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may 24, 2012 senior tribute Plano senior HigH scHool Plano, tx, usa

seniors 2012

awesome people, awesome teachers, awesome friends

we have the super studious students, but we also have the people running around with guitars and ukuleles

pep rallies

a really bad case of senioritis

start a new life

bittersweet

Changing for the better

traditions

it just feels like a family

gearing us towards a successful future

you can not only grow academically, but as a person

clinical rotations

a year that has definitely defined me as a person

basketball gamesFriday night football

memories

orchestraready for the next step

community service

it went by too quickly

lasting friendships

freedom to find your identity

we should use our opportunities to make positive changes in the world know who we are

stressful

I finally know who I am

It’s been a long, hard rideohana Bleed maroonThe end Defining myself

Paws

PromS a y i n g g o o d b y e

Stay Day showing what you’re made of

Responsibility

Hats off to you

A Year in Review May 24, 2012

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September 11 - Commemorative ceremony2011 marked the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America. Students and faculty reflected on the attacks during a commemorative dedication.

August 17- Cat CampBefore school starts each year, an informational day to welcome the incoming juniors prepares them for academics, clubs and traditions.

August 22 - School Begins

October 15 - Homecoming The tradition of the Homecoming dance has always been a highlight of the school year. Put on by Student Council, the theme for this years dance was Night at the Oscars.

Photo by Alyssa Matesic

Photo by Madison McDaniel

A year in review - IntroductionThe Wildcat Tales brainstormed major events throughout the school year that have impacted the student body, among which are events of national scope as well as school-specific traditions. This is not an inclusive list, but we tried to cover events that would pertain to all students. As we look back upon the school year we hope that you always remember these moments and more as we continue with our lives. The college map located on pages 4 and 5 is not a complete list of students, and if your name was not included we appologize. However this map does show the diversity of our senior class and the locations of their post-secondary education or service. We congradulate the senior class of 2012 and wish them good luck in the future.

October 6 - Stay Day Each semester, an annual Stay Day promotes environmental awareness, keeping students on campus for lunch, instead of driving and polluting the air.

August September October

September 6 - School board discusses options to balance district Members of the school board, parents, community members and school faculty congregated at the Sockwell Center, sharing their thoughts and views over a realignment proposal on Sept. 6. The board committee discussed a realignment option of turning Jasper High School into Plano North Senior High School to decrease the amount of students at Plano West. This comes year and a half after realigning the district because of the addition of a sixth High School. “For people saying bigger is better, and get more choices, I don’t agree with that,” resident Julie Anderson said. “My daughter sits in a class where there are over 40 students, and there are not enough seats for everyone. The teacher does not have time to go around and answer questions. My daughter walks in a cramped classroom and there are not enough lockers for every student. I can’t imagine what it will be like when she enters Plano West, and it’s the biggest class.” It would cost $38 million to convert Jasper into a senior high school which many argued the district can’t afford. “This is money we don’t need to spend when we our experiencing an economic recession,” resident Bill Snyder said. “I don’t max out my credit cards unless I absolutely necessarily have to. Why spend money we don’t have to spend for a problem that is not a major problem?”Contribution by Haley Bunnell

Photo by Sarah VarnuPhoto by Kelsey Young

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A Year in ReviewNovember 3 - Doyle Dean Peforming Arts CenterBuilding D is renamed the Doyle Dean Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Nov. 3. At the dedication, the Symphony Orchestra and the Grand Chorus collaborated to perform a tribute to Dr. Dean. Outside, the maroon letters of the building’s new name were illuminated. Dr. Dean joined the district in 1964 and became principal In 1986 he became principal of Plano. He held the position until he retired in June 2010. Having served for 45 years, he is the district’s longest-serving employee. Dr. Dean was “very honored” that Plano decided to name a building after him. “Of course, I love Plano Senior High School,” Dr. Dean said. “I would tell [future Wildcats] the same thing that I have told them throughout my career. Work hard in school, but you also balance that by having other interests, not just academics, but do other things. Be involved in music, like band, or athletics, or scouting, but do something other than academics.”Contribution by Kimberly Mei

November 15 - District joins lawsuit against the stateAfter much research, conferencing and discussions, the decision comes unanimously amongst the school board members at the Nov. 15 meeting. PISD is joining Highland Park and Lewisville in a lawsuit against the state for failing to adequately fund its public education systems. The districts claim that Texas is violating constitutional education requirements and that recent budget cuts have sunk school finances too far for them to operate smoothly. “I think [suing] may be about the only option we have at this point,” principal Sarah Watkins said. “Lawsuits are ways that have been used before; [the district has] gone this route before. It’s reasonable to take this as the next step.” If the district wins this suit, programs and staff that were previously cut may be renewed.Contribution by Alyssa Matesic

Photo by Kimberly Mei

October 28 - Pink Out GameThe Planoettes held the second annual “Pink Out” football game on Oct. 28, 2011 at Clark Stadium. This year Plano teamed up with Plano East to sell “Pink Out” shirts and raise awareness for National Breast Cancer Awareness month.“We chose to do this [event] because we figured that there would be a lot of people who would want to participate,” Planoette director Lindsay Placke said. “We are not getting any profit from this. We are donating everything we make to the Susan G. Komen foundation.”The football team, cheerleaders, and Planoettes all supported the cause by wearing pink.Contribution by Stephanie Jabri

Cheerleading has been senior Lauren Burgess’ life. Since the fifth grade, she’s spent afternoons and weekends practicing with her squad, cheering at football and basketball games and preparing for competitions. That all ends next year. Although Burgess has been cheering for eight years, she didn’t get one of the two freshman spots on the Texas Christian University cheerleading squad. While her mom wants her to keep cheering, Burgess isn’t sure it’s right for her. “I’ve done it all my life and she wants me to do something, and she’s always so into it, and she’s so sad that I’m not going to have anything anymore. But I’m not going to do it forever, and I want to start focusing on school. I tried, and if I had

made it, it would have been great, but I didn’t, so I just want to move on.” Without cheer practices, Burgess will have more freedom and leeway to choose her own schedule. “We’ve been doing this routine for 12 years,” Burgess said. “Get up. Go to school. It’s going to be so different in college. You don’t come home. You’re always there.” Although Burgess anticipates having to work during the summer and to take out student loans to help out with her tuition, she may have to pay all of the $35,000 tuition during her junior and senior years. “It sounds really stressful,” Burgess said. “It’s a lot of money, and I don’t know how I’m going to pay that. Hopefully when I get there I’ll know what to do.”

November December

Photo by Kelsey Young

Change is in the airSenior Lauren Burgess prepares for graduation and college

By Meital Boim

Seniors 2012 May 24, 2012

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1. Abilene Christian Univ. Brooks Alexander, Andrew Alexander, Matthew Hoard, Kinsey Lee

2. Air Force Academy Melissa Leonhardt

3. American Univ.Trevor Wright

4. Amherst College Pablo Morales

5. Auburn Univ. Rachael Pickles

6. Austin Community College Presley Hernandez, Amelia Leidy, Katelyn Warshaw

7. Arizona State Univ. Hanah Al-Rashed, Joel Sands

8. Bacone College Alex Hicks

9. Bard College. Alexandra Michaud

10. Baylor Univ. Michael Bain, Charlie Blake, Drew Bresnahan, Sean Browning, Victor Bui, Bonney Dennis, Louis De Torcy, Amalia Dongo, Nicole Dyson, Amanda Edinger, Grace Glendinning, Jill Holub, Yeazee Kim, Jacob Lofman, David Mangum, Amanda Marable, Amy McMahan, Zach Nail, Shantha Nithiananda, Maelyn Schramm, Travis Warman, Justin Wicker, Stephanie Wright

11. Belmont Univ. Bailey Jehl, Brett Arnold

12. Berklee College of Music Corey Hrbacek

13. Blinn College David Hardage, Shelby Kittrell

14. Brigham Young Univ. Dani Bush

15. Brigham Young Univ.-Idaho Daniel Johnstun, Kohl Rast

16. Brown Univ. Adwa Habtu, Jack Du, Reid McDuff

17. California Institute of the ArtsKeegan Latham

18. California Institute of Technology Daniel Gomez

19. Centenary College of Louisiana Douglas O’Laughlin

20. Central Arkansas Univ. Kenny Stice

21. Coast Guard Academy Ashley Ezell

22. Collin College Fatimah Al-Baki, Ridha Ahmad, Mikayla Allen, Cristian Arevalo, Anthony Barr, Savanna Bauman, Brenda Benavides, Arthur Bennett, Peyton Berry, Ashlie Blalock, Brighton Boots, Yussuf Boublih, Jessica Bowen, Jeremy Brooks, Sean Brown, Dylan Buckner, Paul Burnham, Keaton Burns, Megan Carroll, Heather Chambers, Jennifer Chen, Kylie Christian, Rachel Contreras, Jacob Cornett, Alexander Coulter, Carson Coulter, Amanda Creel, Samuel Crowley, Krishna Divyeshwar, Jocelyn Drennan, Pearl Enwere, Michelle Escalante, Brie Estes, Cody Fentem, Mailea Finley, Lydia Flores, Aimee Foster, Penny Fun, Matthew Ganness, Jessica Garay, Kiara Garcia, Vanesa Garcia, Morgan Gates, Kian Ghanbarnejad, Rozen Gilerman, Jared Greer, Kalsom, Hamouden, Adam Harris, Ian Harmon, Katherine Hensley, Joseph Holmes, Chris Huggins, Marisa Hunter, Adam Jamsheedi, Jacqueline Jewison, Aubrey Janik, Taylor Jindra, Ryan Jones, Kelly Kraatz, Amit Kudtarkar, Isaac Kuhn, Lauren Landau, Anissa Leyva, Nathaniel Litz, Kathryn Livingston, Jonathan Kaczmarek, Alicia Kralik, Daniel Koo, Benjamin Martinez, Steffi Mathew, Kevin May, Samuel May, John McCoy, Amy McLerran, Kandice Millette, Dakota Mitchell, Nawaal Momin, Luciana Morales, Michael Moreno, Steven Murray Jr, Dane Osborne, Morgan Owens, Brian Pasha, Keyur Patel, Stacy Parker, Pedro Paz, Cindy Quintero, Ryan Reginelli, Wajiha Rehman, Kelsey Remington, Ronald Romesberg, Helena Ross, Marcus Sadafsaz, Lauren Rubarts, Colleen Sanders, Alex Schwartz, Thomas Shows, Richard Stayman, Cody Stevens, Hayley Swinton, Bryce

Taylor, Hannah Taylor, Kristina Tidwell, Jourdan Theriault-Wood, Katherine Thurmond, Dean Thomson, Jamie Trout, Jazmine Tubbs, Kaamil Veerjee, Monique Villalobos, Jocelyn Villela, Joy Watson, Luke Watson, Emily Wilcox, Brandon Wilson, Megan Zachary

23. Colorado State Univ. Elizabeth Watson

24. Cornell Univ. Joseph Yeh, Justin Ying

25. Costal Carolina Univ. Joseph Saad

26. Creighton Univ. Austin Fenton

27. Dartmouth College Kayla Bu, Martin Moon

28. Drexel Univ. Allison Gaughan, Tina Sharma

29. Emporia State Univ. Daphne Evans

30. Evangel Univ. Darron D Shannon

31. Fairleigh Dickerson Univ. Allison Butler, Brittani Feledichuk

32. Florida A&M Univ. Mykala Taylor

33. Fordham Univ. Celina Lam

34. Fort Lewis College Shannon Quay

35. Furman Univ. Carolyn Hartung

36. Grayson County Junior College Matthew McLean

37. Harvard Univ. Susan Bin

38. Hendrix College Katherine Friesen, Sarah

Varnau,

39. Hill College Justin Arrington

40. Hofstra Univ. Rachel Traxler

41. Indiana Univ. Tony Qian

42. Iowa State Univ. Rebecca Netherton

43. Juniata College David Wouch

44. John Brown Univ. Kelsey Young

45. Kansas State Univ. Austin Long, Quinte Mann

46. Kansas Wesleyan Univ. LJ Ausama

47. Lake Forest College Spencer Michaud

48. Lamar Univ. Ashley McDowell

49. Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts - Austin Hunter Seis

50. Lehigh Univ. Mackenzie Velasquez

51. Long Island Univ. Emma Barishman,

52. Louisiana State Univ. Courtnee O’Connell, Ethan Robins, Christopher Nittolo

53. Louisiana Tech Univ. Kristen Miles, Randall Methe

54. Loyola Univ. Leila Belknap

55. Midwestern Univ. Katherine Batey, Andrew Dockrill, Kelsey Jones

56. Mississippi State Univ. Megan Heaton

57. Naval Academy Daniel McCaffrey

58. New Mexico Institute of Technology Ryan Hutchison

59. New York Univ. Peyton Kennedy, Courtney Mayden, Sofia Toohey

60. Northeastern Univ. Lindsey Carver

61. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Elizabeth Macconnell

62. Northern Arizona Univ. Danah Taylor

63. Northern Illinois Univ. Zully Romo

64. Northwestern State Univ. Amanda Kunz

65. Northwestern Univ. Sean Oliver

66. Odessa College Max Negoslawski

67. Oklahoma Christian Univ. Rachael McGowan

68. Oklahoma State Univ. Alexis Allen, Madison Bahe, Jennifer Bardgett, Andria Rae Belmares, Jenna Broderick Alexis Cadaret, Amanda Cockrell, Alex Farrell, Rebecca Finley, Tyler Grant, Kelsey Hudspeth, Mallory Knutson, Kevin Leamy, Alexis Macaluso, Cole McReynolds, Taylor Meagher, Madison Morgan, Kyle Nethers, Lindsey Nicks, Megan Nolte, Jackson Pate, Connor Pond, Chris Puchala, Brian Schattle, Brian Seale, Greg Tabanian, Andrew Tompkins, Will Vasil, Taylor Watkins, Matt Wucher

69. Oral Roberts Univ. Mitchell Day, Madison McDaniel

70. The Ohio State Univ. Drew Hill

71. Ouachita Baptist Univ. Jacqueline

Adams,

75. Penn State Univ. Hannah Hoenshell

73. Prairie View A&M Univ. Davaughn Steele

74. Princeton Univ. Lawrence Liu

75. Redlands Community College Shawn James

76. Rice Univ. Emily Higgs

77. Richland College Karinna Gallegos

Congratulations Class of 2012

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78. Rochester Institute of Technology Leele Girma, Karissa

Mirus

79. Sam Houston State Univ. Tyler Davidson, Travis Kendrick, AlyssaYarrow

80. Santa Fe Univ. of Art and Desgin Sean Canon

81. Snow Junior College Sam Morell

82. Southern Illinois Univ. Trey Cesak

83. Southern Methodist Univ. Sohit Dave, Danielle Deraleau, Kathryn Hart, Jessica Jan, Chris Pawlowski

84. Southwestern College Sheridan Keller

85. Southwestern Univ. Samuel Kim, Matthew Zagurski,

86. State Univ. of New York - Plattsburg Jennifer Scott

87. Stephen F Austin State Univ. Carrie Anthony, Ryan Brown-Moreno, Sydney Dickerson, Aaron Hooper, Amber Lakhani, JoJwan McLeod, Elizabeth Owens, Eric Pacheco, Josh Pingenot, Ryan Pingenot,

Jessica Pfohl, Amanda Raley, Connor Reed, Clarissa Reeves, Amber Robinson,

Ruhi Trehan, Sarah Scarborough, Danielle Schuttenhelm, Melissa Smoot, Kelly Swaggerty, Brecken Wellborn

88. St. Olaf College Kaylar Fullington

89. Tarleton State Univ. Haley Archer

90. Texas A&M Univ.- College Station Michael Akomer, Jessica Bearden, Lauren Bell, Abigail Buffington, Andrew Chepey, Preston Duncan, Cole Eckeberger, David Heggland, Katherine Imwalle, Kayla Kehlmann, Madeline Kinnaird, Rachel Knapp, Thomas Langford, Leon Lin, Mitchell Le, Nicolas Matos, Spenser Meredith, Cameron Meyers, Katharina Moeller, Olivia Olvera, Austan Palmer, Michaela Pancake, Akshob Rao, Eric Rice, Lanie Robinson, Daniela Salhuana, Melissa Santos, Grant Schauer, John Schomburger, Deanna Sessions, Anna Strakele, Ben Stumpf, Matthew Theodore, Molly Thompson,GrantTollette, Esmeralda Valdez, Scott Wagner, Cameron Weinert, Samuel Yong

91. Texas A&M Coprus Christi Jordan Baird

92. Texas A&M Galveston Colin Buckley, Parker Volpe

93. Texas Christian Univ. Lauren Burgess, Kate Everett, Austin Mitchell, Hunter Raley, Caitlyn Rhoden

94. Texas State Univ.-San Marcos Haley

Bunnell, Holly Ratcliff, Emily Reas, Amanda Williams,

95. Texas Tech Univ. Natalie Butler, Hannah Daniels, Joseph Cockrell, Brandon Davis, Jeffrey

Doucette, Mallory Hayes, Valerie Hurtado, Janice Im, Katie

Kohl, Steve Munoz, Smrithi Kurucherlapati, Victoria

Lien, Martin McZeal, Erin Milligan,Steve Munoz, Alli Murphy,

Hannah Plott, Carly Reps, Rachel

Ruhman, Ryan Schmieg, Carl Swanson, Sarah Talley, Ashlee Trotter, Elizabeth Worley, Rufaro

Zengeni, Aoqig Zhang,

96. Texas Woman’s Univ. Tiffany Alexander, Megan Cornelison, Ron’Eshia Edmond, Luxi Jebanesan, Khamile Marsh, Micheli Soong, Jordan Switzer, Tyler Junior College Xavier Harbert, D’Wayne Hicks Jr, James Jackson,

97. Tufts Univ. Josh Grelle

98. Univ. of Alabama Katherine Coe, Kyle Johnson, Abby Mott

99. Univ. of Arizona Emma Davis, Mustafa Nasib, Andrea Scheck, Kyle Virdin,

100. Univ. of Arkansas Ena Abadzic, Zachary Bergenholtz, Stephen Bingaman, Brittany Brunson, Rachel Byers, Cristy Davaloz, Alayna Dority, Sarah Ellis, Shelby Franz, Madelyn Gallant, Alec Gerber, Alex Gonzalez, Jake Graf, Eric

Halverson, Chris Hennessy, Zach Ismond, Anthony Izzi, Kelly McCarthy, Taylor McCool, Meredith Mitchell, Alex Ozlowski, Connor Pitts, Meaghan Pulliam, Travis Robbins, Eliza Roderer, Javier Rodriguez, Erin Saunders, Jackie Sniffen, Barron Stephenson, Eilie Strecker, Alex Stiles, Jeremy Temme, Courtney Weisell, Chance Weith, Brent Wise, Brandon Wodka

101. Univ. of California-Berkley Yu-Chun Lin

102. Univ. of California - Los Angeles Kaili Yang

103. Univ. of Chicago Richard Hanson, Eric Kim, Angela Xin

104. Univ. of Denver Hunter Gore

105. Univ. of Hawaii Edward Hunt

106. Univ. of Houston Zane Colaric, Modupe Dina, Robin Pham, Eugene Soh,

107. Univ. of the Incarnate Word Erin Lowell

108. Univ. of Kansas Katelyn Johnson, Maxwell Bagby, Chloe Hosid, Ann Macken

109. Univ. of Kentucky Sara Sligar

110. Univ. of Massachusetts – Amherst Daniel Nguyen

111. Univ. of Mississippi Kelley Dwyer

112. Univ. of Missouri-Columbia Grant Pieper, Dani Sureck, Taylor Newroth, Abbey Roderman,

113. Univ. of New Hampshire Haley Breedlove

114. Univ. of North Texas James Bishop II, Miriam Botero, Olivia Butler, Alexander Bui, Gabriel Caldwell, Joshua Cantrell, Paige Collom, Jeremy Deutsch, Kurt Doty, Kyle Gallardo, Bobby Geibler, Alyssa Holiman, Keoni Holoman, Kathryn Ligon, Katherine Kallas, Amanda McAdams, Josh Marino, Aqil Mohdzahir, Daniel Nation, Kami Noyce, Angeline Park, Liza Parsons, Kelsey Richards, Sarah Rund, Chris Ritter, Eric Salas, Kaylia Schunemann, Victoria Smith, Mary Walton, Cory Wright, Matt Wood

115. Univ. of Miami Tara Brown

116. Univ. of Oklahoma Kristin Bittick, Alexander Berger, Kristen Clement, Justice Connery, Taylor Crews, Jake Dinucci, Hannah Donnelli, Katherine Finley, Anna Fischer, Lauren Fowler, Brian Hawkins, Daniel Hinson, Hughes Trey, Blake Hutzler, Stephen Lowry, Kylee Krusemark, Connor Millican,Ava Nelson, Sam Parks, Rebecca Sipes, Audrey Spurlock, Hannah Stark, Laura Terhune

117. Univ. of Pennsylvania Sarah Hassan, Sheryl Li, Kelvin Wang, Jessie Zhou

118. Univ. of San Diego Dani Meyers

119. Univ. of South Carolina Erin Ames

120. Univ. of South Florida Shane Kendrick

121. Univ. of Southern California Brandon Barber, Naseoul Lee

122. Univ. of Texas – Austin Danielle Adix, Landon Baker, Farah Balsara, Joshua Bergman, Meital Boim, Ann Cai, Revian Chang, Caroline Chen, Stephanie Chu, Danielle Coffey, Caleb Cook, Paulami Das, Carissa Dickerson, Laura Gammon, Dayna Gettel, Robert Golshan, Diva Gulati, Joe Heike, Bryna Herskowitz, Kelsey Hildebrandt, Miles Hutson, Gerard Issac, Samy Janzarli, Lindsey Kehlmann, Ted Kim, Sara Kingman, Milan Kodali, Joshua Leu, Joel Liou, Mark Lu, David Ma, Rana Madkour, Angela Meng, Melissa Meyer, Samantha Meyer, Joy Mong, Manjari Subramanian, Andrew Miculka, Jiyoung Min, Shayan Mohanty, Deepti Nathan, Prashant Narayan, Melanie Nguyen, Mohit Patel, Jonathan Pattie, Connor Peska, Emily Podnieks, Ashwin Ramakrishnan, Manideep Ravi, Karthik Ravikumar, Rebecca Rigby, Matthew Rindelaub, Victoria Roberson, Katie Russell, Jacob Schnitzer, Holden Smith, Vishnupriya Somisetty, Nikki Thrikutam, Valerie Villacampa, Olivia Weinberg, Kelly Widder, Brian Zeff, Alexander Zhang,

123. Univ. of Texas – Arlington Audrey Betz, Andrew Kick, Ian Leung, Logan Martin, Rakan Stanbouly, Jordan Tucker

124. Univ. of Texas – Dallas Tahera Abdulali, Tania Almonte, Stefan Babick, Samantha Belson, Sambridhi Bhujel, Nikitha Bommisetty, Sara Bosak-Barani, Logan Bowers, Victor Bui, Sara Bynum, Stephen Chang, Cheng-Ling Chi, Sheena Chokshi, Adib Chowdhury, Regina Chowdhury, Brooks Conner, Irina Denisova, Nicolette Doan, Priya Dhudshia, Daniel Duncan, Chisom Ekweani, Jarek Guevara, Angel Gill, Stephen Gill, Kamran Hamid, Colin Haney, Daniel Heskett II, David Hernandez, Waley Hua, Aroob Kamal, Khwaja Kamran, Ekaterina Kouznetsova, Ellen Lardner, Yihan Liang, Emily Lin, Michael Lee Jr, Jason Levy, Sarah Lovell, Cali-Michelle Martin, Daniel Martin, Connor McCaffrey, Sebastian Mejia, Gabriella Mitchell, Natasha Murty, Chris Ngoh, Vivian Nguyen, Isabel Ong, Kyle Parrott, Alan Patel, Shivam Patel, Srija Peruka,Amin Pirani, Maaz Razi, Steven Reese, Dennis Ryazanov, Siddharth Sant, Stephen Phillips, Antonio San Pedro, Chelsea Sartor, Sushen Sehgal, Hemali Sheth, Laura Su, Ali Tejani, Mallory Thompson, Reed Thompson, Michelle Tovar-Vega, Andy Tran, Kevin Tsai, Zachary Van Duyne, Jonathan Wang, Bethany Werner, Ariel Zhai,

125. Univ. of Texas El Paso Lisa Jany

126. Univ. of Texas San Antonio Kevin Chang, Whitney Fein, Paula Marzullo,

127. Univ. of Tulsa Anthony D’Amore, Kelsey Erwin

128. Vanderbilt Univ. Benjamin Cook, Rebecca Feronti

129. Virginia Commonwealth Univ. Kirsten Stanley

130. Washington State Univ. Sofie Kyhnel

131. Washington Univ. at St Louis Patricia Chen

132. Wayland Baptist Univ. Stephanie Afunugo, Stephen Collins II, Kevin Merrill,

133. West Point Academy Shannon Rogers

134. Yale Univ. Darien Lee

Armed ForcesArmy Kyle Archibeque, Jasmine Jones

Air Force Chyna Smith

Marine Corps Matthew Dickinson, Michael Gale, Jackson Harwell, Abraham Yun

Letourneau Unviersity Collin Cunningham

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Note: This is not a complete list of the senior class. We apologize if your name is not included

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February 3 - Mr. Plano Senior Kurt Doty is crowned Mr. Plano during the 13th annual Mr. Plano pageant Feb. 3. “I am truly humbled and thankful for receiving this prestigious award,” Doty said. “I believe 100% that Mr. Plano could have gone to a number of the contestants considering how strong this year’s ballot was. I don’t really know what the judges’ criterion was, but I guess I fit it well enough.”Contribution by Daniel Hinson

February 24, 25 - Athletes compete at state During the state competitions on Feb. 24-25, the girls swim team received ninth place while senior Danny McCaffrey took fifth place in wrestling. Senior Ashley Ezell believes the girls swim team accomplished what they wanted to this season. “We had someone who had never made it out of districts make it to state this year,” Ezell said. “That was exciting. And Molly Zhang, a newcomer to the team as a junior, made it to state on the relay, so that was good.” The wrestling team’s new coach Clay Goodloe lead the first winning season in years. The team took second at districts and placed in the top 10 at regionals. “He did a great job and I’m sure our winning meant a lot to him,” McCaffrey said. McCaffrey said that all his hard work over these four years have been worth it. “It was my life going through high school,” McCaffrey said. “I would be practicing two times a day during season and I just got really close with my team and that group of guys so it sucks that it’s all over now. It feels great though because basically all that work paid off eventually and it was just great to see it with them.”Contribution by Eilie Strecker and Daniel Hinson

March 2 - Plano's Got TalentSenior Jeremy Deutsch and junior Mason Bourgeois win the 13th annual Plano's Got Talent show. The duo performed an original song featuring Deutsch on drums and Bourgeois on piano.

February MarchJanuary

January 31 - Dr Otto RetiresMarking the end of 17 years, Dr. Otto ends his tenure of superintendent on Jan. 31. Since his childhood in rural Illinois, where teachers were the role models, Otto knew he wanted to be an educator. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in business education from Illinois State University, he taught business education at a high school and later became a principal in Taylor Ridge, Illinois, where in 1981 he got his first superintendent position. Since his arrival to the district, Otto has seen it grow to its current 55,000 student enrollment. “I have had other offers, but when you look at them, I’d be leaving the best for something less than that,” Otto said. “We have great teachers and principals. The public has always been supportive of the school district. I don’t know where I would go.” Otto Middle School opened in 2009 on the district’s east side. Otto said there is no greater honor to a man than to have a school named after him. “It makes me glad that I stayed so long,” Otto said. “It makes me glad that I have been involved in the community. I know it doesn’t happen to many people, so I am eternally grateful, and to think that I can continue to live in this community, and visit a school that has my name on it. It has been a wonderful tribute." After Otto retires he wants to spend more time with his family. He hopes to continue in the education field and become a part time professor. “I’ve added it up, and I have gone to over a thousand school board meetings,” Otto said. “I am anxious to find out what is on television on Tuesday nights.”Contribution by Daniel Hinson

January 28 - 500 wins Boys soccer head coach Bob Weir receives his 500th win Jan. 28 against Richardson High School. A series of games that ended as ties kept Weir from reaching that 500 mark. “I was stuck on 499 for a while,” Weir said. “It felt like I was one short for a long time, and I just couldn’t wait to get there. The boys really wanted to win it for me. I was impressed with them.” The following Monday night, Weir receives his 501st victory, by defeating McKinney Boyd. “Now that we moved past 500, I hope we can keep going strong this season,” Weir said.Contribution by Erin Ball

January 12-14 - Chicago The theater department puts on its production of Chicago selling out all three nights.

Photos by Daniel Hinson

Photo by Daniel Hinson

February 18-20 - Debate team Selected speech and debate students compete at the annual Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament on Feb. 18-20.

March 27 - Boys soccer The boys soccer team ends the season 15-3-7 in first place. Their playoff run ends in the semifinal game against El Paso Bel Air High School on April 13.

March 28 - Stay Day Students, teachers and local businesses sell food, jewelry and more at the March 28 Stay Day, raising money for profit and for charity.

Photo by Terry Quinn

Photo by Daniel Hinson

Photo by Reyna Hernandez

Photo by Meital Boim

Photo by Terry Quinn

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A Year in Review

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The Wildcat TalesMay 24, 2012 Volume LXVI Senior Tribute

Editors-in-ChiefDaniel HinsonEilie Strecker

Online Editors-in-ChiefDiva GulatiMadison McDaniel

Copy EditorMeital Boim

Editorial EditorMaelyn Schramm

Layout EditorMeaghan Pulliam

Business ManagerAmber Robinson

Adviser Terry Quinn

April 3 - Tornado locks down district Students, faculty, and staff had to duck and cover for a tornado that put the district in lock down from 2:25 until 4:00p.m. on April 3. “As unpredictable as such conditions can be, I am ultimately relieved that all students were safe as we observed severe weather procedures,” interim superintendent Richard Matkin said.

May 25 - Blood drive The annual Carter blood drive takes place Friday, May 25 in the gymnasium. In order to encourage adults to attend, adults have priority in line. Door prizes donated by local businesses are meant to encourage students to donate. “It’s important for people to participate because hospitals and clinics always are in need of blood,” senior Farah Balsara said. “As healthy individuals we should do whatever possible to help those in need. Donating blood is an easy way to help others tremendously.”Contribution by Stephanie Jabri

June 4 - Graduation The senior class of 2012 graduates at the Dallas Convention Center at 7:30 p.m.

April 17 - Senior orchestra tribute“I remember last year watching the seniors and it was very emotional for me, so I mean just being able to do that this year is a nice way to end my senior year and like not really say goodbye but blow out the candle and signify my ending here,” senior Adelina Sun said.

“It was very emotional. I didn’t expect to be sad, I expected the

piece to be more nostalgic and sentimental than sad. But when I went to blow out the candle it all kind of hit me; that in a couple of months I would never play with those people again, or in my case probably never play again. Orchestra had come to be a big part in my life and in that moment I felt like I was having to say goodbye,” senior Ryan Brown-Moreno said.

April May June

April 17-20 - DECA International Conference Seven seniors attend and compete in the DECA International Career and Development Conference (ICDC) in Salt Lake City, Utah.

May 3-4 - Sing 2012 “Sing is always a big show, it’s a lot of work. It’s a lot of fun after you finish stuff like that, you start working as a team and start picking each other up. You really need that family connection for it to work out, and I feel like it worked out this year. I feel like we had a great year, it’s really emotional when you get down to the last night, and it’s a lot of fun to hear everybody screaming and going crazy, different chants and stuff like that. It’s a lot of fun smiling back stage and messing around, having a good time and watching other people enjoy the show you worked so hard to put together,” Senior Reid McDuff said.

April 12-14 - Planoette Spring Show The Planoette Spring Show is a three-night show featuring dances that portrays different forms of entertainment.

"Planoettes were such a great experience. I met so many amazing people and learned so much. I am glad I got to be a part of the team and will never forget my senior year," captain senior Maddeline Kinnaird said.

"Planoettes have given so many opportunities for our whole team to not only grow in our dancing, but our friendship as

well. As a class, all the senior Planoettes have grown so close and have shared memories like the super bowl and two national championships. Our spring show was really special because it was our last time dancing together," senior lieutenant senior Courtney Weisell said.

April 27 - Relay for Life To raise awareness and funds for cancer research, students participated at Relay for Life, an annual overnight community event. Custer’s Last Band, featuring social studies teachers Matt Cone, Scott Fenney, Jeff Brooks, Joe Snider and Jason Barton, performed on stage until nearly midnight.

April 13 - One-act play The One-act play The Cripple of Innishman advances to area UIL after competing at the regional and district levels. “When we perform it over again and again, we discover new things about our character that we didn’t know before,” senior Kat Imwalle said. “This makes them more like new people. It progresses in that way and becomes more complex because you get all of your character quirks.”

April 21 - Prom Prom is held at South Fork Ranch April 21. The senior class selected an enchanted forest theme.

May 10, 11 - Spettacolo The Plano Percussion performs Elyssium in its annual Spettacolo show. Drummers from the central cluster perform different selections in their ensembles.

Photo by Kelsey Young

Photo by Meital Boim

May 10 - Mr. Arp named teacher of the yearTheater teacher Greg Arp is named secondary teacher of the year at an honorary gala. “This is a huge honor, to be nominated not only just for your school but also for the whole district, it’s a pretty amazing accomplishment and feeling to know that you’re respected by your peers so well,” Arp said. “I absolutely did not see this coming, when you work with 6000, to be chosen is pretty amazing.”

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May 24, 2012 Senior TribuTe Plano Senior HigH ScHool Plano, TX, uSa