October 27, 2017 Volume 6: Issue 9 Palestine Independent School District Wildcat Weekly Inside this issue: Fine Arts 2 Athletics 3 from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall Campus Happenings 4-9 TACE 10-13 Looking Forward 14 DISTRICT EVENTS Friday, October 27 7:30p Varsity Football vs. Chapel Hill (Away) Saturday, October 28 Cross Country Thank you PISD staff for the Passion and Energy you show to Students! The UIL Region III 4A Cross Country Meet came to an exciting end this week, with the PHS Wildcat Boys Cross Country Team winning the Regional Championship for the first time in the school s history. The team will compete at the State Meet in Round Rock on Saturday, November 4th. ACT Test @ PHS 8:00a PHS TSI Testing 2p and 7p Alice in Wonderland Sunday, October 29 2:00p Alice in Wonderland Thursday, November 2 5:00p 9th/JV Football vs. Carthage (Away) Junior High (Home) 5:00p Girls 9th/JV/V Basketball Franklin Scrimmage Friday, November 3 End 2nd Six Weeks 7:30p Varsity Football vs. Carthage (Home) Senior Night Saturday, November 4 Volleyball The PHS Ladycat Volleyball Team will play Robinson in the Bi-District round of the playoffs at 6:00 pm on Monday, October 30th at Leon High School. Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3 for students. 8:00a PHS TSI Testing 8:30a Cross Country State Meet @ Round Rock Girls JV/V Basketball Brownsboro Scrimmage 10:00a Boys Basketball John Tyler Scrimmage 7:00p Alice in Wonderland Fall 2017 Lunch in the Lounge Happy Fall!
P a ge 2 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 Fine Arts Director of Fine Arts: Rhonda Herrington
P a ge 3 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 Go Wildcats Athletic Director: Robby Clark Palestine Athletics Welcome back, Wildcat fans! We are excited to kick off the new school year with a full athletic calendar. Our student athletes Cross Country: have worked hard in preparation for the new season. Cross Country is ready for their first meet in Union Grove The Boys on Saturday, Cross Country Volleyball Team competed is in full at swing Regionals with in the Huntsville varsity this team week competing and came in the Groesbeck tournament today and tomorrow, away with Team the UIL Tennis 4A Region hosted III Championship their first home in dominating match of fashion. the season Their on next Thursday, stop is and varsity football will kick off their Round season Rock for on the September State Meet 1 st on versus November Mabank. 4th. We We are encourage extremely proud our fans of these to come out and support all our fall sports. As young a reminder, men as they please did a don t tremendous forget Meet job in the representing Wildcats, PISD. Monday, This is August the first 28 time th, 7:00 p.m., Wildcat Gym! We look forward to in introducing school history our the football, boys have cross won a country, Regional fall Cross tennis, Country and Championship. volleyball teams, as well as student trainers, band members, PHS Cross cheerleaders Country Regional and Results: Kik Kats. 2nd Representatives Place-Luis Rangel; from 4th Place-Cristian the PISD Athletic Guzman; Booster Club will be available, also, to answer 5th Place-Michael any questions Guzman; you 26th may Place-Daniel have about Sanchez; memberships 43rd Place-Francis and volunteer Sis; opportunities. For 50th up Place-Garrett to date information, Bowden; 51st schedules, Place-Cristian and upcoming Castillo. events, Coach John please Absalom visit the Athletic webpage at www.palestineschools.org, Departments, Athletics. The Girls Cross Country Team wrapped up their season this week as the team competed in the Regional meet for the 12th year in a row! The girls pushed hard and tried to compete but other teams had a lead against us. We ended up finishing in 20th place. WE Leading WILL the PUT Ladycats FOOTBALL was Isabel SCRIMMAGE A. Garcia, followed INFO HERE.COACH by Yarizeth Garcia, ROBINSON Iris Chavez, IS Ashley WORKING Davis, ON Yasmine THAT.. Cuevas, Jennifer Aguilar, and Laura Cabrera. Coach Luis Hernandez In Volleyball action: Volleyball: The The Ladycats Volleyball played Team Pittsburg will play at home Robinson last in Friday the Bi-District night in round their of first the home game of the season. JVB lost a tough match playoffs in at 3 6:00 ( 25-13, pm on 18-25, Monday, 11-15). October JVA 30th defeated Leon Pittsburg High School. (25-22, Ticket 22-25, prices 25-23)! are The Varsity girls lost in three (20-25, 17-25, $5 17-25). for adults Faith and Newman $3 for students. picked up Coach 22 digs. Janae McKenzie Evans King had 22 assists. Destiny Mathews had 10 kills while Shayla Arthur added 8 kills. The Ladycats will resume play in the Eustace tournament playing at 9 am vs. Mabank in the Championship bracket. Tennis: The The Ladycats Palestine Tennis hosted Team Alba-Golden lost to Taylor Tuesday 10-3 last night. Thursday The JVB in the team area fought hard in a 3 game match, but came up short (25-20, round 21-25, of the 23-25). Class 3A-Region Our JVA team III playoffs. won in We exciting faced a fashion very tough coming and talented from behind Taylor in the 3rd set to win (15-25, 25-16, 25-20)! Our team varsity but I am girls so showed proud of the heart way and our fight players in their competed, 5 game never match gave with in and Alba-Golden. played as We came up short, but very proud of the hard effort as they the could girls to gave the end. (26-24, Monique 15-25, Ybarra 25-23, won 22-25, both 12-15). her matches. We will be playing in the Groesbeck tournament this Friday and The Saturday! combination of Monique and Camryn Lupo won the girls' No. 1 doubles match 6-1, 6-1. Monique then came back and played her best match of the fall, getting a 6-0, 6-0 win in the No. 1 girls' singles spot. The other Palestine win came from the mixed doubles team of Edgar Ayala and Serena Coker, 6-4, 6-1. The Tennis Teams held tough in most of the matches, including four matches that went to a third-set tiebreaker, but just fell short in each one of those. The Palestine Tennis Team thanks everyone for the support we have had this fall and we will get back to work in preparation for our spring season. Coach Scott Tyler Football: The Wildcat Junior Varsity Team competed well last night. The final score was Palestine Wildcats 20 and Chapel Hill bulldogs 42. The outstanding offensive players were Tre Calhoun and Camron Spurlock scoring 1 touch down each. The outstanding defensive player was Zaquoriance Johnson with multiple tackles and a score. The Wildcats will travel to Carthage on November 2nd. The game will start at 7:00 pm. Coach Darold Turner The Wildcat Varsity Team is back in action tonight after a week off. The team will travel to play Chapel Hill at Bulldog Stadium. Kickoff at 7:30 pm.
P a ge 4 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart Mr. Florence s class studying to become Certified Clinical Medical Assistants Robotics students preparing their VEX robots for competition Mr. Sylvester s class studiously taking notes Mr. Cotton s class making cabinets Mrs. Nichols class studying how to measure distance between points on a line Essay writing in Mr. Harmon s class
Page 5 Wildcat Weekly Volume 6: Issue 9 Palestine Junior High School Principal: Stephen Cooksey Mrs. Sanchez s 8th grade Science students working on chemical reactions with vinegar and baking soda Mrs. Henry s students work on correcting grammar posters. They hope to improve their sentence structures with all their strategies. Students and staff enjoyed dressing up during Red Ribbon Week.
P a ge 6 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 A.M. Story Intermediate Principal: Jaime Clark Red Ribbon Week Students enjoyed dress up days during Red Ribbon Week. Students having fun learning in Kagan Interactive Groups
Page 7 Wildcat Weekly Volume 6: Issue 9 Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla FIRST TEE PROGRAM Southside students enjoyed the morning at Wildcat Golf Course as part of the First Tee Program. The First Tee programs are designed around teaching young people the game of golf, as well as helping them understand and ultimately develop The First Tee Nine Core Values: Honesty, Integrity, Sportsmanship, Respect, Confidence, Responsibility, Perseverance, Courtesy, and Judgement.
P a ge 8 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton WatchDOG and Air Force veteran Ricky Whitney participated in the flag raising ceremony with Mrs. Lupo s class. The cast of Alice in Wonderland performed for a delighted Northside audience. Current and former Northside students from the cast and crew of Alice in Wonderland 1st Grade Launch students learn about aerodynamics from Palestine High School students. 1st Graders began their skating unit in PE this week.
P a ge 9 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley Hula Hoops, Singing, Dancing, & Good Times at the Sock Hop! Library time is very important on our campus.
P a ge 10 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 PALESTINE ISD TACE Northside Primary TACE Center Spending time with Mr. Hooe burning off energy
P a ge 11 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 PALESTINE ISD TACE Southside Elementary TACE Center Mrs. Garcia s TACE class read an article about Legos and then got to try them out. Thursday morning Sight Word BINGO!
P a ge 12 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 PALESTINE ISD TACE Palestine Junior High School TACE STEM Center TACE Robotics
P a ge 13 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 PALESTINE ISD TACE Palestine High School TACE College and Career Readiness Center A&P students identifying bone structures Art Club display Studying Science
P a ge 14 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 9 Looking Forward Oct-Nov 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 8:30a Boys & Girls Cross Country Regional Meet @ SHSU 5:00p Junior High Lunch in Lounge for Staff (Northside & PJHS during campus lunch times) 5:00p 9th/JV/V Lunch in Lounge for Staff (Southside & PHS during campus lunch times) Lunch in Lounge for Staff (WECC & Story during campus lunch times) 5:00p 9th/JV Foot- 7:30p Varsity Football vs. Chapel Hill (Away) ACT Test @ PHS 8:00a PHS TSI Testing 2p and 7p Alice in Wonderland 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 2:00p Alice in Wonderland 5:00p 9th/JV Football vs. Carthage (Away) Junior High (Home) 5:00p Girls 9th/JV/V Basketball Franklin Scrimmage End 2 nd Six Weeks 7:30p Varsity Football vs. Carthage (Home) Senior Night 8:00a PHS TSI Testing 8:30a Cross Country State Meet @ Round Rock Girls JV/V Basketball Brownsboro Scrimmage 10:00a Boys Basketball John Tyler Scrimmage 7:00p Alice in Wonderland 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Begin 3rd Six Weeks 7a-7p Anderson County Election 4:30p Girls JV/V Basketball @ Carthage Veterans Day Programs 9:00a - PHS 9:30a - WECC Veterans Day Programs 8:30a - Southside 9:00a - Northside Story - 4th grd 8:45a 5th grd 9:30a 6th grd 1:30p PJHS - 2:00p 5:00p 9th/JV Football vs. Henderson (Home) Junior High (Away) Flex Day 7:30p Varsity Football vs. Henderson (Away) 5:00p Girls 9th/JV Basketball vs. Lindale (Home) Veterans Day Girls 9th/JV Basketball Corsicana Tournament 10:00a Boys Basketball Bullard/Eustace Scrimmage Girls 9th/JV Basketball Corsicana Tournament 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4:30p Girls 9th/JV/V Basketball @ Rusk 5:00p Boys 9th/JV/V Basketball vs. Huntington (Home) Girls 9th/JV Basketball Wildcat Classic Tournament 4:30p Girls 9th/JV/V Basketball vs. Lufkin-Hudson (Home) 5:00p Boys 9th/JV/V Basketball @ Lindale Girls 9th/JV Basketball Wildcat Classic Tournament