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Plano ISD graduates will be empowered to:
Proactively adapt to new learning opportunities throughout their lives.
Collaborate with and contribute to the global community.
Be both creative and disciplined in their thinking. 
The Plano ISD Board of Trustees has scheduled a public input session to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 1, at Sockwell Center to hear input from the community about the board's study of a plan referred to as "Option 3" at their last work session. Option 3 proposes to convert Williams High School to an academy for grades 9-12 opening in 2012. Trustees are scheduled to vote on the feeder school alignment at their December 15 meeting. Read details of the Option 3 plan and view recent work session presentations on the district's feeder school alignment website.
Plano ISD’s Diversity Advisory Committee is seeking nominations through December 4 for its Ninth Annual Diversity Leadership Award. Winners will be announced at Plano ISD’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Tribute to be held on January 21, 2010, at Plano Centre. Award nominations for groups and individuals are due on December 4.
Bands, choirs and orchestras are tuning up to present several festive fall and holiday concerts. Theatre troupes are also busy with their fall productions. Visit our district wide competition and events calendar for details.
Jana Fry, Williams High School Humanities and Advanced Placement World History teacher, has captured the "Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities" award from the Texas Humanities / National Endowment for the Humanities. "I have always been drawn to history and cultures," said Ms. Fry. "But I do not teach history, first and foremost, I teach kids. History is simply the vehicle. I love teaching the humanities class because we get to explore all of the cultural aspects of history such as art, music, philosophy and literature.
All textbooks up for adoption will be available for review by the public through January 15, 2010, at the Plano ISD Administration Building. A link to the school district's textbook adoption packet, which outlines the adoption process and includes key dates for adoptions and a comment form, is posted on our website along with a list of subject areas for textbook adoption this year.
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