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Palestine High School

Palestine Junior High

A.M. Story Intermediate School

Southside Elementary School

Northside Primary School

Washington Early Childhood Center

TACE

Upcoming Events

January 29, 2015 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 18

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Produced by Palestine High School Printing and Imaging Technology: • Tess Shuptrine

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Palestine Independent School District

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Wildcat WeeklyMessage from our

Superintendent:

The deadline for registering

to vote in the Tuesday, March 1st Primary Election:

February 1st

• I am always happy to see students enjoying themselves, and if they happen to be getting exercise at the same time that’s even better. New to Palestine ISD this year is the Ball Handlers of Palestine, also known as BOP, which is providing plenty of opportunity for exercise. The program is taught by Coach Amy Robinson with the assistance of Coach Kym Chapa and Coach Rose Kyzar. BOP is made up of boys and girls in grades K-6 who signed up for the program because they wanted to learn about basketball and ball handling skills. The BOP group has given several high energy performances during halftime shows at high school basketball games which have contributed greatly to the atmosphere and fun of this year’s basketball season. BOP is available to all students in grades K-6 who want to participate. The cost is $20.00 per student which provides each student with a basketball, t-shirt, and definitely a great time while learning about the game of basketball.

• Congratulations to Palestine High School students for their accomplishments at the Business Professionals of America (BPA) Regional Leadership Conference in Rockwall last weekend. Students qualified in the areas of Medical Office Procedures, Legal Office Procedures, PC Servicing, Financial Analysts, and Small Business Management. These students will travel to Corpus Christi for BPA’s State Leadership Conference in March. We wish them the best!

• Hard work and dedication is paying off for the Wildcat Soccer team. According to MaxPreps, the team has been named the #1 4A soccer team in the state. The Wildcats played the very experienced 5A Whitehouse Wildcats this week winning the opening match 2-0 making the Wildcat’s overall record 13-1-1. Way to go Wildcats!

• I hope everyone enjoyed the coffee and hot chocolate “pick-me-up” this week. We appreciate your hard work!

Go WildcatsPalestine Athletics

Robby Clark: Athletic Director

Soccer• The latest state rankings were released by Maxpreps and your Palestine Wildcat Boys Soccer Team have moved up to the #1 ranking in the state for 4A soccer!!!!  I am very proud of these young men for all their hard work this year. If you see any of these players today please give them a quick pat on the back and tell them how proud we are of their hard work and dedication.  We still have a long ways to go this year but the future is bright for Wildcat Soccer!!!

• Congratulations to the boys soccer team on their two victories against the 5A Whitehouse Wildcats!!  JV won the opening match 1-0 with Angel Ramirez scoring the winning goal on a penalty kick.  Jude Odiaka had the shutout in the goal.  The varsity won the nightcap with a pretty convincing 2-0 win over a very experienced Whitehouse Team.  Goals were scored by Riley Harper and Chris Giron with assist coming from Humberto Mendoza and Tony Guzman.  Bennett Gierkey registered his 10th shutout in the goal for the season.  The overall record for the Boys Soccer Team is 13-1-1.

 • The Boys Soccer Team competed in the Athens Soccer Tournament and came home with the Championship Trophy!!  The Wildcats defeated Athens 4-0 on Saturday for the championship trophy.  Allan Marquez was voted as the MVP of the tournament!!  Bennett Gierkey and Chris Giron were voted onto the All Tournament Team. Standouts for the tournament was the whole team!! 

JH Boys Basketball• The Junior High Boys Basketball team traveled to Fairfield last night for their last road game of the season.  

• The 7th grade A Team played a good game but came up just short against a good Fairfield team.  The team was led by Chris Bryant and Delundrick Jackson.

• The 7th grade B team played a tough and close game. Drake Gambrell and McCloud Thomas had great games. Drake led the team in scoring on the night. The Wildcats were victorious with a 18-11 final score. 

• The 8th grade A Team improved to 16-0 with another blowout victory.  The team was led by Jeremiah Davis and Enoch Fatade.  The boys are back in action next Monday at Palestine High School against the Groesbeck Goats.

• The 8th grade B team lost a heart breaker in the last seconds of the game by three points (37-34). Christian Hutchenson had an all-star performance grabbing numerous rebounds and leading the team in scoring with a double digit performance. CJ Hicks and Jerius Fuller also performed well. 

Go WildcatsPalestine Athletics

Robby Clark: Athletic Director

Boys’ Basketball

Palestine vs  Mexia

•Varsity - Lost (score: 53 – 51) Player of the Game: Claude Rodgers - Quote: "We have finished the first round of district with a 2-2 record and are currently in 3rd place. We played an awesome game and are on the brink of doing something great. We have to just keep our heads up and continue to improve". Coach Johnson

• Jv – Won – (Score: 48 – 36) Players of the Game: Eric Rhodes 17, Key-shawn Carter 18 - Coach:  "Good game against a really athletic

opponent, we played well down the stretch and pulled out the win!"

• Freshmen – Won – (Score - 45 - 36 ) Player of the Game: Tyler Gray - Coach: Freshmen Boys defeated Mexia Tuesday night, 45-36. Tyler Gray was player of the game with 15 points and 6 steals. But the entire team played hard and executed, staying disciplined in the heat of the moment. The Freshmen are still undefeated in regular games at 6-0 and 5-2 in tournament play. Coach Moore said "This is a great group of young men... If they keep working and develop together, they will be pretty special!"

Palestine vs Groesbeck

• Varsity- Won (Score : 65 – 55) Players of the Game : Keelan Yarbrough and Devonta Mims - Quote:  “Kids have bought in and are All IN and the chemistry is starting come alive”  Coach J.J.

 • Jv –won – (Score 50-48 in OT) Player of the Game: Eric Rhodes - Coach:  “It was a very hard fought game and we showed great endurance in coming away with a victory”  Coach J.J.

 • Freshman – won (Score  49-19) Player of the Game : Tyler Gray - Coach:  “Our freshmen are still undefeated in district play and are rolling right along”. Coach J.J.

Go WildcatsPalestine Athletics

Robby Clark: Athletic Director

Girls’ basketball

Palestine Vs Mexia

•V- Lost (31-71) Tonight's loss is a hard one to swallow. We have a week before our next district game, which will be in Madisonville, this game will be an important win. We will work hard in practice and do the best we can to get the girls prepared for that game. 

•JV- Lost (28-29) - The girls had a slow start to the game, but they worked extremely hard and fought  to the end. 

Palestine Vs Groesbeck

•The JV won their game 25-13 and move to 2-2 in district. Jessie Storment had 10 points to lead the Ladycats. Chanella Gibson had 6 points as well. We are very proud of their development as they continue to excel on and off the floor.

•The Varsity Ladycats won 49-13 with an outstanding team performance to get right in the thick of the district race. Thank you for all the support. We are excited about the last two weeks of the season.

•Top performers were: Jalia Cook 17, Kierra Wilson 11, Lacey Tillis 5 points and 2 blocks, Destiny Mathews 11 points and 8 rebounds, Dominique Lacy 4 points and 7 rebounds

Palestine High School

William Stewart: Principal

• Congratulations to the PHS Business Professionals of America (BPA) students who competed this Saturday at the Regional Leadership Conference in Rockwall.

• State Qualifiers: Fernando Villegas – Medical Office Procedures; Chenoa Logan-Mason – Legal Office Procedures Financial Analysts Team; Amber Taylor, Nathan Roman, Ricky Brown, & Chenoa Logan-Mason, Small Business Management Team; Jacob Montgomery, Tyler Waldon, Annie Arambula, & Jason Zenn (Alternate); Daniel Arzola – PC Servicing; Ricky Brown – Human Resource Management; Cynthia Campa, Miguel Torres, Laura Velazguez, Rosario Guzman - Selected STATE BPA Interns

• In December, these Wildcat Band members earned spots in the ATSSB Region 21 All-Region Band. Hundreds of students from East Texas competed to earn these positions.  Our students performed with the All-Region band at Chapel Hill high school on January 16th.

• On January 9th, Aaron Jackson and Lucas Sheeley had the opportunity to audition for a spot in the All-State band.  Aaron Jackson earned that privilege and will be performing with the ATSSB All-State band in February.

• In photo from L to R: Front Row: Megan Holden, Shannah Avila (alt.) Second Row: Aaron Jackson, Miguel Torres, Katie Stone (alt.), Isaac Fulgham (alt.), Lucas Sheeley, Jaime Pena, Daniel Arzola

• The students in the Law Enforcement II Practicum Class participated in an Open and Carry Luncheon.

• PHS debate winners at the UIL invitational meet, Rebecca Arigbabu: LD debate; Katie Stone and Jack Hallock

Palestine Junior High School

Stephen Cooksey: Principal

• ART- Mrs. McNatt’s 7th and 8th grade Art class work on pencil drawing portraits. They did a fantastic job creating wonderful ART!!

• STEM – Students in Mr. Sloan’s Project Lead the Way class learn to take vital signs for their Medical Detective lesson.

• FUN- Our 7th and 8th grade students enjoy our incentive party in the bounce houses and jousting pen. These students passed 3 or more of their benchmark tests and were treated to a fun afternoon with friends.

A.M. StoryIntermediate School

Jamie Clark: Principal

• Story students have been participating in Hoops for Heart.

• New landscaping on the Story campus is taking shape.

• Students learned to make snow.

• The Story Intermediate Robotics Team competed in Tyler over the weekend. The team is sponsored by Mr. Buell.

Southside ElementarySchool Melissa Molandes:Principal

• Mrs. Lewis’s students are ready to learn about cooking!

• Mrs. Jenkins’ class is showing off their projects, 3rd grade launchers creating gliders while testing forces of lift, thrust, drag, and weight.

• Southside’s First Tee program is going great in PE. Kids are learning all about the game of golf.

• Ms. Davis’ class is working on reading during DAILY 5 rotations.

Northside Primary School

Barbara Dutton : Principal

• I made my own anchor chart at home.

• Watch DOGS at work.

• Learning while waiting for my TPRI test.

WashingtonEarly Childhood Center

Shelia Bradley: Principal

• Feb. 11th Black History Program

• All KIDS Love to come to Washington! Including human friends.

• Working hard to make it a success

• Students’ preparing for the school board gifts.

PALESTINE ISDTACE

Northside TACE Literacy Center

• Students enjoy learning new skills with the iPads. • Our family event night was fun. We all

painted a snowman.

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center

• Family Painting Night

• Valentines cupcakes!

PALESTINE ISDTACE

• Students are engaged using their smart board as they receive

academic assistance in math from Mrs. Cowley.

• Mrs. Poff's ELA students practice their spelling words on dry erase boards after finishing their

• Sewing student is practicing the skill and patience of threading a sewing machine needle in Mrs.

Shelton's sewing class.

• Robotics students traveled to Tyler on Saturday and competed in matches with

other elementary teams.

A. M. Story TACE STEM Center

Palestine Junior High School TACE STEM Center

• Students use technology to review before their science benchmark test.

• Jr. High students love to be creative. Painting and

construction science are popular classes for TACE.

• Dance girls getting ready for their upcoming

competition in Kilgore.

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Center

• Robotics Class

• Welding 101 • Ana in action!

PALESTINE ISDTACE

TACE Family Engagement Program Upcoming Events:

PARENT ACTIVITY CALENDAR—FEBRUARY 2016

Center Day Parent Meeting/Workshop Hour

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Center

2 Cell Phones 5:30-6:30 pm

10 District Event “Family Painting” 5:30-7:30 pm

24 Black History Month Celebration 2:00-3:00 pm

Palestine Junior High School STEM Center

11 Spa Retreat 5:30-6:30 pmTBD

23 Bullying 5:30-6:30 pmCafeteria

A. M. Story TACE STEM Center

8 STAAR Parent Academy/Dyslexia Program 5:30-6:30 pmLibrary

24 Building and Nurturing Self-steem in Children

5:30-6:30 pmLibrary

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center

1 Cooking w/Chef Simon 5:00-6:00 pm

23 3rd Grade Music Program 5:00-6:00 pm

Northside TACE Literacy Center

16 Recognizing Stress in your Child 5:00-6:00 pmLibrary

23 Step by Step Paint 6:00-7:30 pmCafeteria

• 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

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February Looking Forward

6:00pm- Varsity Boys Soccer

5:00pm-Varsity Boys Soccer

5:00pm-Percussion Concert

5:00pm-jr high boys basketball games

5:00pmJV/V girls soccer

6:00pm- Adult English Classes

6:00pm- Project Graduation Parent Meeting

6:00pm-Adult English Classes

6:30pm-FALL SPORTS BANQUET

8:00am-TSI

5:00pm-9/JV/V basketball games

5:00pm-JV/V girls soccer

6:00pm-Adult English Classes

7:00am-ACT testing

8:00am-YMCA bball

8:00am-Saturday School

5:00pm-9/JV/V Basketball

6:00pm-Adult English Classes

5:00pm-Jr. High Boys Baskteball Games