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Palestine ISD has had a SMART start to the school year. Each campus has some new programs that are benefitting students.

Washington ECC Pre-K students will be tested with Children’s Learning Institute (CLI) Engage three times during the school year to ensure students are school ready before entering kindergarten. Northside Primary and Southside Elementary students are focusing on writing skills with the Lucy Calkins Writing Program.

A.M. Story Intermediate kicked off Rachel’s Challenge, a new anti-bullying program that teaches and promotes kindness.

New this year at Palestine Junior High are SWAG classes which stands for “Simply Wanting Academic Greatness”, where students receive academic support. Palestine High School students are learning to manage their time and tasks through Cat Connection.

Thank you staff for a SMART first six weeks and hope everyone has a great second six weeks!

Palestine Independent School District September 29 2017 Volume 6: Issue 6

Athletics 2

Campus Happenings 3-8

TACE 9-13

PISD Food Service 14

Looking Forward 15

Inside this issue:

DISTRICT EVENTS

Friday, September 29 7:30 pm - Varsity Football

vs. Kilgore (Home) Foam Finger Night

Monday, October 2 Tennis vs. Athens (Home)

5:00 pm - Junior High Volleyball vs. Mexia (Home)

Tuesday, October 3 5:00 pm - Junior High/9th/JV/

V Volleyball vs. Madisonville (Home) Junior High Night

Thursday, October 5 8:30 am - Girls & Boys JV/V

Cross Country @ Lindale

5:00 pm - 9th/JV Football vs.

Center (Home)

Friday, October 6

4:30 pm - 9th/JV/V Volley-

ball vs. Fairfield (Home)

7:30 pm - Varsity Football vs. Center (Away)

Saturday, October 7

8:00 am - Girls & Boys Junior High Cross Country

@ Fairfield

Junior High Volleyball Cayuga Tournament

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

Have a great 2017-2018 school year!

Schools Helping Schools

Palestine ISD students and staff have raised close to $3,000 for Hurricane Harvey relief since the hurricane devastated the Texas Coast in August.

Two school districts in need of assistance were chosen to receive a $1,500 donation from the funds given by PISD families and staff members.

PISD will send the funds to Aransas County ISD and Aransas Pass ISD which were both hit hard by Hurricane Harvey and have closed indefinitely for renovations and rebuilding.

Thank you to everyone who donated to help the schools recover.

The Palestine Junior High School TACE Program

invites everyone to join them at National Night Out

for their Pumpkin Painting Event.

Tuesday, October 3

5:30-7:30 pm

Palestine Civic Center

PISD staff were treated to SMART water

for a SMART start to the school year.

SMART START

Wi ldcat Weekly Volume 6: Issue 6

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 on Saturday, Volleyball is in full swing with the varsity team competing in the Groesbeck tournament today and

tomorrow, Team Tennis hosted their first home match of the season on Thursday, and varsity football will kick off

their season on September 1st versus Mabank. We encourage our fans to come out and support all our fall sports.

As a reminder, please don’t forget Meet the Wildcats, Monday, August 28th, 7:00 p.m., Wildcat Gym! We look forward

to introducing our football, cross country, fall tennis, and volleyball teams, as well as student trainers, band

members, cheerleaders and Kik Kats. Representatives from the PISD Athletic Booster Club will be available, also, to

answer any questions you may have about memberships and volunteer opportunities.

For up to date information, schedules, and upcoming events, please visit the Athletic webpage at

www.palestineschools.org, Departments, Athletics.

WE WILL PUT FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE INFO HERE….COACH ROBINSON IS WORKING ON THAT…..

In Volleyball action:

The Ladycats played Pittsburg at home last Friday night in their first home game of the season. JVB lost a tough

match in 3 ( 25-13, 18-25, 11-15). JVA defeated Pittsburg (25-22, 22-25, 25-23)! The Varsity girls lost in three (20-25, 17-

25, 17-25). Faith Newman picked up 22 digs. McKenzie 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.

The Ladycats hosted Alba-Golden Tuesday night. The JVB team fought hard in a 3 game match, but came up short (25

-20, 21-25, 23-25). 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

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

and Saturday!

Go Wildcats Athletic Director: Robby Clark

Palestine Athletics

Cross Country:

Last Friday night, Ladycat volleyball started district play at Mexia. Varsity put up a fight but lost in 4 (25-23, 18-25, 22-25,

21-25). Faith Newman had 7 aces and led the team with 14 digs. Destiny led the offense with 12 kills and Ja'bria Simmons

and Shayla Arthur each added 6 kills. Destiny Mathews had 5 blocks on the night. JVA took care of business in 2 (25-20,

25-20)!! JVB won in exciting fashion (24-26, 25-15, 16-14)!! We will continue district play in Athens on Tuesday night!

This past weekend our Boys Cross Country Teams competed in our home meet at Story Intermediate School. All three teams, Varsity, JV and JH, won in a dominating fashion. The Varsity squad was led by Michael Guzman's 1st place, Luis Rangel's 2nd place, Daniel Sanchez 4th place, Garrett Bowden's 5th place and Francis Sis 6th place finish. The JV squad had a perfect score of 15 and were led by Cristian Castillo's first place finish. Then the JH were led by Tony Garcia's 1st place finish. Everybody did an awesome job this weekend and good luck tomorrow at the Elkhart Invitational Meet.

The Palestine High School Girls Cross Country Team competed yesterday at the Elkhart Invitational.

It was a very competitive meet. Our girls finished in 4th place. Leading the Ladycats was

Isabel A. Garcia, followed by Yarizeth Garcia, Laura Cabrera, Yazmine Cuevas, Jennifer Aguilar,

and Iris Chavez.

Our Junior Varsity Girls earned 1st place with Ashley Davis leading the group;

followed by Paola Rangel, Janet Aleman, Mia Ramirez, and Emma Bennet

Please congratulate the Ladycats for a great job yesterday!!

Cross Country will be back in action next week at the Lindale Invitational!!

Volleyball: This week the team headed over to Athens to continue district play. Varsity took care of business in 3 (25-17, 25-13, 25-12). Fazaria Edwards had 9 aces from the serving line. Shayla Arthur led the offense with 10 kills and Destiny Mathews added 6 kills. Mckenzie King had 15 assists and Ke'ondra White led the defense with 14 digs on the night. JVA won in 2 (25-14, 25-13). JVB lost in 2 (17-25, 22-25). We will resume district play at home with Madisonville next Tuesday. Football: The Wildcats will begin district play tonight at home against Kilgore. Fans will receive a GO WILDCATS foam finger tonight with the purchase of a ticket. Tonight is also Elementary Night so all elementary students will be admitted free with a parent.

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Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart

Mrs. Banuelos is teaching her students Spanish

speaking countries.

Studying the Constitution in Mr. Sylvester’s class

Coach Ryal has his students working on a

graphic novel about ancient Greece.

See You At The Pole is an opportunity for students to

gather around the flag pole and unite in prayer and

devotion. There was also an opportunity for students

to assemble in worship and praise. See you at the

Pole is definitely a success each year, and we look

forward to see you next time!


Palestine Junior High School

Principal: Stephen Cooksey

Our Administrators took

time this week to deliver

“SMART Water” to each

of our staff members and

wish them a good week.

We love our

Junior High staff !

The Junior High Cross Country Teams are having a fantastic year.

WE are so proud of all the hard work they put in!

Junior High girls attended an Anti- Bullying

campaign at the Palestine Civic Center on

Tuesday.

About 50 Junior High students

gathered at the flag pole for

SEE YOU AT THE POLE on

Wednesday.

These students took the time

to gather in prayer and ask for

a year full of blessings.

GO

Junior High

Cross

Country!!


A.M. Story Intermediate

Principal: Jaime Clark

REPORT CARD PICKUP & OPEN HOUSE

“Rachel’s Challenge”

One kind act or word

can start a chain reaction!


Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla

LEARNING IS FUN AT SOUTHSIDE!


Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton

Mrs. Moore’s KEY Class celebrates Johnny Appleseed Day by making applesauce, painting apple trees, and counting apple seeds.

Starting the day with our School Family

in Morning Meeting

Learning takes place throughout the building at Northside. Mrs. Garcia is helping students practice math skills.

Supporting

the

Wildcat

Football

Team

in Van

Library time is very important on our cam-pus.


Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley

Library time is very important

on our campus.

FUN ON THE PLAYGROUND!!


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Northside Primary TACE Center

Students get ready for the day with a little morning cardio.

Family Paint Night


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Southside Elementary TACE Center

OSMO Learning

with Mr. Tinsley


PALESTINE ISD TACE

A.M. Story Intermediate TACE STEM Center

Students use digital multimeters

to measure resistance. Robotics testing their creations


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine Junior High School TACE STEM Center

Studying U.S. History with Mr. White

Junior High TACE Choir


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Readiness Center

Robotics

working on

drone flight simu-

lators.

Students learn welding skills


Palestine ISD Food Service Director: Mimi Spreen

October 9-13, 2017

We’re celebrating with NEW menu items all week!

MONDAY – Pizza Burger w/pepperoni, marinara and

mozzarella cheese

TUESDAY – Cuban Style Ham & Cheese Panini

WEDNESDAY – Angry Bird Burger – turkey burger with

spicy ranch

THURSDAY – Classic Hamburger with lettuce & tomato

FRIDAY – Mozzarella & Pepperoni Panini


Looking Forward

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

17 18 7:00p Regular Board

Meeting

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Fairfield (Away)

19 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Brownsboro (Away)

20 3:00p Girls & Boys

JH Cross Country @

Latexo

21 Tennis vs. Mexia

(Away)

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Van (Home)

Junior High (Away)

22 End 1st Six Weeks

4:30p Varsity Volley-

ball vs. Mexia

(Away)

7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Van (Away)

23 8:30a All Girls &

Boys Cross Country

@ Palestine-Davey

Dogwood

Invitational @ Story

JH Volleyball

Mabank Tourna-

ment

24 25 Begin 2nd Six Weeks

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Athens (Home)

26 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Athens (Away)

27 1:00p All Girls &

Boys Cross Country

@ Elkhart

28 Tennis vs. Madi-

sonville (Away)

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Kilgore

(Away) Junior High

(Home)

29 7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Kilgore

(Home) Foam

Finger Night

30

1 2 Tennis vs. Athens

(Home)

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Mexia (Home)

3 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Madisonville

(Home)

JH Volleyball vs.

Madisonville

(Home) Junior

High/Elementary

Night

4

5 8:30a Girls & Boys

JV/V Cross Country

@ Lindale

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Center

(Home) Junior

High (Away)

6 4:30p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Fairfield (Home)

7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Center

(Away)


Junior High Cross

Country @ Fairfield

Junior High Volley-

ball Cayuga Tourna-

ment

8 9 National School

Lunch Week

10 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Mexia (Home)

Senior Night/Dig

Pink

5:00p JH Volleyball

@ Brook Hill

11 3:00p Junior High

Cross Country

(District) @

Fairfield


JV/V Cross Country

(District) @

Fairfield

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Bullard

(Away) Junior High

(Home)

13 HOMECOMING

4:30p 9th/JV/V Volleyball vs. Athens (Home)

7:30p Varsity Foot-ball vs. Bullard (Home)

14

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