Successful students make successful schools— which make thriving communities. Everyone benefits when you support students! Here are little known facts about PSHS traditions written by parents for parents:. Tuesday, November 16 W.
Full calendar. It is our honor to provide information that helps YOU stay in touch with the many activities and opportunities at Plano Senior High. Your support and involvement are key building blocks for a successful year! Join our teachers, staff, students and other parents to Strengthen the Wildcat Nation!! This number exceeds the on-site enrollment of Plano Senior High because the official enrollment of each senior high school also includes the enrollment of each of its feeder school s.
Ninth and tenth graders who are good enough to compete at the varsity level of a sport may be bused to the senior high school to compete in varsity sports, therefore becoming part of the senior high's talent pool.
The number can be fractional because Jasper High School, one of Plano's feeder schools, is also a feeder school for Plano West Senior High School , and therefore the enrollment is split. Athletics Football A small group of Plano boys formed an unofficial football team in In , the first official high school team was formed.
In , Superintendent C. Walker complained to the local paper, "Do you sleep well at night when you know your boy is on the streets kicking a football? However, the First World War cancelled all athletics, as there were not enough men to field any teams.
By , athletics programs had been re-established, and a mascot had been chosen: the Wildcat. The football team completed an undefeated season, and the resulting fervor led to the increased funding of athletics in Plano.
The district allocated funds to purchase a cow pasture for the purpose of playing football and other sports. The pasture was renamed Guy M. Rice Field, after the team's first football coach. By , a "modern" stadium had been built at this site. With the construction of Plano High School in , an accompanying stadium was built, and Rice Field was abandoned.
Clark Field, with a capacity of 14,, is the facility used for most varsity football games today. Kimbrough Stadium, a new stadium in , is also occasionally the site for home games. Most of the town shut down to make the drive to Austin and see the Wildcats win their first state championship.
After the Wildcats won the championship again in , the team was voted Texas Outstanding Football Team. The Plano Varsity football team has gone to nine Texas state championships, as detailed below, and won seven. Plano's seven championships were tied for most in the state along with Brownwood , Celina, and Southlake Carroll until Celina won its eighth in the season.
The tenth graders who were recruited to play at the varsity level during the dismal season became twelfth graders in the season. Partly due to this extra experience, the team completed a perfect 10—0 regular season and went 3—1 in the playoffs, finally being defeated by the eventual state champions, Southlake Carroll Dragons.
Plano lost in the team tennis state finals in , , , and The boys won state titles in , and The girls won in and Music Band An unofficial band was first organized in In , Plano hired University of Arkansas graduate Emmitt Clem, who led the band for twenty-one years and wrote the school song.
The band quickly became widely acclaimed under his direction. The band performed pre-game for the first Dallas Cowboys season and at a nationally televised Cowboys game at the Cotton Bowl in After Clem retired, Charles Forque took over as the band director. Forque brought close friend Doc Severinsen , band leader of " The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ", to the high school every year to play with the band. Even high-performing schools can have disparities between student groups. To understand how well this school serves all its students, review the information below in the Equity section.
Understand what on-track learning looks like for your child and how you can help at home. Equity overview.
Underserved students at this school are performing about as well as other students in the state, but this school may still have achievement gaps. Does this school offer opportunity for all its students, or leave some behind?
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