Statebound Vandegrift tennis players will compete May 17-18. L-R: Jai Naik, Deven Bapat, Blaine Kanak, Gabby Cusano, Nic Cusano, Synclair Larson, Anisha Apte, and coach Daniel White.
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Seven Vandegrift tennis players will compete in the 6A state championship tournament on this week, May 17-18 at Texas A&M University.
“The team has exceeded my expectations by advancing seven players to state,” said Daniel White, VHS head tennis coach.
Vandegrift PTSA Healthy Lifestyles committee member and licensed professional counselor Shelley Coleman presented “Communicating with your Teen” at a brown bag lunch at VHS earlier this year.
By SARAH DOOLITTLE, Four Points News
“Communicating with your Teen” was the topic of a presentation earlier this year hosted by the Vandegrift Parent Teacher Student Association Healthy Lifestyles committee, which focuses on student health and wellness.
The talk was lead by Shelley Coleman, committee member and licensed professional counselor. She spoke to an eager audience of parents and opened with a promise — and a caveat. “You are going to learn the secret (of communicating with your teen): there is no secret.”
Coleman first explained to parents what they could expect from their teens developmentally.
“Emotionally they are separating from us as parents. They’re beginning to distance themselves from us. Their friends are more important than we are,” she said.
ViperBots 6209 Venom wins the Judges’ Award for helping a Chinese team fix their broken robot.
Photo Credit: Karina Medina
By SUZANNE GALLIGHER, Contributor
Four Vandegrift ViperBots robotics teams — 6800 Valor, 6209 Venom, 7161 Hydra and 11503 HyperFang — did not disappoint at the FIRST Championship Houston last week, finishing the highest ever in their eight-year history.
The event at the George R. Brown Convention Center brought together 15,000 students from 43 countries contending for awards and recognition in competitive play through team-based robotics challenges within the framework and enthusiasm of a sporting event.
In the FIRST Tech Challenge track, ViperBots team Venom, Hydra and HyperFang set some impressive records.
The Vandegrift floriculture team qualified for state with 3rd place floral team at the area contest. L-R: Makinna Pritchard, Ashley Burton, Magan Escamilla, advisor, Noel Attwood and Sydney Kuykendoll.
Makes history at VHS and LISD
By HALLIE LOCKE, BLAKELY DIMIERO, Vandegrift Voice
The Vandegrift FFA’s floriculture and vet science teams both competed in the State Career Development Event at Texas A&M University on April 28, and vet science placed first by less that a point.
“Last year the Vandegrift vet science team got 2nd place and missed nationals by a single point,” said Magan Escamilla, VHS agriscience teacher and FFA advisor. “This year, if you can believe it, the contest was even closer with 1st and 2nd place only being separated by .667 points.”
The vet science team — Lauren Stevens, Madeleine Rawlings, Natalie Kelliher and Zach Roush — will compete at the national contest held in Indianapolis Oct. 24 – 27.