Vines High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Plano, TX)

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TEACHERS FUR TEN: BETTY DUKE s. Duke is just one of several Teachers ThaT has been Teaching aT Vines High School since iTs open in 4976, and she says she's glad To be here. Back in 4976, The Plano inde- pendenT School DisTricT was looking for a LaTin Teacher To Teach aT The new Vines High School, and Ms. Duke, who Then TaughT in lVlcKinney, wanTed To be The one They found. Because of The excellenT repuTaTion of The P.l.S.D. proceeding iT, Ms. Duke arranged an inTerview and, wiThin one week, had been hired as The new LaTin Teacher of Vines. Things aT Vines are now much differenT Than when The school firsT opened. lVls. Duke explained ThaT The sTudenTs have changed a greaT deal and have been much nicer The pasT few years Than in The beginning. The sTudenTs also show much more school spiriT. ln The firsT few years, kids TreaTed Vines as more of a sTepping sTone To The Senior High, buT lVlrs. Duke parTicipaTes in one of The fads of Tele- phone-booTh-sTuffing. now The people parTicipaTe in school acTiviTies and exhibiT pride by Taking care of Their school. One such example is The way The sTudenTs Take pride in The appearance of Vines. For years, vandalism hasn'T been a problem, and This year The sTudenTs have been keeping The cafeferia cleaner aTTer lunch and hallways clear of Trash afTer school. Vines is unique and special To Ms. Duke because of The sTudenTs. Vines sTudenTs always score The highesT on TABS TesTing given To The freshman class. Vines also has one of The highesT aTTendance re- cords in The area showing ThaT sTudenTs are willing To learn and appreciaTe Vines being here To Teach Them. For The pasT Ten years, Vines has been here wiTh wonderful Teachers like lVls. Duke waTching The growTh and changes in The school, and hopefully Vines and lvls. Duke are here for many more years To come. g. is gl 2 ?i PresenT-day lVlrs. Duke, who we all know and love.

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Bulldlng Vines' Foundation PAYING THEIR DUE elng aT Vlnes for Ten years IS no small accompIlshmenT Several faculTy members have been here slnce The doors flrsT opened Some have moved lnTo dlfferenT poslTlons and some are sTlll lmparTlng Thelr parTlcular knowledge To classes of Vlklngs Mr Walker was an AsslsTanT Prlnclpal He now lS The Prlnclpal of Vlnes Mr SmlTh once served hls Tlme ID The maTh classroom whlle now he commands The posT of AsslsTanT Prlnclpal ln charge of currlculum Mrs Means began as an lnsTrucTor ln The speclal educa Tron area and afTer compleTlng her famlly reTurned To Vlnes To become DeparTmenT Head Mrs Means was also selecTed To re presenT Vlnes as Teacher of The Year one of Those Teh years of service Mrs Walkup flrsT TaughT ln The hlsTory deparTmenT Then added sponsorshlp of The Honor SocleTy To her duTles LasT year Mrs Walkup Took The relns of The hlsTory deparTmenT ln hand and be came :Ts DeparTmenT Head Mr Flnnell began The award wlhnlng Golng Band from Vlklng Land and sTlll leads IT alThough wlTh enroll menT galns he has added asslsTanTs Mrs Duke and Mrs Harrlson also have puT ln Thelr dues for Ten years aT Vlnes Mrs Duke has TaughT LaTln and hlsTory and sponsored The LaTln Club She also has had The honor of Teacher of The Year Mrs Duke IS presenTly very acTlve ID The Teacher supporT assoclaTlon of The Texas EducaTlonal Agency an affllaTe of The NaTlonal EducaTlonal Agency Mrs Harrl son has TaughT ID The maTh deparTmenT flrsT as an lnsTrucTor and ID more recenT years become DeparTmenT Head CerTalnly Ten years of Teachlng IS an accompllshmenT and among These Vlnes personnel There are more Than 'IOO years of experlence ln an age where Teachers are so seldomly Thanked for Thelr conTrlbuTlons and compensaTed jusTly for Thelr work IT IS somewhaT flTTlng To honor These Teachers and admlnlsTraTors ln Thelr efforTs and endeavors To educaTe The youTh of The communlTy and mosT especlally for belng Those bulldlng blocks ThaT have enabled Vlnes To recognlzed as an ouTsTandlng school - . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 xx - 1 11 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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