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Athletics

Palestine High School

Palestine Junior High

A.M. Story Intermediate School

Southside Elementary School

Northside Primary School

Washington Early Childhood Center

TACE

Support Services 11

January 23,2015 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 19

Palestine ISD joined with school districts throughout Texas and nationwide to celebrate January as “School Board Recognition Month”. At the January school board meeting each campus made special gifts to show appreciation for our board members with the Texas Association of School Board’s theme in mind, “A Work of Heart”. Palestine ISD board members do serve from the heart, and it was no surprise that they were chosen as the Region 7 School Board of the Year!

A Winter Pep Rally will be held for PHS students involved in winter sports on Thursday, January 29th, 2:40 pm at the PHS Competition Gym. Many thanks to the PHS Athletic Booster Club who will serve hotdogs for the students after the pep rally.

The East/Central Texas United Way will be hosting a Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show and Fundraiser at the Palestine High School Wildcat Gym on Saturday, January 31st at 6:00 pm. Come out to support a great cause, and to cheer on some of our own coaches who will be competing against the Harlem Ambassadors. It is sure to be a lot of fun!

I am proud to say that the deployment of iPads is just about complete at the A.M. Story Intermediate campus. This means that students in grades 4 through 12 now have an iPad to use 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This Saturday, January 24th, at 11:00 a.m.; any 4th grade student, 5th grade student or newly enrolled 6th grade student who has not received an iPad yet may do so at the A.M. Story Intermediate Library.

The 2014-15 school year is going by quickly, and PISD is working hard to prepare students academically. With nine weeks remaining until the first STAAR exams, we need to stay focused and continue going strong and steady like a river that cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence. Have a great weekend!

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Wildcat WeeklyMessage from our Superintendent: Jason Marshall

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Palestine Independent School District

Go Wildcats Palestine Athletics

Jay Brown: Athletic Director

Basketball

The Palestine girls varsity basketball team lost 51-42 to Fairfield on Tuesday night at Palestine High School.  Nai'koshia Handsborough 2 points; Lacey Tillis 4 points; Kierra Wilson 9 points; Jaila Cook 14 points; Marsha Warren 12 points. The Ladycats are Traveling to Groesbeck Friday night.

Palestine Boys’ Basketball fell to Fairfield with a score of Palestine 50 to Fairfield’s 62.

Highlights for the contest: 

Fairfield:  Oliver 12, Adams 23, Hicks 4, Cunningham 7, Hayes 2, Ransom 5, Carpenter 7, Garner 2

Palestine:  Gee Clark 4, CJ Barrett 2, Keelan Yarbrough 1, Marquis Hernandez 1, Vay Davis 6, Kevin Parish 16, D. McMorris 12, Forrester Polk 5, Kobe Brown 3

Palestine plays @ Groesbeck Friday at 7:30. Come support our team!

Palestine High School

William Stewart: Principal

KYYK’s production and sports director, Jeff Michaels, is promoting local news and sports for TLC Media. Mr. Michaels has been working with Palestine High School’s A/V Production students to enhance student experience and expand Palestine High School’s exposure. It’s a Palestine High School collaborative effort with KYYK’s personnel to produce news and sports stories. Mr. Michaels has been in the PHS studio conducting interviews with Coach Botard, Coach Baker, and several students. In addition, he has provided some excellent assistance demonstrating industry-standard techniques to our A/V Production students. Tune in to KYYK radio 98.3 or visit KYYK’s website (http://www.youreasttexas.com) to see, hear, and read about Wildcats in action.

KYYK Radio Congratulations to our robotics teams consisting of Elvin Espinoza, Destiny Harding, Jonathan Olgiun, and Jaime Pena.

They competed this past weekend at UT Tyler VEX Regional Qualifier Tournament.Elvin and Destiny took home the Judges Award, which goes to the team that stands out throughout the entire competition, while Jonathan and Jaime made it to the Finals match and taking 3rd place. Our teams will be traveling to South Lake Carroll for another shot at qualifying for Regionals next month.

Palestine High School’s Business Professionals of America chapter competed in the Regional Competition this Saturday. Since we medaled, we are going to STATE!!

Amiya Thomas - 1st place, Advanced Interview Skills

Sarah Coleman - 2nd place, Medical Office Procedures

Allen Coleman, Annie Arambula, and Bianca Guitz - 1st place, Small Business Management Team

VEX Regional Qualifier Tournament

Fort Worth Stock Show

Business Professionals of America

Palestine High School students at the Fort Worth Stock Show and RodeoKobe Dolittle pictured with custom motorcycle manufacturer and public figure Jesse James.

Kobe Dolittle, MaKayla Thrower, and Stacy Kolander pictured with their 2nd place award winning Hog

Trap. Next stop is the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo.

Kobe Dolittle, MaKayla Thrower, and Stacy Kolander pictured at the Dallas Safari Club learning about the business opportunities available in metal working.

Palestine Junior High School

Stephen Cooksey: Principal

Measuring Diameter and circumference

Mrs. Thigpen's 7th grade math classes are measuring circumference and diameter of circles to develop the meaning

of pi.

Mr. Hernandez’ 7th grade math classes measure the diameter & circumference of objects and create a chart to see the relationships between the measurements of each item.

A.M. Story Intermediate School

Amanda Jackson: Principal

Mrs. Quarles LAUNCH class discussing various types of robots, how they function, and how they can be used.

Discussing Robots

Mrs. Cooksey and Mrs. Estes discuss the basics of basketball. February 9th: TACE event: “Basic Financial Literacy for parent &

your child”. Review on how to balance a checkbook, budgeting, financial goal setting, and introduction to investing and compound interest; other topics as time allows.

February 10th: Hoops for Heart penny drive kiss the pig winner announced

February 11th: 4th Grade Hoops for Heart (12:00-12:45 pm)

February 12th: 6th Grade (8:30-11:15)

February 12th: 5th Grade Hoops for Heart (12:00-12:45 pm)

6th grade pre-athletic students practicing fundamental basketball skills in preparation for the Hoops for Heart event scheduled for February 12th.

Basics of Basketball

Upcoming Events

Hoops For Heart

Real World Applications: Language Arts, Science, and Math all blending together in perfect harmony. Where else can you indulge in confectionary delights on campus? This week it happens in Mrs. Carr’s TACE class as

Story students demonstrate a blending of academic skills. That’s right. They’re making Coca Cola cakes from scratch.

It’s “The Real Thing”

Southside Elementary SchoolMelissa Molandes:Principal

Ms. Estrada’s and Ms. Boone’s classes enjoyed an ice cream treat for winning the PTO membership

drive.

Ice Cream Treat

Math Task Thinkers working through Math in Ms. Smith’s class.

A student enjoys a great book during DEAR time in Ms.

Hutchison’s class.

Math Task Thinkers

Enjoying A Great Book

Northside Primary School

Barbara Dutton : Principal

Making Snow Sight Word Journal Snowball Fight with Sight Words

Poetry Notebook The SnowmenMix it in Science

Art Martin Luther King Day

Washington Early Childhood Center

Rhonda Herrington: Principal

WECC students surprise us each day with all that they know and are able to do! We are so lucky to get to see their faces light up as they learn and master new skills! Whether it’s the predictability of the requests from a group of 3 or 4 year olds, or the fascination of teaching them, there is never a dull moment and it all proves to be a great benefit to children’s development. That’s why we do it everyday.

Learning and Mastering New Skills

• Princess Ball

• 100th Day of School

• Black History Month

•Pre-K Assessment Ends

Upcoming Events

PALESTINE ISD TACE

Northside TACE Literacy

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center

A.M. Story TACE STEM Center

Our students love the head phones with the ipads. Boy, can they focus

now!

Parent meetings are beneficial for parents. They learned a

lot according to them.

Students in Mr. Clardy's class use math to create a desk for a laptop. Students had to measure and

make plans and work as a team in order to create a desk that would be functional and do its job!

Nurse Walding shares information on how to avoid

spreading germs during

this flu season.

Students in sewing class are learning the basics of using a sewing machine.

These two boys are delighted that eating what they have

cooked is just a

minute away!

Mrs. Luce shows her students the

basics of threading a

sewing machine.

Warming up exercises come first

in any sport.

Students in cooking class await their

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toaster ovens to

be “done just

right.”

Getting ready for dribbling down the

court.

This is going to be worth waiting

for!

Here he goes and in good form!

PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all community members to participate in knitting classes. Classes are held on Wednesdays, from January 29th to May 14th, 2015 from 6 to 7:30 pm in High School Room 222.

Computer classes will resume on Monday, January 26th at 6:30 pm in the High School Computer Lab.

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to register for Adult English Classes on Tuesday, January 20th and Wednesday, January 21st from 5-7 pm in the PHS Library Media Center. Classes will begin on Tuesday, January 27th, 6-7:30

PM.

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to attendance our “Black History Month Celebration” on Tuesday, February 3rd at 6:00 pm in the PHS Auditorium.

Parent Activity- January/February 2015

Upcoming Events

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Center

27 Digital Citizenship 6:00-7:00 pm

Palestine Junior High School STEM Center

29 Tutorial Information/ Reading Strategies 5:30-6:30 pm

Northside TACE Literacy Center 27

Understanding and Helping Students With Math Homework

9:00 am and 5:00 pm

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Center

17 Family Fitness 6:00-7:00 pm

21 College Day 6:00-7:00 pm

TBD Math/Science Family Night 6:00-8:00 pm

Palestine Junior High School STEM Center

12 Tutorial Information/ Reading Strategies 5:30-6:30 pm

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A. M. Story TACE STEM Center

9 Basic Financial Literacy 5:30-6:30 pm

24 How to Write an Effective Resume 5:30-6:30 pm

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center

10 Family Craft Night for Valentine’s Day 5:00-5:45 pm

17 Palestine Public Library 4:00-4:45 pm

Northside TACE Literacy Center

10 Planning with Ads, Meals and Coupons 5:00 pm

24 Five Love Languages of Children 5:00 pm

For more information please contact: Mr. Tupac Alcauter at: 903-731-8000 ext. 1266 or e-mail: talcauter@palestineschools.org; or visit our website www.tacepalestine.weebly.com

Support Services

This week, January 12 – 16, 2015 is Chartwells Eat, Learn, Live week. The High School Culinary class has been challenged to a recipe contest. They are to follow the USDA guidelines that we must follow to come up with their own recipes. On Friday, January 16, there will be a panel of judges tasting their creations and will determine a winner. That recipe will be submitted to Chartwells Culinary Team to make sure it meets the USDA guidelines and will be featured in the PHS Cafeteria for lunch or breakfast at a later date.

On Tuesday, January 13, Palestine Junior High staff helped with the Weekend Backpack program sponsored by East Texas Food Bank. We met at Court Drive Church of Christ, helped unload boxes of backpacks, and transferred the backpacks to Lone Pine Baptist Church where they are stored until Friday, when the backpacks are delivered to PISD students. Each month a different campus is asked to send volunteers to help. Thanks to Jane Paris, Cristina Aguilar and Mr. Odiaka for their help yesterday and to Mr. Cooksey for his support.

Food Service

Instead of having my associates participate in a recipe contest, I asked the HS Culinary class to come up with recipes. They had the USDA guidelines and had to follow those when creating their recipes. It helped to give the students an insight to what we feed them and why. There were 3 teams and the taste test was held today, January 16, 2015 in the PISD Wildcat Café.

•Team One – Beef Vegetable Soup and Cornbread

•Team Two – Lasagna Soup with WG Bread

•Team Three – Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf with Brown Rice & broccoli Casserole

The three judges, Coach Baker, Mr. Kiser and Mrs. Paul, determined Team One the winner, based on appearance, taste and adaptability to the menu. I will post the results in the Wildcat Weekly, a weekly newsletter that goes to the entire PISD staff. The culinary students were so excited to do this contest, they asked if the next one could be like the “Chopped” show on Foodnetwork

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January/February Looking Forward

TACE - Winter Pep Rally

NS - Hoops for Heart begins

ACT Test at PHS

Band - UIL Solo & Ensemble @ SFA

6:00p Harlem Ambassadors Basketball Show

6:00p TACE Black History Month Celebration