It s Contagious! Wildcat Weekly. Message from Palestine ISD Board President, Wade Hobbs

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1 OCTOBER 11, 2013 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 7 Palestine Independent School District INSIDE THE ISSUE: Athletics Palestine high school Palestine Junior High A.M Story Intermediate school Southside Elementary School Northside Primary School Washington Early Childhood Center Support Service Palestine ISD will be closed for students and staff on Monday, October 14, 2013 in observance of the Columbus Day holiday. Enjoy the three day weekend! Produced by Palestine High School Printing and Imaging Technology: Ana Balderas Rozi Balderas I caught myself one day, after a football game, standing with the rest of the crowd with my finger wagging in the air to the PHS school song. Where I grew up in Georgia, we did not have a tradition like this one. My first few times going to a PHS football game I was taken aback and wondered what all these folks were doing. Now I catch myself doing it also. It s not so just the school song and the finger wagging tradition that are contagious however. PISD is Wildcat Weekly Message from Palestine ISD Board President, Wade Hobbs It s Contagious! contagious also. With our desire to be a world class academic organization we are seeing people catch on that PISD is a great place to be. They are getting excited about our new facilities, our top notch college readiness and our career and technology education. If you are in the area and want your child to get a great education, PISD is the place. It is such a joy to be able to serve with such a great team and to see the tremendous opportunities our young people have at PISD.

2 Go Wildcats Palestine Athletics Lance Angel: Athletic Director The Varsity Football team has a Bye this week. The football team has battled through 6 games and goes into the Bye at 4-2. District play will begin next week as the Wildcats travel to Rusk. he Wildcats defeated Pittsburg on Friday night 32-0 Football CROSS COUNTRY Next Week s Schedule Saturday, October 12th Cross Fairfield Tuesday, October 15 th Volleyball here vs Mexia Wed., October 16 th Girls Basketball Practice Begins Thursday, October 17 th Freshman and JV Football here vs Rusk Thursday, October 17 th Jr High Rusk Friday October 18 th Varsity Rusk Friday, October 18 th Rusk Two hard fought loses and victories tonight. 7th B-Team (L 6-7) 7th A-Team (W 26-0) 8th B-Team (L 0-12) 8th A-Team (W 38-6) 7th Grade Player of the Game: Miguel Alejo 8th Grade Player of the Game: Waylon Nickerson Both Junior High A-Teams are 5-0 going into District Competition next week against Rusk. WALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEROMONY Adrian Peterson Sandra Cummings-Glover

3 Palestine High School William Stewart: Principal Texas State Fair - Ag Mechanics Competition Lane Derr, Bryce Newman, Kacee Newman Matt Channault, Jakob Grabiel, Jimmie Lovelady Palestine High School FFA students competed in the Texas Stafe Fair Ag Mechanic Competition in Dallas, Texas. Lane Derr, Bryce Newman, and Kacee Newman were awarded 3rd in class for their Cowboy Cooker entry. Matt Channault, Jakob Grabiel, and Jimmie Lovelady were awarded 2nd in class for their Tri-pod Deer Feeder entry. Congratulations students on your hard work. Blood Drive HOMECOMING QUEEN AND KING Palestine High School Student Council sponsored a blood drive Thursday. Carter Blood Care from Tyler arrived before school began and started setting up their equipment in the gym. By the end of the day, with overwhelming generousity, there were over 135 participants demonstrating their commitment to the community. We re proud of the heartfelt dedication of all those who shared of themselves. Janice Magee, Chanel Calhoun, Jessica Gandy Sam Coker, Tony Butler, Sharlene Johnson

4 Palestine Junior High Larissa Loveless: Principal PEP RALLY Our Kids had a blast at the JH Homecoming week Pep Rally. Our Color Guard Performed in zombie costume and make-up and our 8 th Grade students had a dance off. Cyber Safety Madison Munoz Cross Country This week we had the privilege of having Mr. Matt Tibbett s at our school to present a Cyber Safety Presentation. The kids had a Blast and even gave him a standing ovation. Madison Munoz shows off her periodic table project for Ms. Killgo s class. Students had to choose a chemical and make a presentation. She chose Chlorine. Our Cross Country Students had a Cross Country meet in Grapeland Wednesday and did a great Job. PJHS Students show off their spirit during Homecoming week.

5 A.M. Story Intermediate School Amanda Jackson: Principal TACE Program Our TACE after-school program is well underway. Students and teachers are enjoying the additional learning opportunities this grant provides us. Additionally, our parents have been involved as well. At the first parent meeting, Michelle Deal and Tupac Alcauter presented information about the program and helped parents complete an informational survey. This survey helps us offer programs and events that our parents feel would be of the most benefit to them. This week, our parents attended an interactive meeting. Mrs. Luce, our counselor, assisted our parents with accessing Skyward and navigating our district s webpage. Aloha, Ohana! Reading teachers recently celebrated the end of the first six weeks with a luau-themed DEAR time. Students wore their favorite Hawaiian styled shirt, along with leis and flip-flops. Story Style, Wildcat Way Story students enjoyed celebrating Homecoming. We love our Wildcats! PTA Activities Story PTA held its first meeting of the new year. It was well attended. Discussion was given regarding membership drive, fundraising event, and elections of officers. A great meal of pizza was also served. Our PTA is a definite asset to our campus. We appreciate their continued support of our activities.

6 Southside Elementary school Stephen Cooksey: Principal o Students are Diving into Learning at Southside Elementary! NUMBERS BUZZ! Numbers are still the BUZZ around Southside. Show me the money! This week our 3 rd grade students were solving addition and subtraction problems with number lines and money. Awesome Job!! Bloggies and Board Games Our GT students have been creating their very own Board Games and creating their own blogs!! Super Cool! Southside students were working hard this week to Keep The Beat in Music Class Super fun time! Keep the Beat! ELA Foldables Our 2 nd grade students have been creating Foldables for ELA this week.

7 Northside Primary School Barbara Dutton: Principal Change for Student Drop-offs and Pick-ups Beginning October 17, Northside will switch locations for buses and parents to drop off and pick up students. Buses will now use the Hwy. 155 front entrance to the campus to drop off and pick up students and parents will use the back entrance. During drop-off and pick-up hours, parents will turn west on Turner Drive between the Heritage Apartments and Champion Dodge then turn right to Old Brushy Creek Road to reach the back Northside entrance. FIRE PREVENTION Northside Primary students enjoyed a Fire Prevention Program at the Palestine Civic Center this week. Community Helpers CRIME PREVENTION Crime prevention was a part of the fire prevention program. Little Firefighter

8 Washington Early Childhood Center Rhonda Herrington: Principal PICTURE WITH SPARKY HIGH FIVE TO SPARKY Mrs. Hardin s class taking a picture with Sparky. FIRE SAFETY It is so important to teach children about fire safety. Fire safety needs to occur year round and with the help of our Palestine Fire Department it has become a priority through their annual Fire Prevention Program. The firefighters and Sparky helped the WECC students pay special attention to fire safety. Thanks to our Palestine Fire Fighters for reinforcing these basic concepts of fire safety to our students. They learned to call 911 for emergencies, the importance of having smoke detectors in your home, stop, drop and roll, crawling low under the smoke, do not play with matches, and many other important fire safety facts. STOP, DROP, AND ROLL Jakobe demonstrates the correct way to STOP, DROP, and ROLL as Mr. Carrizales class practices their fire safety. CRAWLING LOW Students practice crawling low when you see smoke and touching the door handle to see if it is COLD or HOT to either know to proceed out the door slowly or find another exit route.

9 Palestine ISD Support Services We started the Weekend Backpack program back up again this week. We meet the truck from East Texas Food Bank at the Court Drive Church of Christ, unload the back packs onto pick up trucks and transport over to Lone Pine Baptist Church to store until they are delivered on Friday to the schools in Anderson County. We had volunteers from the High School to help us out yesterday. Thank you to Jarrell Owens, Sheldon Watson and Brian Gummelt for helping us yesterday and to Coach Corb for driving them to the church. Your help was very much appreciated. NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK As a reminder, next week 10/14 10/18 is National School Lunch Week. We have posters up at all schools in the cafeterias. We will be serving some Texas favorites, like biscuits & gravy for breakfast and lunches will include Frito Pie (Frito s are made in Plano Texas) and Chicken Fried Steak. We will also have posters up of the local product we receive from our supplier Hardies, up in every cafeteria. Receiving local produce not only helps our local farmers, but it means the produce gets to us quickly and ensures freshness. Stop by and look at the poster showing the local Texas farms. You might be surprised how close some of them really are.

10 October Looking Forward PISD closed for Columbus Day Holiday :00 pm PISD Regular Board Meeting 6:00 pm Story TACE Parent Workshop 5:00 pm PJH Volleyball vs Groesbeck (Away) 10:00 am Cross Country District Fairfield 6:00 pm PHS TACE Parent Meeting 5:00 pm PJH Football vs Groesbeck (Home) 7:00 pm Football vs Groesbeck (Home) ACT Test at PHS Wildcat Band in Hot Pepper Festival