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Viper Nation Academic Booster impacts STEM, leadership ~ key reasons why I give

By CARMEN PAZ,
VNAB Board Member

This year I’m proud to represent my community as a board member of the Viper Nation Academic Booster. 

Previously called Viper Nation Education Foundation, this charitable organization raises money to provide leadership, entrepreneurship, college readiness, and STEM-related grants and scholarships to students and teachers attending Vandegrift High School, or one of their feeder middle or elementary schools in the Four Points area. 

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Legacies perform for President Trump, India’s Prime Minister

A select group of 21 Vandegrift senior Legacies performed at the Howdy, Modi! event for President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. More than 50,000 attended the rally at Houston’s NRG Stadium.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Vandegrift Legacies dance team performed at a rally in Houston on Sunday called “Howdy, Modi!” which was hosted for President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Legacies were invited to attend and the dancers “convinced” director Holly Lyons to accept the invitation. The girls agreed to extra practices to prepare for the once-in-a-life-time event in front of a sold out crowd. 

It was a connection of Grandview Hills resident Sruthi Mohan, creative director at Tat Tvam Asi, that allowed the Legacies to get the invite. Mohan was in New York City recently for dance shows and meetings for a dance festival she’s curating in Manhattan next month.

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First-ever Viper homecoming dance set for Oct. 19

Homecoming proposal by Tucker George to Laura Parrish .

For the first time in Vandegrift’s history, the school will have a homecoming dance hosted by the Legacies dance team.  

“Kids and parents have asked for a Vandegrift Homecoming Dance since the school opened 11 years ago, but there were obstacles that discouraged support,” said Jill Wingrove, homecoming dance chair and mom of twin senior girls. 

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Hyatt Place hotel near 620/2222 intersection to open in early 2020

“We are slated to open Feb/March of 2020,” Spades Hospitality’s Navid Karedia said. “(We’ve had) just the typical construction delays. Nothing out of the ordinary. We are trying our best to be open early Q1 of 2020.”

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The 95-room Hyatt Place hotel is nearing completion after more than a year of construction near CVS Pharmacy at the RM 620 intersection of Bullick Hollow Road/RM 2222. 

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