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Wildcat Weekly

Palestine Independent School District October 25, 2019 Volume 8: Issue 9

ETX Talent Show 2

Athletics 3

Campus Happenings 4-9

Texas ACE 10-14

Looking Forward 15

Inside this issue:

DISTRICT EVENTS

Friday, October 25 Senior Night

4:30p V/JV/JVB Volleyball

vs Mexia (Home)

7:30p Football vs Carthage (Home) (Student Night & Youth Football Night)

Saturday, October 26

Hot Pepper Festival & Parade

8:00a-12:00p 4H Project Show @ Texas Agri Life Extension Services

101 E Oak St

Monday, October 28 8:00a Cross Country (Girls & Boys

Varsity) @ Regional Meet in Huntsville

5:00p JH Volleyball vs Mexia (Home)

Tuesday, October 29 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volleyball

@ Rusk

Thursday, October 31 4:30p JH Football vs Kilgore (Home)

5:00p 9th/JV Football @ Kilgore

7:00p Theatre Fall Production – Musical Comedy Murders of 1920

Friday, November 1

7:30p Varsity Football vs Kilgore (Home) $1 Drink Night

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

GO WILDCATS!

Students Learn Fire Prevention

Thank you PALESTINE FIRE FIGHTERS for bringing our friend Sparky during the month of October to share important fire prevention and safety tips for students . The Wildcat Nation is thankful to be part of a community with such amazing organizations.

Special Delivery & Big Win for Wildcat Football Team

The Wildcats’ first district football game vs the Henderson

Lions began with a special surprise on Friday, October 11,

2019. Fans were surprised to see Air E Vac Air Rescue 127

delivering the game ball to Lance Angel, PISD Athletic Direc-

tor and Head Football Coach midfield at Wildcat Stadium. The

team went on to win their district opener with a score of 41-19.

The Wildcat Nation appreciates Air E Vac Air Rescue 127 for

helping us begin district play in a BIG way!

PHS Choir Talent Show

The PHS Varsity Choir hosted the first-ever ETX has Talent, a community wide talent show on Saturday, October 12th. The talent show featured 21 incredible acts with students from Westwood, Elkhart, UT Tyler University Academy, Palestine, and some homeschool students. PISD employees: Rajanee Arthur from WECC, Ginger Watkins from WECC, Julie Bell from Story, and Courtney Sutton from PJHS also performed. Proceeds from the event totaling $2,000 after expenses will be used for choir members to travel to New York in March of 2020 where they will sing in Carnegie Hall. Thank you to every-one who helped make the talent show a success. See page 2 for a list of winners and sponsors.

Another Win for the Wildcats

After winning their first district game of the 2019 Football Season on October 11th the Wildcat Football Team came away with another big win on Saturday while participating in a community fund raiser at the Anderson County Youth Live-stock Arena. The WILDCATS competed against other area teams in putting a T-shirt in a 400 lb. calf and fought their way

to a first place win.

Thank you Coach Lance Angel for teaching our athletes how to be such great young men who support our

community.

No School

Teacher Work Day

Friday, November 8th

Wi ldcat Weekly Volume 8: Issue 9

ETX TALENT SHOW

Saturday, October 12, 2019

1st Place Winners Izzy Trigg (Piano Performance of "Fur Elise" by Beethoven) Emalyn Nicholson (Playing & Singing "Why Even Try” by Hippo Campus) Rajanee Arthur (Singing “Saving All My Love” by Whitney Houston) 2nd Place Winners Ella Presley (Singing "I Won't Grow Up" from Peter Pan) Tie by Corbin Hughes and Wesley Smith (Playing Guitars & Singing Country Tunes by John Denver and Aaron Lewis) Ginger Watkins and daughters, Joy Ruffin and Jordan Lewis (Singing "How Excellent is Thy Name”) Sponsors: (Law Office of W. Scott Nicholson, Law Offices of Stanley Sokolowski, Wendy Young Travel, Troy Freeman’s Music Lessons, Sassy Bows by Stacey Braun, and Jaqueline Paige Photog-raphy) PHS and PJHS Theater Teachers: Gerry Goodwin and Olivia Santone along with PHS students, Noah Alexander, Michael Galicia, David Crawford, Brittney Burke, and Tatum Kennedy who ran sound, lights, and backstage. Judges: Judge Michael Davis, Mayor of Elkhart Jennifer McCoy, and Mrs. Felecia Gardner Emcee: Justin Florence Thank you to everyone who helped with the event!


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: Lance Angel

Palestine Athletics

Volleyball The Ladycat Volleyball Team lost in 4 to Fairfield (12-25, 25-22, 18-25, 20-25) on Tuesday, October 15th. Shayla Arthur led the team with 17 kills, Ke’ondra White and Ka’Zem Wood each added 7. Ka’Zem led the offense with 23 assists on the night. Shayla Arthur had a team high 13 digs on the night. Good luck to the Ladycats as they vie for a playoff spot against Mexia tonight (Friday, October 25).

Cross Country Headed to Regional Competition

The Ladycat Cross Country Team clinched the district championship on October 15, 2019, beating Fairfield for the first time in 10 years. Samantha Chaidez finished as our top runner in 3rd place. Yarizeth Garcia finished 6th, Savanna Harris was 7th, Suzy Francia 8th; Kacie Danchak, 10th; Helena Lara, 11th and

Karina Gutierrez finished in 14th place.

The JV team earned the championship as well with six of our seven runners taking the top six spots. Camila Dominguez was the JV Champion followed by

Genesis Giron, Sarai Trejo, Celeste Lara and Lauren Rocha.

The Ladycats earned a spot at the UIL Region III 4-A Championship Meet this coming Monday, October 28, 2019; where they will try to qualify to the State Meet

in Round Rock, TX for the first time since 2009!

The Wildcat Varsity Boys Cross Country Team won the district championship on all three levels on Tuesday, October 15th. The Varsity Wildcats finished with 15 points (a perfect score). All seven runners finished before anyone else on any other team crossed the finish line. Luis Rangel took the district championship, followed by Michael Chaidez, Michael Guzman, Luis Castillo, Garrett Bowden, Raul Ramirez and Jonathan Sanchez. This was the 14th consecutive district

championship for Varsity Boys Cross Country. Junior Varsity scored 16 points (one off a perfect score). The team was led by JV District Champion, Lizardo Lemus. Other scoring runners were Jonathan Chavez (2nd), Tony Garcia (3rd), Diego Farias (4th) and Oben Reyes (6th). In the afternoon session the Junior High team finished the sweep with

17 points (two off a perfect score). The top five JH runners were JH District Champ Jalbert Sandoval, Joseph Fabian (2nd), Adriano Vazquez (3rd),

Dylan Hernandez (4th) and Cruz Villanueva (7th). Varsity will move on to Regionals where they will defend their 2017 and 2018 Regional Championships.

Thank you Jessica Walker of Hibbard Real Estate,

Jeff Atkinson of Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, and

Palestine Regional Medical Center for their general

contribution of rally towels for Wildcat Football.

Football

The Wildcat Football Team lost to Van on Friday, October 18th. Freshman lost 16-27 And JV lost 6-13 to Van. The Wildcats are 1-1 in District play and will host Carthage tonight (Friday, October 25). 7th and 8th Grade A Teams both defeated Van. 7th and 8th Grade B Teams remain undefeated on the season.

http://www.palestineschools.org


Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart

Mr. Scoggin’s welding students are working

with the plasma cutting torch.

Mr. Florence’s EMT students combine with Mrs. Langley’s educa-tion practicum students to earn CPR certification.

Isacc Urbina, Brian Ramirez, and Kazem Wood construct their vex

robot in Mrs. Harding’s Robotics class.

Heather Moore participates in the spirit demonstration

in PreAP Chemistry.


Palestine Junior High School

Principal: Joseph Mason

Mrs. Templin’s 8th grade Math class work on graphing linear equations.

JH Boys Cross Country brought home 1st Place JH Girls Cross Country came in 2nd Place

We would love to congratulate our PJHS Cross County Teams on an AMAZING season.

We are so incredibly proud of our teams and all their hard work this season!


A.M. Story Intermediate

Principal: David Richardson

Mrs. Smith’s Math class are working on the warn up for the day.

Mrs. Stewart’s classes

are learning about light

and sound energy.

Mrs. Eboigbe’s students are making a

study book for vocabulary.

Mrs. Bearden’s Art Class

Kids playing Math Equations Bingo

Mrs. Carr’s class

made Boss’s Day

cards to give to

Mr. Richardson

& Mrs. Jones.


Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla

PHS student, Chloe, is working with small groups of students at Southside

using the Fountas and Pinnell word study lessons.

The PHS students have also been leading a critical thinking

and coding class during enrichment time for LAUNCH students.


Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton

Northside students love the

Science Lab and Genius Hour!


Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley

Mrs. White’s class

visited Windermere.

Everyone loved

painting pumpkins!

Everyone enjoyed time outdoors

at the Pumpkin Patch

at Grace United Methodist Church.


Northside Primary ACE

A student free hand drew

this picture that he will

enter in the 4-H Showcase.

Students working on 4-H projects for the upcoming Hot Pepper Festival.

Morning Exterminators working on getting ready to learn. They do

work outs, journal entries, puzzles, weights, and identifying feelings.

Working on character building skills through team

work. We have to work together and communicate

or the chain breaks.


Southside Elementary ACE

Texas ACE students at Southside Elementary are preparing

their Fall gardens! Right now they are learning how to prepare

the soil for proper growth. Soon, they will get to plant their

seeds! They make their own hypothesis and monitor the pro-

gress of their seeds each day.

Lego Math is one

of our favorite

things to do!

Google

“Lego Math”

to learn easy ways

YOU can use

Legos at home too!

Our STEM class learned how water moves or “walks” up the paper towels into

empty jars through a process called capillary action! The jars fill up with water

until the water levels of all the jars are equal.


PJHS ACE

PJHS ACE Clubs

Kennel Club is starting their second week of animal training. LOL Club is working on budgeting and banking.

Tennis Club are learning all the right moves! Yoga Club is just beginning.

Come join us on Tuesday and Thursday!


PHS ACE

Taking a break in Med Science Club

Building a trailer in Welding

Learning the fire power of Lycopodium

in Chem Club


Looking Forward

October - November 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

20 21 6:00p Regular Board Meeting

22 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volley-ball @ Grand Saline

23

24 4:30p JH Football

vs Carthage (Home)

5:00p 9th/JV Football

@ Carthage

25

4:30p V/JV/JVB Vol-leyball vs Mexia (Home) 7:30p Football vs Carthage (Home)

26 Hot Pepper Festival & Parade

8:00a-12:00p 4H Project

Show @ Texas Agri Life

Extension Services,

101 E Oak St

27 28 8:00a Cross Country (Girls & Boys Varsity) @ Regional Meet in Huntsville 5:00p JH Volleyball vs Mexia (Home)

29 5:00p JV/V Volleyball @ Rusk

30 31 4:30p JH Football vs Kilgore (Home)

5:00p 9th/JV Football @ Kilgore


1 7:30p Varsity Football vs Kilgore (Home) $1 Drink NIght

2 Band @ Mabank March-ing Contest


3 FALL BACK (Move clocks back 1 hour at 2 am) 2:00p Theatre Fall Production - Musi-cal Comedy of Murders of 1920

4 5 ELECTION: Anderson County (PISD Voting Facilities: PISD Admin Board Room/PHS/WECC) 6:00p PJHS ACE Cookie Night

6 8:00a PHS Blood Drive

7 End 2nd Six Weeks 4:30p JH Football @ Chapel Hill 5:00p 9th/JV Football vs Chapel Hill (Home)

8 Student Holiday/Staff Development 7:30p Football @ Chapel Hill

9 9:00a JH Girls Basketball Tourn. (HS Comp Gym) 10:00a Boys Basketball Scrimmage @ John Tyler 11:00a State Cross Coun-try Meet @ Round Rock

10 11 VETERANS DAY Begin 3rd Six Weeks

12 12th Regional Student Congress @ SFA 6:00p PJHS ACE Craft Night 6:00p Girls Basketball vs All Saints (Home)

13 14 Time TBD Girls JV Basketball Lee Love-less Tourn (Home)

15 5:00p Girls Basketball @ Troup

16 10:00a Boys Basketball Scrimmage vs Kilgore & Cumberland Academy (Home) Time TBD Girls JV Basketball Lee Loveless Tourn (Home)

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