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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton
Northside students love the
Science Lab and Genius Hour!
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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.
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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.
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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!
“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.
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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!
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PHS ACE
Taking a break in Med Science Club
Building a trailer in Welding
Learning the fire power of Lycopodium
in Chem Club
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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
7:00p Theatre Fall Production – Musical Comedy Murders of 1920
1 7:30p Varsity Football vs Kilgore (Home) $1 Drink NIght
2 Band @ Mabank March-ing Contest
7:00p Theatre Fall Production – Musical Comedy Murders of 1920
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)