December 15, 2017 Volume 6: Issue 13 Wildcat Weekly Inside this issue: Athletics Palestine Independent School District 2 from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall Campus Happenings 3-8 TACE 9-13 Looking Forward 14 UIL Academic Competition PISD Elementary and Junior High students competed in the District UIL Academic Competition this week at Athens ISD. Students did a great job of representing Palestine ISD and came home with many medals. (PJHS Pictured) DISTRICT EVENTS Monday, December 18 5:00p Girls JV/V Basketball Thank you to Junior High, High School, & Story Band and Choir students, and to Southside students for spreading Christmas spirit at concerts and by caroling throughout the district and in the community. vs. Whitehouse (Away) 6:00p Regular Board Meeting Tuesday, December 19 5:00p Boys 9th/JV/V Basketball vs. Whitehouse (Away) Thursday, December 21 End 3rd Six Weeks Early Release Early Release s s Friday, December 22 Friday, January 5 Students return to school on Jan 8 Staff Development Day on Jan 5 10 Days Till Christmas! Early Release for the Christmas Holidays on Thursday, December 21 Students return to school on Monday, January 8
P a ge 2 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 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 have worked hard in preparation for the new season. Cross Country is ready for their first meet in Union Grove Boys on Basketball: Saturday, Volleyball is in full swing with the varsity team competing in the Groesbeck tournament today and tomorrow, The Freshmen Team Tennis Boys hosted Basketball their Team first home defeated match the of Brownsboro the season on Thursday, and varsity football will kick off their Bears season Tuesday on September night 1in st versus overtime Mabank. 61-59. We It encourage was thrilling our game fans to come out and support all our fall sports. with D'Marius Sessions scoring the game winning bucket with As 2 a seconds reminder, to please play. don t Elvin forget Calhoun Meet led the all Wildcats, players Monday, with 18 August points 28 th, 7:00 p.m., Wildcat Gym! We look forward to introducing followed by our Sessions football, with cross 15 country, points, MiDarius fall tennis, Barrett and volleyball with 10 teams, as well as student trainers, band members, points and cheerleaders Tawalan and Cook Kik with Kats. 8. Other Representatives scoring players from the included PISD Athletic Booster Club will be available, also, to answer Kemon any Ross questions and Derlundrick you may have Jackson. about memberships Cook and Isiah and Pursley volunteer opportunities. For also up to had date double information, digit rebounds schedules, as and well. upcoming It was a events, great team please effort visit the Athletic webpage at www.palestineschools.org, and an exciting win for Departments, the Wildcats. Athletics. The next game is against Whitehouse on Tuesday, December 19th. JV WE The WILL JV PUT Boys FOOTBALL defeated Laneville SCRIMMAGE 65-20 INFO on HERE.COACH Tuesday. The boys ROBINSON IS WORKING ON THAT.. stormed out to a 51 to 10 lead at halftime. The Wildcat full court press was in effect and the Yellow Jackets couldn't overcome the Wildcats hot shooting. In Volleyball action: Varsity The The Ladycats Wildcats played raced Pittsburg out to a at 10 home point last lead Friday but night couldn't in their hold first on home as the game Yellow of the Jackets season. came JVB back lost and a tough took match the in lead 3 ( in 25-13, the 18-25, 4th quarter 11-15). to JVA come defeated away Pittsburg with a win. (25-22, The 22-25, boys came 25-23)! out The and Varsity played girls with lost a in lot three of energy (20-25, 17-25, behind 17-25). Enoch Faith Newman Fatade's picked 15 points. up 22 Ethan digs. McKenzie Savarese King added had 13 22 and assists. LA Wiggins Destiny scored Mathews 11, had including 10 kills while 2 3 point Shayla Arthur baskets. added The 8 kills. Wildcats The Ladycats will take will on resume Sabine play at home in the tonight Eustace in tournament a varsity only playing game at 9 and am finish vs. Mabank against the Championship Whitehouse bracket. on Tuesday, December 19th before the Christmas break at Whitehouse. The Ladycats hosted Alba-Golden Tuesday night. The JVB team fought hard in a 3 game match, but came up short (25-20, Coach 21-25, JJ 23-25). Johnson Our JVA team won in exciting fashion coming from behind in the 3rd set to win (15-25, 25-16, 25-20)! Our varsity girls showed heart and fight in their 5 game match with Alba-Golden. We came up short, but very proud of Girls Basketball the effort the girls gave (26-24, 15-25, 25-23, 22-25, 12-15). We will be playing in the Groesbeck tournament this Friday On Tuesday, December 12th the Ladycats defeated Center 68-24 and the JV defeated Center 33-29. and Saturday! The Ladycats will host Diboll tonight at home. JV will start at 5 and V at 6:15. "Diboll was a regional finalist team last year with four returning starters in class 4A.This game should be a great measuring stick for us as our team draws closer to District play. We are excited to see the kids holding themselves accountable while learning and enjoying the expectations of our program." Ladycat Basketball Staff Girls Soccer Practices have started and the team is about to get into competition. We will play our annual alumni game this Saturday December 16th, 12:00 pm at Wildcat Stadium. January 4th-6th we will host our 14th Annual East Texas Shootout Soccer Tournament. Coach Luis Hernandez Boys Soccer The Boys Soccer Squads have hit the ground running with after school practice in full swing. There will be two Alumni scrimmages tonight with the JV Squad playing one alumni match at 6:00 pm and the varsity playing the 2nd alumni match at 7:45 pm. The Varsity Boys are looking to win their 5th District title in a row this year and of course their ultimate goal is playing in the state tournament. Good luck to both squads tonight. Coach John Absalom
P a ge 3 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart Mrs. Mason s class making Rice Crispy Treats Mrs. Camacho s Biology freshman studiously working Mrs. Lawson s Chemistry I class putting together their journals Mrs. Sharp s Art class putting their creative brains to work
P a ge 4 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 Palestine Junior High School Principal: Stephen Cooksey Early American projects from Mrs. Gregory s History class Holiday Wreath Event 8th Grade Math TACE Project Monique Thompson, Reagan Sokolowski, and Armando Villalobos learning how to change a flat tire
P a ge 5 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 A.M. Story Intermediate Principal: Jaime Clark Story s Who-Bilation was a great success! 5 th Grade visited the American Freedom Museum in Bullard.
Page 6 Wildcat Weekly Volume 6: Issue 13 Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla Mrs. Salas s 2nd Grade bilingual class Solar System Projects
P a ge 7 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton Artists from the Piatigorsky Foundation entertained students while teaching about classical music and musicians. Guided Reading Time with Mrs. Glenn The PHS Choir brought Christmas cheer to Northside students. Doing Word Work in Mrs. Kiser s class Learning about motion by creating a chain reaction in the Science lab Northside Staff got in the Christmas spirit with our annual PTO Luncheon and ornament exchange.
P a ge 8 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley WECC has had such a busy month. Our campus went to visit Mr. And Mrs. Tree Farm and there they had marshmallows and hot chocolate. Students were able to decorate a Christmas tree and participate in several Christmas art activities. The campus also had a Polar Christmas PJ Hop. We dressed up in PJ s turned the air down and did Christmas rotations throughout the school. We were all excited to have the Senior Paw Pals there to help us with rotations and at the end, they presented to each child a Christmas gift. We had a faculty Christmas party and several parents on campus to help support, by staying with our students so we could come together as one Library and fellowship. time is very important on our campus. We had dancing and Christmas music, presented by our special host, The Kik Kats. Our students loved it, and the Kik Kats even brought Santa. We are looking forward to the movies and watching Ferdinand and also to Christmas parties. We will all be ready for a wonderful Christmas break!
Page 9 Wildcat Weekly Volume 6: Issue 13 PALESTINE ISD TACE Northside Primary TACE Center The Science Lab in action. Motion is the key word. We almost have a full grown frog!
P a ge 10 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 PALESTINE ISD TACE Southside Elementary TACE Center Getting into the Christmas spirit in morning TACE Making pasta with Mr. Hazel Thursday morning Addition BINGO
P a ge 11 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 PALESTINE ISD TACE A.M. Story Intermediate TACE STEM Center 4th Graders learning about force
P a ge 12 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 PALESTINE ISD TACE Palestine Junior High School TACE STEM Center Holiday Wreath Event Students working on editing material in TACE Media Club with Mr. Jones
P a ge 13 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 PALESTINE ISD TACE Palestine High School TACE College and Career Readiness Center Kids in TACE used their stacking cups function to calculate my height in cups. I am 100 cups tall. The look of surprise when it worked. Mrs. Janice Magee PHS and PJHS Glee Club & Choir Christmas Performance
P a ge 14 Wildcat Weekly V olume 6: I ss u e 13 Looking Forward December 2017 - January 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 5:00p Junior High Girls & Boys Basketball vs. Athens 6:30p PISD Choir Christmas Concert 5:00p Girls JV/V Basketball vs. Center (Home) BOP Night 6:30p PISD Band Christmas Concert 4:30p Girls JV/V Basketball vs. Diboll (Home) Elem. BOP Night 5:30p Boys Soccer Alumni Scrimmage 5:00p Boys 9 th /JV/V Basketball vs. Sabine (Home) 8:00a PHS TSI Testing 12:00p Girls V Soccer Alumni Game 4:30-7p Wildcat Golf Course Country Christmas 8 th Grade Dance in JH Cafeteria 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 5:00p Girls JV/V Basketball vs. Whitehouse (Away) 6:00p Regular Board Meeting 5:00p Boys 9 th /JV/V Basketball vs. Whitehouse (Away) End 3 rd Six Weeks Early Release s (Dec 22-Jan 4/Staff return Jan 5/ Students return Jan 8) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Boys V Basketball Crockett Tournament Girls Basketball Burnet Tournament 11:00a Girls V Soccer vs. Henderson/Nac @ Nacogdoches Boys V Basketball Crockett Tournament Girls Basketball Burnet Tournament 10:00a Boys Soccer @ Lufkin Boys V Basketball Crockett Tournament 12:00p Girls JV2 Soccer @ New Summerfield 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 4:30p Girls JV/V Basketball vs. Henderson (Home) 5:00p Girls Soccer @ John Tyler 5:00p Boys 9th/JV/V Basketball @ Van 5:30p Boys Soccer vs. Kaufman (Home) Boys JV1/V Soccer @ Hallsville Tourney 10:00a Girls Basketball vs. Tatuim @ American Airlines Center 1:00p Boys Basketball vs. Tatuim @ American Airlines Center Student Holiday/Staff Work Day Boys JV1/V Soccer @ Hallsville Tourney Boys JV1/V Soccer @ Hallsville Tourney