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Wildcat Weekly

Palestine Independent School District September 22, 2017 Volume 6: Issue 5

Athletics 2

Campus Happenings 3-8

TACE 9-13

PISD Food Service 14

Looking Forward 15

Inside this issue:

DISTRICT EVENTS

Friday, September 22

End 1st Six Weeks

4:30 pm - Volleyball vs. Mexia (Away)

7:30 pm - Football vs. Van (Away)

Saturday, September 23 8:30 am - Cross Country

@ A.M. Story Intermediate

Junior High Volleyball Mabank Tournament

Monday, September 25

Begin 2nd Six Weeks

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

Tuesday, September 26 5:00 pm - 9th/JV/V Volleyball

vs. Athens (Away)

Wednesday, September 27

1:00 pm - Cross Country @ Elkhart

Thursday, September 28 Tennis vs. Madisonville

(Away)

Friday, September 29 7:30 pm - Football vs. Kilgore (Home) Foam Finger Night

Kathleen Brown is the PISD 2018

Secondary Teacher of the Year and

was also named the Region 7

Secondary Teacher of the Year.

Mrs. Brown has taught for 32 years,

almost all of that time here at

Palestine ISD. She teaches

science at Palestine High School

and is well loved by both her current

and many former students. Mrs.

Brown is an outstanding teacher who

has a tremendous passion for

helping her students learn.

Jake Odom, 4th grade teacher at

A.M. Story Intermediate, is the

PISD Elementary Teacher of the

Year. Mr. Odom has a big heart for

kids and a true

passion for

teaching each day

at Story. All of his

students come to

class eager to

learn because he

makes learning so

exciting each and

every day.

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

Have a great 2017-2018 school year!

Teachers of the Year

Washington Early Childhood Center students led pledges to the American and Texas flags at the September school board meeting.

Diana Soto, pictured above with her parents and Dr. William Stewart, PHS Principal, is a senior at Palestine High School. She was chosen to represent PHS as Junior Rotarian for the month of September. Diana is a dedicated student who spends much of her time volunteering at PHS and in the community. Her future plans include studying architecture at Texas A&M University and some day opening her

own business.

Kathleen Brown, Dr. William Stewart, PHS Principal & Suzanne Eiben, PISD Asst. Superintendent at Texas Teacher of the Year Awards.

Kathleen Brown, PISD & Region 7 Secondary

Teacher of the Year

Marvin Thompson

presents Region 7

Secondary Teacher of

the Year plaque to

Kathleen Brown at the

September school

board meeting.

Jake Odom, PISD Elementary Teacher of the Year

The PISD Board of Trustees adopted a resolution at the September board meeting that October 10, 2017 be observed as Texas Education Human

Resources Day in the district.

Many thanks to the PISD Human Resources Department for all they do

for staff and students!

Human Resources Day

Wi ldcat Weekly Volume 6: Issue 5

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

FOOTBALL:

The Wildcat Varsity Football Team played and lost a tough game to Fairfield on

Friday, September 15th, 6-34. The defense lead by senior, Roderick Deyon played

valiantly all night long. Deyon had 15 tackles, while sophomore Keshawn Nonette

had 11 tackles from his linebacker position. Junior Josh Williams had a fumble

recovery for a touchdown which proved to be the only score on the night for the

Wildcats. This Friday, September 22nd, the Wildcats will travel to Van to take on

the state ranked Vandals. Make plans to come out and support the teams as they

look to bounce back and gain momentum going into district.

The Junior Varsity Wildcats Football Team was defeated 35 to 7

during Thursday night's competition by the Van Vandals. Marquis Thompson

scored a touchdown on a pass from quarterback Chris Perez. Mario Gonzales

added the extra point. Despite the adversity the Wildcats continue to work hard

to improve and look forward to next week's competition. The JV Wildcats will travel

to compete against the Kilgore Bulldogs September 28th. Game time will be 6:30 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY:

The Palestine Boys Cross Country Teams competed in the Hallsville Invitational Meet last Friday, September 15th. The Varsity

Boys ran in the 6A/5A Division again and came away with a 2nd place finish out of 20 teams. There were 140 runners in this

race and our top runner was Luis Rangel with a 3rd place finish. Next was Michael Guzman (5th), Garrett Bowden (12th),

Francis Sis (18th) and Cristian Guzman with a 29th place finish.

The JV Boys won their 4th meet in a row by defeating several 5A and 6A schools. There were 251 runners in the race and our best runner for the day was Jonathon Sanchez with a 3rd place finish. Also receiving medals were Cristian Castillo (4th), Lizardo Lemus (6th), Michael Chaidez (12th) and Michael Flynn with a 15th place finish.

The Palestine Girls CC teams competed, also, at Hallsville on Friday. This was a huge meet with 25 teams and a total of 160 varsity runners.

The Varsity Girls Team finished in 8th place and was led by Isabel Garcia , who was our best runner in 29th place, followed by Jennifer Aguilar 51st place, Laura Cabrera, Airiona Carter, and Iris Chavez

The JV Girls Team also competed and finished in 8th place! The JV Girls Team was led by Anahi Hernandez, who finished in 27th place, followed by Paola Rangel, Mia Ramirez, Izabel Simien, and Brooke Davis.

The Wildcat and Ladycat Cross Country Teams will compete

this Saturday, Sept 23 in the Davey Dogwood Invitational

at A.M. Story Intermediate.

The race times are:

JH Girls @ 8:30 a.m.

JH Boys @ 9:00 a.m.

Varsity Girls @ 9:30 a.m.

Varsity Boys @ 10:00 a.m.

JV Girls @ 10:30 a.m.

JV Boys @ 11:00 a.m.

TENNIS: The Palestine Tennis Team defeated Mexia 14-5 Thursday night to improve to 4-0 in district play. The Wildcats will travel to Madisonville Thursday night and a win will clinch the district title. Palestine started Thursday night by winning five of the seven doubles matches. The Wildcats then won five of the six boys singles matches. The boys singles winners were Alex Shiller, Isaac Fulgham, Hunter Harroff, Bryston Lewis and Salvador Castillo. On the girls side, Monique Ybarra, Camryn Lupo, Serena Coker and Taylor Kelly added to the Wildcat victory with singles wins.

http://www.palestineschools.org


Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart

Anahi Hernandez and Bethany Garcia

have fun reviewing health insurance.

Mikayla Flynn using the hot plate to heat up

water.

Mrs. Magee’s Pre AP Geometry students are

taking learning seriously.

Mary Arigbabu and Seth Sheeley working on

their chemistry lab.


Palestine Junior High School

Principal: Stephen Cooksey

7th grade Writing students in

Mrs. Henry’s class work on correcting

sentence fragments and run on

sentences. Mr. Hernandez’s 7

th grade Science classes

created 3D models of plant and animal cells.

Mrs. Gregory’s 8th grade History class

learn about the American Revolution.


A.M. Story Intermediate

Principal: Jaime Clark

TACE Robotics

5th grade Science

Animal & Plant Cells Project

Mrs. Bell’s 5th grade Rhythm Band

playing “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

4th grade LAUNCH studying Map Skills

& Discovery Stations


Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla

Mrs. Gatewood’s boys get in some

reading time after taking their test.

Drums Alive at Southside!

Students demonstrating their work in Math.


Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton

Morning Flag Raising Ceremony begins at Northside.

Thanks to Oscar and Eugene, our awesome Maintenance staff,

for their help and work with our kids.


Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley

Washington Early Childhood students learning the importance of helping others

while collecting for Hurricane Harvey.

Happy Birthday Mrs. Shirley!!


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Northside Primary TACE Center

Morning Cardio Group

working on self control,

respect, and goal setting.

Morning TACE working on

AR points

TACE students

using math

to build

architectural

structures.


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Southside Elementary TACE Center

Growing herbs

in Cooking 101

Morning TACE

Sight Word Bingo


PALESTINE ISD TACE

A.M. Story Intermediate TACE STEM Center

Story TACE created a newsletter

about hurricanes.

Making ice cream in a bag

YUM!


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine Junior High School TACE STEM Center

PJH TACE

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Shamiya Black

working on her

Archery skills


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Readiness Center

Art Club

Tennis


Palestine ISD Food Service Director: Mimi Spreen

Free/Reduced applications are online. Parents can access from home computer, their students

iPad, a computer at the campus, or a computer at the library.

www.palestineschools.org click on Departments click on Food Services

Look for Meal App Now – Online Meal Applications link on right side of page.

Parents must fill out a new application EVERY YEAR. If you print out the application from the

PISD Website, it can take up to 10 working days for our office to process the app. If there are

errors on the app, we have to send it back to parent to correct. On-line apps prevent mistakes

because the program won’t let the parent submit it if required information is missing. If we

receive it electronically, it takes just a few clicks and the app is processed.

Per David Atkeisson, students may “charge” meals for the first 2 weeks of school, to allow time

for the apps to be processed. This doesn’t mean their meal is free. Parents are still responsible

for paying those “charges” no matter what the outcome of their app is once processed.

Menus are accessed by clicking on the Nutrislice apple icon (bottom left of page) on the

Food Service page of PISD website or go to www.palestineschools.nutrislice.com.

Meal prices are the same as last year and located on the PISD website.

Each campus will be offering meals to teachers/para’s/admin beginning in September.

An email will be sent with menu options and instructions on how to place your order.

Lunch is only $3.25.

http://www.palestineschools.org

http://www.palestineschools.nutrislice.com


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

Junior High 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

Junior High Volley-

ball Mabank Tour-

nament

24 25 Begin 2nd Six Weeks

5:00p Junior High

Volleyball vs. Ath-

ens (Home)

26 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Athens (Away)

27 1:00p All Girls &

Boys Cross Country

@ Elkhart

28 Tennis vs.

Madisonville (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 Junior High

Volleyball vs. Mexia

(Home)

3 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Madisonville

(Home)

Junior High Volley-

ball 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 10 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Mexia (Home)

Senior Night/Dig

Pink

5:00p Junior High

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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