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Vision and Legacies Audition Results are in!  Please see the results below.  Thanks for all who auditioned!

2025-26 Vision Dance Company

2025-26 Legacies Dance Team

TMEA Regional Band Competition:  Please take a look at the results from our TMEA Phase 2 auditions! We had nearly 90 students participating today, which is cause for celebration in itself. Of those 90 students auditioning, 60 earned positions in the Region 32 band!! This is an increase of 11 students from 2023 and one of the highest totals you will find in the state -- we are so proud of our band members' hard work. 

We also congratulate our 25 band members who advanced to the Area round of the TMEA All-State auditions in January. These 25 students ranked at the top of their rooms to earn the chance to compete against the top musicians from South Austin and San Antonio for a position in the Texas All-State Band.  

Seven Leadership Development Event teams from the Vandegrift FFA Chapter competed at the Area XII LDE contest on Saturday and will have three teams advancing to the Texas FFA State Contest in December!  Leadership Development Events focus on creating situations for members to demonstrate their abilities in public speaking, decision making, communication and their knowledge of agriculture and the FFA organization. 

Senior Chapter Conducting - 1st , State Qualifier (Campbell Jordan, Taylor Anderson, Kate Simpson, Avery Childs, Brooke Cox, Rachel Mapes, Mrs.Tidwell)

Junior Agricultural Skills Demonstration - 1st, State Qualifier 

(Yuva Vishnu, Kolton Kirk, Jenna Bennett)

Senior Agricultural Skills Demonstration - 2nd, State Qualifier

(Jude brown, Jason Dubinsky, Sviatoslav Friauf)

Senior FFA Quiz - 6th

(Lydia Milan, Olivia Zook, Emily Wolkind, Emily Mullens)

Public Relations - 7th (Shaelee Peterson, Victoria Reed-Roberson, Claire Downs)

FFA broadcasting - 7th

(Madi Slack, Lauren Hogue, Yahya Abdalla)

Senior Creed - 10th (Campbell Jordan)

Congratulations to all our students who auditioned for the TMEA Region Orchestra last night. We are so proud of everyone who prepared diligently for this audition and the upcoming auditions in December.

A special congratulations to the following students for earning positions in the Region Orchestra. Students who advanced to TMEA Area are marked below as well.

Alexis Heroux, 11th grade, Flute *1st Chair (AREA)

Tibbie Mustacchia, 11th grade, Oboe, 2nd Chair (AREA)

Luke Xu, 10th grade, Bb Clarinet, *1st Chair

Francisco Ardilla, 12th grade, Bb Clarinet, 3rd Chair

James Park, 12th grade, Bassoon, *1st Chair (AREA)

Gabby Ng, 12th grade, Bassoon, 2nd Chair (AREA)

Myameen Zaidi, 12th grade, Bassoon, 3rd Chair

Anthony Kunz, 12th grade, Trumpet, 2nd Chair (AREA)

Jonas Heath, 12th grade, Trumpet, 3rd Chair (AREA)

Sam Kim, 12th grade, Percussion, *1st Chair (AREA)

Ninaad Nair, 12th grade, Piano, 11th Chair (AREA)

Way to go!! We look forward to our next round of TMEA auditions in December.

Congratulations to the Viper Band and Vision Dance Company on winning the Silver Medal at the UIL 6A State Marching Contest. Band and Vision had incredible performances in both the preliminary contest and finals and tied Lewisville Hebron High School for the Gold Medal. In the end, the tie was broken in for Hebron. This is Vandegrift's fourth medal in four years, with the senior class taking home the Silver in 2021, Gold in 2022, and Gold in 2023. We are so proud of our students for their accomplishments this season and for rallying in the face of a leadership transition. Go Vipers!

The National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) named senior Aisha Rashid's feature Story of the Year out of 10 national finalists from high school student media, including print and online news and yearbooks. They announced her article recounting graduate Afnan Gabir's experience fleeing her home of war-torn Sudan during the NSPA national convention in Philadelphia as the first place feature Nov 9. The piece has also won honorable mention from the Texas Interscholastic Press Association and Best of SNO (Student News Online). Co-editor-in chief, Rashid also was awarded with their NSPA Leadership Award alongside co-editors Julia Bychowski, Katherine Dale, Rylie Lockerman, and Seiya Mutreja.  Read her award-winning article at VandegriftVoice.com.  The NSPA also recognized the Voice staff with honorable mention for their use of social media and multimedia.

Congratulations to Vandegrift FFA's first ever LDE Sweepstakes!  Click here to read more about this exciting achievement!

Congrats to our newest Microsoft Office Specialists!  Here is a special note from our BIM teachers.

Students- we have created a new academic feedback form.  Please use this if you would like to anonymously provide feedback about an academic concern.  

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