The Student Newspaper of Plano West Senior High School

The Plano West BluePrints

The Student Newspaper of Plano West Senior High School

The Plano West BluePrints

The Student Newspaper of Plano West Senior High School

The Plano West BluePrints

Standardized Testing Opportunities in The Spring Semester

Standardized Testing Opportunities in The Spring Semester

Ansley Denison, Staff Writer March 3, 2023

The spring semester includes an extensive calendar of standardized testing options for Plano West students to attend. Understanding the deadlines to apply for each test is important to maximize your academic...

Syncopation Sings Their Way to Semis

Syncopation Sings Their Way to Semis

Alyssa Royston, Co-Editor in Chief March 3, 2023

Syncopation, the school’s mixed a cappella group, took first place at ICHSA (International Competition of High School A Cappella) Southwest Region’s Quarter Finals on February 4th, earning them a spot...

Shes The First Hosts Their First Meeting

She’s The First Hosts Their First Meeting

Wilmal Stewart, Staff Writer March 3, 2023

She’s The First Club hosted their first meeting in room B208 after school on Tuesday, Feb. 14. She’s The First is a non-profit organization that aims to help girls all over the world get a better...

Puffs Show Theatre Review

Puffs Show Theatre Review

Hadia Khatri, Editor-in-Chief February 23, 2023

Theatre’s ‘Puffs’ show focuses on the lesser-known Hufflepuffs in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World throughout her Harry Potter series. The show was wonderfully executed and drew on the importance...

Politics For Teens: A Revitalization for Discourse.

Politics For Teens: A Revitalization for Discourse.

Ian Pauken February 22, 2023

Politics for Teens is a club formed out of the passion for awareness. It’s a place for students to meet up together and learn about the world.  “When we first started the club, we really just wanted...

Katie Chou, 11, and her grandma shares a photo while Katie is in a Qi Pao passed down to her.

Thrifting Through Generations; Redefining the Meaning of Old Clothing

Katie Chou, Staff Writer February 22, 2023

“‘Catch girls like you catch fish,’ that’s a slogan from my great grandpa's trucker hat, and now it's my favorite item,” said Aby Corbin, senior. Aby, like many young people, has found a new...

Environmental Club Expands Community Garden

Environmental Club Expands Community Garden

Alyssa Royston, Co-Editor in Chief February 22, 2023

The Environmental Club met on January 23rd near the SAC to expand their community butterfly garden. The 200 square foot butterfly garden was first built last March to protect and preserve the natural...

Model UN Prepares For First Major 2023 Conference

Model UN Prepares For First Major 2023 Conference

Katie Chou, Staff Writer January 26, 2023

Plano West Model UN Club is preparing to host one of the biggest Model United Nations conferences in DFW at the end of January. With less than 3 weeks until this two-day conference, club officers take...

Preparing for Puffs

Preparing for Puffs

Izzy Nielsen, Staff Writer January 18, 2023

The highly anticipated Plano West Theatre winter play comes to the stage late January. Performing the Harry Potter spinoff “Puffs,” the cast and crew has worked nonstop since November to make this...

Blaire Bayless, senior, poses for her All-America profile headshot.

Blaire Bayless Competes in All-America Volleyball Game

Alyssa Royston, Co-Editor in Chief January 18, 2023

Blaire Bayless, senior, competed in the All-America Volleyball Game, consisting of twenty-six of the nation’s best high school players, on January 2nd, 2023 in Orlando, Florida. “Being alongside some...

Alexa Berrios, Wilmal Stewart, Alyssa Royston, and Emma Jacobs attend the Power of Words and March for Our Lives Dallas Meeting

Club Collaborations Create Opportunities for Students 

Wilmal Stewart, Staff Writer December 6, 2022

The Power of Words club collaborated with non-profit organization, March for Our Lives Dallas, to write heartwarming letters to Uvalde victims on Nov. 17 during A and B lunch. Power of Words is a club...

Tackling Midterms: Tips to Prepare and Stay Organized During Exam Season

Tackling Midterms: Tips to Prepare and Stay Organized During Exam Season

Alyssa Royston, Co Editor in Chief December 5, 2022

As the 2022 Fall semester comes to a close, students are scrambling to relearn course curriculum in preparation for midterms, and without structure, this can feel incredibly overwhelming. Luckily, there...

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