W. A. Vines High School (commonly Vines or VHS) is a free co-educational secondary school in Plano, Texas (USA) 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. Vines is accredited by the Texas Education Agency, which designates the school as "Recognized". The school colors are purple and white, and the school mascot is the Viking. Vines High School is one of the five high schools in PISD which feeds into Plano Senior High School.

[edit] Academics

Vines operates on a 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. schedule, which includes seven periods and a 25 minute break for lunch in the on-campus cafeteria.

Vines now offers three Advanced Placement (AP) classes: Human Geography, European History and World History.

In 2008, Vines had the highest percentage of passing students in Texas on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test for schools of its size.

Spanish, French, German, Latin, Chinese, and American Sign Language are taught at Vines High School.

In the 2009-2010 school year, Humanities will begin to be counted as an Advanced Placement course, giving the World History AP credit to the students. As of June 2009, the Humanities course is planning to give incoming 9th graders the Honors English credit as an incentive for students who would have otherwise quit the Gifted and Talented Program, which Humanities is an extension of.

[edit] Achievements

• Vines received the Caudill Award for Architecture Excellence in school design.^{[citation needed]}
• Vines received Exemplary Recognition from the Texas Education Agency based on 2002-2003 TAAS scores.^{[citation needed]}
• Vines science fair and history fair students routinely compete and place/win at the district, regional, state, national, and international levels.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}

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