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MLK ART CONTEST SEMIFINALISTS AND FINALISTS
Finalists:
- Nisha Shastry, Gulledge Elementary School
- Sannidhi Bhat, Daffron Elementary School
- Vera Tsai, Schimelpfenig Middle School
Winner:
- Grace Xu, Plano Senior High School
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Clark High School Dance
Dance performance by Clark High School dance students under the direction of Clark High School Dance and Drill Team Director Kara Rogers and Assistant Director Allyson Wallace. Dancers perform to What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. Performers are:
- Captain Nicole Hutchinson
- First Lieutenant Lindsey Willmann
- Lieutenant Kim Torten Rabinowitz
- Lieutenant Reese McDonald
- Lieutenant Cassandra Lopez
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Murphy Middle School Orchestra
The Murphy Middle School Symphony Orchestra performs Memories by Maroon 5 featuring Pachelbel. The orchestra is under the direction of Murphy Band Director Brian Henson.
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Plano West Senior High Dance Company
The Plano West Senior High School dance company students Ana Atencio Bustamante, dance company captain, and Cassidy Williams, dance company co-captain, performed and choreographed their performance to Light by Sleeping at Last under the direction of Plano West Dance Director Chloe Hills.
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Speech: Collaborative Performance
"Stronger Together" is a student speech collaborative performance under the direction of Plano Senior High Speech Teacher Stef Cambra,
Student participants are Isabelle Azmoodeh, Plano Senior High; Julia Lin,Plano Senior High; Nayla Morshed, Vines High School; Duncan South, Plano Senior High; and Kate Tucker, Clark High School.
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Grand Finale: Plano Senior High Choir & Dance
Event Finale - Together
We hope you enjoyed the week-long virtual event honoring Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and our community's rich diversity. We also thank all those who made the event possible.
This musical finale video features the Plano Senior High School choir and dance students, under the direction of Danny Lozano and Clorese Porter, performing Together, written by Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Ran Jackson, Ricky Jackson and Kirk Franklin.
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Meghna Alluri, Skaggs Elementary School
Title: Celebrate Together
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Sannidhi Bhat, Daffron Elementary School
Title: Plano ISD Celebrating Together
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Nathan Flores, Daffron Elementary School
Title: Celebrating Together
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Amari Knight, Mitchell Elementary School
Title: Untitled
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Avanti Sathe, Mitchell Elementary School
Title: Untitled
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Raif Siddique, Hunt Elementary School
Title: Let’s Celebrate Plano ISD
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Anirudh Sivanandam, Stinson Elementary School
Title: Plano ISD Celebrating Together
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Caleb Thathiah, Dooley Elementary School
Title: Plano ISD is a Community
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Recognition of Diversity Leadership Nominees and Winners
In this event video, Brad Roth, 2020-21 Plano ISD Diversity Advisory Committee Chair, has the honor of recognizing the 2021 Diversity Leadership Award nominees and winners.
Each year, this prestigious award program works to honor not only the great leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but also the many truly inspiring leaders in our own community. This award is coordinated annually by the Plano ISD Diversity Advisory Committee to recognize community members, staff and students who have shown leadership and commitment in fostering and promoting harmony, respect, acceptance and understanding among the beautifully diverse cultures within this community. Congratulations to the winners and nominees.
Winners:
- 2021 Community Diversity Leadership Award winners: Sonja Brock and Chris Utley
- 2021 Plano ISD Diversity Leadership Award winner: Brian Lyons
- 2021 Plano ISD Student Diversity Leadership Award winner: Tanaz Muhamed
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Plano ISD 2020 Elementary Teacher of the Year is Jacqueline Rosenquist, Hughston Elementary fifth grade teacher. "knowing about diversity at such a young age allows you to learn about perspective. We have students of different backgrounds, languages, cultures and that's something to embrace."
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Plano ISD 2020 Secondary Teacher of the Year is Jonathan Cao is Band Director Vines High School. "Diversity is valued in our community. In our classroom diversity is celebrated in that every student's story is valued no matter where they come from. Our students learn everyday in band that the things that make us different are precisely the things that contribute to the feel and success of our group."
