, the school is part of the Plano Independent School District, which is accredited by the Texas Education Agency.[3] The school colors are maroon and white, and the school mascot is the Wildcat. Vines is one of six high schools in PISD, and is one of two that feed into Plano Senior High School.[4]

## History

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Vines High School opened in 1976 and was built on the former farmland of William Asa Vines for $3.3 million.[5]

### Mascot and colors

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For 46 years Vines High School's mascot was "The Viking" and its school colors were purple and white. The school's drill team performed as "The Vikettes". Beginning in the 2023-24 school year the Plano Independent School District initiated an effort to unify 9th and 10th grade high schools with their senior high counterparts.[4] The overall goals of the initiative included improving student engagement, amplifying school pride, and simplifying overall extracurricular administration. Accordingly, Vine High School's mascot was changed to the Wildcat and the school colors were changed to maroon and white in order to align with its senior high school counterpart Plano Senior High School.

## Academics

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Vines now offers four Advanced Placement (AP) classes: Human Geography, European History, Principles of Computer Science, and World History.

## References

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1. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Plano Isd". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
2. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Vines H S (483510003974)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
3. ^ "2014-2015 Accreditation Statuses". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
4. ^ a b "Senior High School Feeder Schools". Plano Independent School District. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
5. ^ "Vines High School Official Microsite". Plano Independent School District Website.

## External links

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* Official website

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Education in Collin County, Texas

Public high schools

Allen ISD|

* Allen High

Anna ISD|

* Anna High

Blue Ridge ISD|

* Blue Ridge High

Celina ISD|

* Celina High

Community ISD|

* Community High

Farmersville ISD|

* Farmersville High

Frisco ISD|

* Centennial
* Emerson High School
* Frisco High
* Heritage
* Independence
* Lebanon Trail
* Liberty
* Memorial
* (four other high schools are in Denton County)

Lovejoy ISD|

* Lovejoy High

McKinney ISD|

* McKinney High
* McKinney Boyd
* McKinney North
* Serenity (alternative)

Melissa ISD|

* Melissa High

Plano ISD|

| Senior high schools (11–12)|

* Plano Senior
* Plano East
* Plano West

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High schools (9–10)|

* Clark
* Jasper
* McMillen
* Shepton
* Vines
* Williams

Alternative schools (9–12)|

* PISD Academy

Princeton ISD|

| Senior high schools (11–12)|

* Princeton High

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High schools (9–10)|

* Lovelady

Prosper ISD|

* Prosper High
* Rock Hill

Wylie ISD|

* Wylie High
* Wylie East
* Achieve Academy (alternative)

Private high schools

Secular|

* Great Lakes Academy
* Spring Creek Academy

Religious|

* Coram Deo Academy Collin County Campus
* John Paul II
* Legacy Christian Academy

| Closed|

* Canyon Creek Christian Academy

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Tertiary

Universities|

* UT Dallas
* Template

Community colleges|

* Collin College

This list may be incomplete.
Portions of some school districts extend into other counties, and other school districts (Bland ISD, Gunter ISD, Leonard ISD, Rockwall ISD, Royse City ISD, Trenton ISD, Van Alstyne ISD, Whitewright ISD) serve Collin County but have no high schools in it.
Westminster ISD was disestablished in 1989.

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Plano, Texas

Primary and
secondary schools|

| Public|

| Plano ISD|

* Plano Senior
* Plano East Senior
* Plano West Senior
* Academy High
* Clark High
* Jasper High
* Shepton High
* Vines High
* Williams High

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Other districts|

* Allen ISD
* Frisco ISD
* Lewisville ISD

Private|

* John Paul II High
* Great Lakes Academy
* Coram Deo Academy
* Collin County Campus
* Spring Creek Academy

Other education|

* Collin College

Government|

* City Council
* Mayor
* Fire-Rescue

Landmarks|

* Collin Creek Mall (closed)
* Heritage Farmstead Museum
* Interurban Railway Museum
* The Shops at Legacy
* The Shops at Willow Bend

Companies|

* Cinemark Theatres
* J. C. Penney
* Keurig Dr Pepper
* Rent-A-Center
* Yum China

Transportation|

* Jack Hatchell Transit Center
* Northwest Plano Park & Ride

| DART stations|

* 12th Street (under construction)
* Downtown
* Parker Road
* Shiloh Road (under construction)

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Culture|

* Plano Balloon Festival

Media|

* Plano Star-Courier

Nature preserves|

* Arbor Hills
* Oak Point

Stadiums|

* John Clark

History|

* Timeline
* 2017 shooting

This list is incomplete.

Authority control databases: Geographic |

* NCES

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