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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

APRIL 25, 2014 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 31

Palestine High School students spend many hours each year preparing for a mental competition, UIL Academics. It is a great competition that enhances what students learn in the classroom, helps them develop self-confidence, and teaches them important life lessons they are certain to use after graduation. I would like to thank our students for their willingness to represent Palestine ISD and their coaches for helping them prepare. Good luck to our students as they prepare to compete at the UIL Academics Regional competition in Brenham, May 2-3, 2014. UIL Academics Spring Meet Results: 1st Place Current Issues and Events Team: Jaren Crist (1st overall), Jacob Houck (2nd overall), Cody Prell (3rd overall), Sarah Coleman (4th overall), and Caleb Abernathy (Alternate). 1st Place Science Team: Riley Martine (1st overall and Top Biology Score), Eli West (3rd overall and Alternate Top Physics Score), Nathan McEwen (6th overall), and Austin Evans. 1st Place Lincoln Douglas Debate Team: Charlee Cockrell (1st place), Jaren Crist (2nd place), and Brenda Reyes, Alternate (4th place). 2nd Place Computer Science Team (Alternate): Destiny Harding (4th place) and Kyle Hayes (6th place). Number Sense: Brianna Minter (3rd place). Informative Speaking: Rigo Serralde (6th place) and Brenda Reyes (5th place).

Spelling and Vocabulary: Penny Fulgham (6th place). Math: Nathan McEwen (4th place) and Riley Martine (6th place). News Writing: Shanna Avila (6th place). !At the PISD Board of Trustees regular meeting on April 21, 2014, the Board adopted a resolution authorizing a Qualified School Construction Bond that will enable the District to begin a Design-Build Project to provide needed physical improvements and technology infrastructure for all campuses. However, A.M. Story Intermediate and Palestine Junior High School will be priorities as all other campuses received the majority of the construction and renovations provided by the May, 2009 construction bond. The Board approved the resolution authorizing the QSCB with the provision that the Palestine community be afforded the opportunity to purchase bonds. The Qualified School Construction Bond will provide funds in the amount of $6,420,000.00 that will be repaid over a period of 15 years with an interest rate of approximately 0%. This construction bond will not incur any tax increase for taxpayers.

Come out tonight and support the Wildcat Baseball team as they take on Fairfield. Seniors will be recognized prior to the game.

Go Wildcats!

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Wildcat WeeklyMessage from our Superintendent: Jason Marshall

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Lance Angel: Athletic Director

• April 25-26-3A Regional Track Meet at Humble

• April 25-26-PISD will host 1A Division 1 Region 3 Track Meet at Wildcat Stadium

• Friday, April 25-The Wildcat Baseball team will play Fairfield - Senior Night (Seniors will be recognized prior to the game)

• May 8-9:00 am-7th Grade Soccer Tournament

• May 9-9:00 am-8th Grade Soccer Tournament

Palestine High School

William Stewart: Principal

Freezing Time

Students from Mrs. Teal’s Photography class spent the morning freezing time and capturing the image of water balloons popping. This is an image taken by Brenda Reyes.

Mrs. Buckland’s freshmen students are giving themselves Capitol Makeovers using their iPads and Skitch after reading The Hunger Games.

Thursday’s TACE report card pick up.

Capitol Makeovers

Powderpuff Game Report Card Pick Up

Palestine Junior High School

Larissa Loveless: Principal

Our students have voted for their Class Favorites for the 2013-2014 school year. All of the students are great students and are a prime example of the how many great personalities we have on our campus.

Class Favorites

Waylon Nickerson & Tara Stricklin.

Ashley Middleton & Caden Lafontaine.

Joseph Dickerson & Josephine Bolton.

Ashley Davis, Waylon Nickerson & Alexia Robinson.

Best all Around

Mr. and Ms. PJHS

Most Likely to brighten your day

Best Personality

Dominique Lacy & Roderick Deyon.

Most Athletic

A.M. Story Intermediate School

Amanda Jackson: Principal

A Community of Learners…

A special THANK YOU to the Junior High and High School for supporting our Story Scholars as they prepare for the STAAR test. The Junior High Cheerleaders, the Kit-Kats, and Drum Line rocked the cafeteria for us during our STAAR Pep Rally. An additional shout-out goes to Mr. Carr and the students in AV classes for creating a motivational video. These students from other campuses exemplify the support of excellence and learning in our community.

A Special Thank You

Southside Elementary SchoolStephen Cooksey: Principal

Students are “Diving into Learning” here at Southside Elementary!

This week our 3rd Grade Students will be taking the STAAR Math and STAAR ELA tests! We are confident that our teachers have our students well prepared for STAAR.

To support and encourage our students, we hosted a school wide PEP RALLY!!! Our special guest from the Star Wars movie was Princess Leia…She passed out STAAR bracelets to each and every 3rd grade student.

It was a GREAT time had by all!

Pep Rally

Northside Primary School

Barbara Dutton : Principal

Greenbrier Nursing hosted the 2nd annual Easter Egg Hunt for Northside First Graders. It took 45 seconds to gather over 2,000 eggs.

Easter Egg Hunt

Mr. Gabino Serralde and Ms. Ihlenfeldt from Wal-Mart Distribution Center located next to the Wal-Mart store, donated 10 Dogwood Trees for Earth Day. Northside first grade students helped the Wal-Mart employees plant the trees.

Mrs. Willette Mitchell from the Anderson County Retired Teacher’s Association presented Northside Primary School students with 184 books. The members have collected books all year as a State Retired Teacher Association project.

Dogwood Trees DonationBook Donation

The residents prepare for the children.

Enjoying the hunt.On your mark, set, go. Where did they all go?

On a mission. The attendants served students lemonade and cookies.

Time to share and clean up.

Washington Early Childhood Center

Rhonda Herrington: Principal

There is a lot more to planning an Easter Egg hunt then just taking some eggs and throwing them out on the lawn for students to find. And while that may work, where is the fun? With the help of some super dads from each classroom, students at Washington Early Childhood Center had a great time finding eggs in some very unusual and creative spots. And the Dads had just as much fun hiding them, and watching as they were located by the bright-eyed searchers.With a beautiful school backyard and a wonderful bright, clear, and warm weather day, Dads spent some quality time hiding Easter Eggs for their children's classes. Students came out laughing, running and filling their baskets with colorful eggs. The rest of the day was filled with fun eggrelated activities. Thank you, DADS, for making this a terrific day for all of us at the school. !

Easter Egg Hunt

SAVE THE DATE for the ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION hosted by Washington ECC and PHS Spanish Club. The event will be held on Friday, May 2nd at Palestine High School from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Come enjoy Tamales and pozole, Mariachi Lara, the Washington ECC Dancers and much, much more. Come out and have a great time from 5:00-7:00p.m.

Cinco De Mayo

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Students at Northside are preparing for our Art Showcase on May 15th. The theme for this year will be “It’s a Bug Life at Northside”. The bugs are emerging. Most of the materials are made with recycled items. The Showcase will be on May 15th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Northside TACE Literacy Center

Mrs. Hazel's Math Munchies class measuring up some tasty breakfast burritos!

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center

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Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center invites you to “Family Read Night – Book Fair” on Thursday, May 1st at 5:30 pm. Palestine High School TACE College and Career Center invites you to “Cinco de Mayo Celebration” on Friday, May 2nd at 5:00 pm. Palestine High School TACE Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to register for GED classes. Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 pm, in High School Room 205. Palestine High School TACE Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to register for Zumba classes. Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5-6 pm; in High School. Palestine High School TACE Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to register for Knitting classes. Classes will be held on Wednesdays at 6 pm, in High School Room 222. !For more information please contact: Mr. Tupac Alcauter at: 903-731-800 ext. 1266 or e-mail: talcauter@palestineschools.org

Upcoming Events

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Looking Forward

! !! HS Band

Contest !7:00p HS One-Act Play

9:00a JH 8th Grade Soccer Tournament

HS Coronation and Prom

HS SAT Test

HS Regional UIL Academic Competition

HS Regional UIL Academic Competition

7:00p HS One-Act Play

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9:00a Fish Camp for Story Students at Junior High

9:00a JH 7th Grade Soccer Tournament

5:30p JH Spring Showcase in Cafeteria

Story PreAP 6th Grade Trip to Dallas

Teacher Appreciation Week