Wildcat Tales

The School Newspaper of Plano Senior High School

Kimberly Mei – Copy Editor

This is Kimberly’s second year on staff. As copy editor, she wants to explore writing even further and learn about the world through others’ stories. She would not necessarily call herself a grammar freak. However, she is a freak for music, watercolors and pugs. Her vice is eating Starbursts, so she runs to stay fit. [...]

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Rookie classes

Engineering Design and Problem Solving      Students this past year had the option of taking Engineering Design and Problem Solving, a course designed by the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. The students, working primarily in teams, complete a design build project and a separate research project every six weeks. [...]

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War of the words

Speech      Four speech students travelled to Amarillo to compete in the state tournament March 1-3. Seniors Brandon Satterwhite and Keegan Latham and juniors Julia Bauer and Devin Guthrie performed interpretation events such as original oratory, duet acting and dramatic interpretation, hoping to lock down what would be Plano’s fourth straight state championship.      For [...]

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Out of a fairytale

Some may think that fairytale costumes are only for Halloween. However, senior Amelia Leidy has literally become Cinderella seven times in the month of January. It wasn’t a magical ball gown or delicate glass slippers that this Cinderella whirled across the ballroom in. It was a fluffy, snowy tutu and a sturdy pair of satin [...]

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A place on the wall

     Seven pieces of art crafted by the hands of AP art students will hang on the coveted walls of the Dallas Museum of Art in the Young Masters Fine Arts Exhibition, only feet away from Monet’s shimmering water lilies and Dali’s melting dreamscapes. Out of 475 artworks submitted from all over the Dallas area, [...]

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Building D is for Dean

     Building D has been reborn as the new Doyle Dean Performing Arts Center. On Thursday, Nov. 3, the new facility was formally unveiled with a ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the pond. Then the guests headed inside the performing arts center for the dedication service. The Symphony Orchestra and the Grand Chorus collaborated [...]

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Kimberly Mei – Staff Writer

Kimberly loves writing and reading because she believes they are the best ways to experience life and see the world without restrictions. She wants to go to Northwestern, NYU, or a college near a big city or coastline. She loves pugs, and most fuzzy animals, except for spiders. In her spare time, she likes to [...]

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“Pan Am” review

     Tilted blue caps, smooth waved bobs, and knee-length skirts: the glamour of the 1960s has been revived as the Pan Am stewardess. Based off the actual Pan American World Airlines flight attendants, ABC’s new show Pan Am premiered on Sept. 25 at 9 p.m. Centered on the crew of the Clipper Majestic during their [...]

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Homecoming Queen Nominee: Emily Wornkey

Q: What would being Homecoming Queen mean to you? A: It would pretty much mean the whole world to me, because though I’m not in any sports I took this really seriously because I want to show that I’m a person in the school that represents everyone. I like to be really nice to people. [...]

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