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Produced by Palestine High School Printing and Imaging Technology: •Ana Balderas •Rozi Balderas

Wildcat WeeklyMessage from our Superintendent: Jason Marshall

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Palestine Independent School District

Christmas Holidays: Monday, December 22, 2014

through Monday, January 5, 2014

Staff Development/Student Holiday:

Monday, January 5, 2015

Students return to class: Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Santa Claus himself greeted visitors at the PISD Administration

Office this week!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!FROM PALESTINE ISD

PHS Art students in Mrs. Connie Teal’s class used their creative talents in a competition to see who could design the winning Christmas card for Palestine ISD. There were just too many excellent entries to choose only one of them, so three were chosen. We appreciate these students sharing their talent to

bring us Christmas joy! PISD Christmas Card Contest Winners

1st Place - Charlee Cockrell 2nd Place - Osvaldo Palacios 3rd Place - Summer High

Happiness

Feliz NavidadStory Students Go Skating

Story students enjoy some thrills and spills at the Downtown Palestine Ice Skating Rink. Students were nominated for the skating party by their teachers for exhibiting the Six Pillars

of Character.

PHS TACE- Multicultural Christmas

Happy HolidaysStory administrators treated the staff to coffee and doughnuts last week.

Story Administrators

Northside-Here We Go

Doors around campus reflect the Christmas spirit.

Southside-Christmas Spirit

Northside-Polar Express Ho Ho Ho

Southside TACE students made piñatas for the Multicultural Parent Night.

TACE Multicultural Christmas

Tace Multicultural Christmas

Northside, Southside, and Story TACE were responsible for setting up a tables showing how Christmas is celebrated in Switzerland, Germany and England. Story Students

made “poppers” and snowflakes to help decorate. They enjoyed learning the many traditions that have spread to how we celebrate in America, giving us a Multicultural Christmas.

NoelStory- Holiday Spirit

Coach Cooksey exhibits some holiday spirit.

The Polar Express is enjoyed the world over by children and adults of all ages, and after 25 years in publication, it is still one of the most beloved stories. The story was enjoyed by Washington and PHS Paw Pals last Friday for their Polar Express Day/Pajama Day. HS Paw Pals arrived in their pajamas with gifts in their hands heading down the hallway to meet their WECC Paw Pal once again. While watching Polar Express the Paw Pals had popcorn, hot chocolate, and had a fun activity project to make. Thank you to Mrs. Robbins and her students for coordinating the Paw Pal Program this year. We are looking forward to some spring activities with our Paw Pals.

Washington ECC- A Day with Our Pawpals

Mrs. Anderson was named Teacher of the Month by the Palestine

Alumni Association.

Southside teacher of the month Northside- The Tree Farm

Northside-My own Polar Express

Joy6th grader Mickey Cook, Jr. spreads holiday cheer during a

musical tour with Mrs. Bell’s piano class to some of Palestine’s assisted care facilities.

Story- Mickey Cook Spreading Holiday Cheer

Northside-Polar Express Parents

Breakfast is served on Merry Monday!

Southside Serves Breakfast

Northside-Christmas artists

These students were using their creativity to build structures, objects and equipment. The two boys said they had to follow the map. Some of the things they created were lawn mowers, helicopters, a tall building, windmill and a few others.

Northside TACE Literacy Center

Northside-The engine

Celebrate

Chris Weaver and

Elyssa Gonzales

well represented

at Rotary Club.

High School-Rotary Club

Santa Letters

A box of mail from the North Pole was accidentally delivered to the high school during finals on Thursday. Student volunteers delivered letters

from Santa's elves to the first graders at Northside just in time for their Christmas parties! Santa even sent some elves to make sure letters were

delivered on time!

BlessingsFuture architects and engineers of the world

always start at the gingerbread level.

Story- Future Architects and Engineers

Northside-Singing for Meals on Wheels

The Rotary Club provided dictionaries for every 3rd grade student.

Southside Rotary ClubNorthside-Christmas, a time for sharing.

Ms. Gray made this pic collage

of her TACE students. She

was just playing around with a new app she has on her

phone created via LiPix.

TACE Southside Elementary

PeacePHS- Sweater Contest

Joey Mason (nicest sweater winner)

Judy Hobbs (ugly sweater winner)

Connie Teal Grace Sharp William StewartKathleen Brown

3rd Grade choir sang Christmas carols at

area nursing homes.

Southside- 3rd Grade Choir

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth

Northside- first wish

Northside-Santa LuciaNorthside-Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE,

FROM NORTHSIDE

Multicultural Christmas TACE- Upcoming Events 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.

Story TACE Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to attendance our “Did you know?” event

on Tuesday, January 13th at 5:30 pm in the Cafeteria.

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to register for Adult English Classes on Tuesday, January 20th or Wednesday

January 21st from 5-7 pm in the PHS Library Media Center. Classes will begin on Tuesday, January

27th at 6-7:30 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

Parents and students participating together

in the Multicultural Christmas event.

Students breaking the piñata.

Holly Jolly

PHS Students Making Hard Candy

Mrs. Hazel and Mrs. Everhart's TACE classes worked together to make homemade doggie treats to donate to the Anderson County Animal Shelter. They not only learned math but about volunteering, donating and how to give back to the community.

Merry Christmas from the staff and students at

Southside. It has been a busy week as we prepare

for the holidays.

Southside Prepares for Holiday

TACE-Southside Elementary

Northside- Go to North Pole

Polar express track to North Pole.

Northside-Watching the polar express. Northside-Teacher Luncheon

Nativity

PHS- Band/Choir Concert

Northside-Fiesta LunchTACE students in Mrs. Barraza and Mr. Phelps afternoon classes took part in Hour of Code this week. The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching students in 180+ countries, giving them a one-hour introduction to Computer Science.  It is designed to demystify code and learn the

basics. Computer Science helps nurture problem-solving skills, logic and creativity. Beginning early gives students a foundation for success in 21st-century career paths.

TACE- Story

Hung by the chimney with care.

Northside-By the Chimney

The students received the certificates of participation for the Fall Semester 2014.

TACE-Adult English Classes

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DECEMBER Looking Forward

Christmas Holidays

Christmas Day

New Years Day

Registration deadline for JAN 24 SAT

Christmas Holidays