April 7 2019 Issue
Tag Archives: Vandegrift
Vandegrift girls soccer wins area championship
The Vandegrift Lady Vipers defeated Klein High School 3-2 in an area playoff game on April 2 in College Sation, earning them the title of Area Champs.
By LORI MEIER, Contributor
The Vandegrift Lady Viper are the Area soccer champions after defeating Klein High School 3-2 in a playoff nailbiter on Tuesday, April 2 at College Station HS.
Vandegrift moves onto Round 3 of the UIL State Playoffs against Cypress Woods High School on Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. at Bastrop Memorial Stadium.
VHS wind ensemble wows crowd at TMEA
By KRISTEN HILL, Contributor , MEGAN MESSER, Vandegrift Voice
Before a standing-room-only audience of over 2,500 music educators, the Vandegrift wind ensemble performed their TMEA 6A Honor Band concert on Feb. 15 at the Lila Cockrell Theatre in San Antonio as part of the Texas Music Educators Association annual convention.
The highlight of the Honor Band program was “Symphony No. 4” by David Maslanka, a 27 minute piece that the students worked on for months in preparation. This preparation included a special clinic with University of Texas Professor and Conductor Jerry Junkin. This is a collegiate level work of music that is difficult for most high school bands to master.
Three Viper seniors awarded perfect scores on the ACT
L-R Vandegrift seniors Jonathan Kaaua, Zachary Weiss and Bo Yang Deng all received a perfect score of 36 on their ACT exam after taking it for the first time. MIGUEL BLANCO
By MIGUEL BLANCO, Vandegrift Voice
The pressure of a standardized test is palpable as silence overtakes a room of concentrated students rapidly analyzing questions and writing answers. Although high school students are accustomed to the anxiety and weariness surrounding standardized tests, there is arguably no way to fully prepare for a test as crucial to a student’s future as the SAT and ACT.
LISD Q&A in response to single education foundation goal
Last week Four Points News published a column from one of the founders of Viper Nation Education Foundation. The opinion piece was critical of Leander ISD’s Dan Troxell, superintendent, and the district’s goal to form one education foundation rather than have two or more. LISD responded with reasons behind its move to have a single education foundation.