February 3 2019 Issue
Category Archives: Vandegrift
January 20 2019 Issue
VHS senior stays positive despite medical conditions
Kiersten Dyke, Vandegrift senior from Steiner Ranch, is training her dog Willow to eventually be a therapy dog that she can bring to hospitals and help children. She has gone through her own set of medical challenges over the past 14 months.
By CODI FARMER, Vandegrift Voice
One day Kiersten Dyke was a healthy 16-year-old, and then suddenly she was experiencing many unexplainable symptoms — blurry vision, ringing in the ears, extreme sensitivity to sound and light, brain fog, leg weakness causing difficulty walking at times, stomach pain, dizziness and fatigue.
“When I was first going through this, I had no idea what was wrong with me for the first several months. I was confused,” said Kiersten, now a Vandegrift senior.
Since her symptoms started in November 2017, she has visited the ER 10 separate times and has been hospitalized seven times.
LISD makes national honor roll
STAFF REPORTS
Leander ISD is one of 373 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the Ninth Annual AP District Honor Roll. In order to receive the recognition, the district had to, since 2016, increase the number of students participating in AP while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher.
In a release, the district said, “Reaching these goals shows that LISD is successfully identifying motivated, academically prepared students who are ready for AP.”
December 23 2018 Issue