Wildcat Weekly

Additional assistance and enrichment opportunities are available to students before and after school through the PISD Texas After School Centers on Education (TACE) Program. Parents interested in TACE services for their child may sign up with the campus

TACE Coordinator.

Palestine Independent School District September 8, 2017 Volume 6: Issue 3

Athletics 2

PISD Food Service 3

Looking Forward 4

Inside this issue:

DISTRICT EVENTS

Friday, September 8

4:30 pm - Varsity Volleyball vs. Jacksonville (Home)

7:30 pm - Varsity Football vs. Jacksonville (Home) Youth Football Night/

$1 Drink Night

Monday, September 11

5:00 pm - Junior High Volleyball vs. Madisonville

(Home)

Tuesday, September 12

5:00 pm - JV/V Volleyball vs. Neches (Home)

Thursday, September 14 Tennis vs. Athens (Away)

5:00 pm - 9th/JV Football vs. Fairfield (Home)

Friday, September 15

8:00 am - Girls & Boys JV/V Cross Country @ Lear Park

4:30 pm - 9th/JV/V Volleyball vs. Kilgore (Away)

7:30 pm - Varsity Football vs. Fairfield (Away)

Saturday, September 16 Junior High Volleyball

Leon Tournament

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

Have a great 2017-2018 school year!

Hurricane Harvey

Fundraiser

Come out and support

your teams!

PISD Students Honor Palestine National Guard Delta Unit

The Palestine National Guard Delta Unit will deploy to Africa on Friday, September 8th where they will spend the next year providing humanitarian assistance. PISD students joined with community and family members at a send-off ceremony to show their support for the

Delta Unit on Thursday, September 7th.

Palestine ISD wishes the National Guard Delta Unit a safe trip, a positive experience helping the people of Africa, and a safe return

home.

September has arrived and in only two weeks the first six weeks will come to an end. I hope everyone is beginning to settle in and feel at home. Encourage students to come to class every day ready to learn. Missing a day or even one class makes it easy to fall behind. Help students understand the importance of staying organized. Being prepared for the day really is a great feeling. To help make this school year the best, look for the good in every day; even if things don’t turn out the way you planned. Campus pages were not included in this issue due to the short week but will return next week. Have a great weekend everyone!

Before & After School Program

Thank you to everyone who has donated to assist those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Relief efforts have

been great, but help is still needed.

There will be an opportunity to donate at the football game tonight, and donations can be made at campuses

through September 11th.

Friday, September 8

4:30 pm Ladycat Volleyball

VS Jacksonville Indians

PHS Gym

7:30 pm Wildcat Football

VS Jacksonville Indians

Wildcat Stadium

TACE

The Wildcat Choir, directed by PISD Choir Director Leslie Hooe, sang the National Anthem in honor

of the national guard members.

The PISD Texas After School Centers on Education (TACE) Art Program made posters for

the send-off.

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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: Robby Clark

Palestine Athletics

Girls Cross Country:

The Palestine Girls Cross Country Teams competed in the Stephen F. Austin Invitational Meet last Saturday, Sept 2nd. This was a huge meet with 17 teams and a total of 129 varsity runners. The varsity girls team finished

in 6th place and was led by Amber Taylor, who was our best runner in 24th place, followed by Isabel A. Garcia,

Airiona Carter, Yari Garcia, Jennifer Aguilar, and Laura Cabrera.

The JV Girls Team also competed and finished in 3rd place! The JV girls team was led by Yazmine Cuevas, who

finished in 6th place, followed by Ashley Davis (10th place), Iris Chavez, Bryanna Vigil, and Paola Rangel. The

JV girls will compete this Saturday September 9, at Grapeland; while the Varsity Team will be traveling to

Huntsville, TX to compete in the preview of the regional meet @ Sam Houston State University.

We are extremely proud of their hard work and dedication. Thank you for supporting our Cross Country program!

Boys Cross Country:

Congratulations to the Boy's Wildcat Cross Country Teams for their 2nd win a row at the SFA Cross Country Meet

over the weekend. They competed against big schools like Robert E. Lee, Lufkin, Nacogdoches and barely

defeated one of the best 5A schools out of Louisiana, Parkway High School.

Their were 160 runners in the race on Saturday and our top varsity finisher, with a 6th place finish, was

Freshmen Luis Rangel. Next for varsity was Sophomore, Michael Guzman (11th place), JR Daniel Sanchez (12th

place), SOPH Cristian Guzman (16th place), FR Garrett Bowden (18th place), SR Francis Sis (25th place) and

JR Cristian Castillo (70th place).

The JV squad won by over 20 points with Freshmen Michael Chaidez leading the way with a 4th place finish.

Good Luck next Saturday to the Varsity boys as they travel to Sam Houston State University for the

Region 3 Preview meet to compete against some of the top teams in the region. The JV and JH runners will be

competing in Grapeland at Salmon Lake.

Football:

The mighty Wildcat Varsity Team defeated Mabank 57-20 this past Friday. Junior, Tyler Gray, had 188 yards rushing

and 3 touchdowns. He also threw for 98 yards and 1 touchdown. TJ Dever had 65 yards receiving and 1 touchdown,

while senior, Kameron Hamilton had 33 yards receiving. Sophomore running back rounded out the offensive perfor-

mance with 97 yards rushing and 1 touchdown. Defensively, junior Josh Williams had 15 tackles, 3 for a loss.

Roderick Deyon had 9 tackles while Keshawn Nonette added 8 tackles and a fumble recovery. Senior, Lexington Bell finished the night with a huge fumble recovery which he returned for a touchdown. The Wildcats also got great special

teams play from sophomore Quintin Cook who returned not 1, but 2 punts for touchdowns. The Wildcats take on the

Jacksonville Indians at home this Friday, September 8th at 7:30pm.

Come on out and cheer on the boys as they play Jacksonville.

After getting a big win to open the season @ MABANK 22 to 8, the Freshmen Wildcats came out this past Thursday and fought to the last whistle

to be on top for an 8 to 6 win against the Jacksonville Indians. After a long game of battling, Eddie Barnes punched one in for a 10 yard touchdown

run, and then Cagen Clark converted the 2 point conversion with a pass to Dustin Cargill. The Wildcat defense, led by Elvin Calhoun,

Daelen Williams, and McCloud Thomas played a great defensive game to help seal the win. The Freshmen Wildcats will host the

Fairfield Eagles next Thursday, September 14th at 5:30 here at Wildcat Stadium.

Volleyball:

The Ladycats faced Mabank last Friday night and were defeated (16-25, 17-25, 23-25). Destiny Mathews led the

offense with 10 kills, while Shayla Arthur added 9 kills and Amirah Wyse had 7 kills. McKenzie King had 26 assists and

9 digs in the match. Faith Newman had 10 digs and Ke'ondra White added 9 digs. The JVA team lost (22-25, 22-25).

The JVB team came out on top in 2 games (25-23, 25-18). They did a great job!

On Tuesday, the Ladycats played Edgewood in a non-district match-up. Our JV Teams both won games

in exciting fashion! JVB won in 3 (21-25, 25-19, 15-11). JVA also won in 3 sets (25-20, 15-25, 15-11). Varsity lost

tonight in 3 (22-25, 23-25, 18-25). Ke'ondra White and Shayla Arthur led the offense with 7 kills a piece. Amirah Wyse

added 6 kills. Mckenzie King had 27 assists. Ke'ondra White led the defense with 13 kills.

The Ladycats will take on Jacksonville at home tonight with the varsity starting at 4:30 pm. The JVA and B games will follow.

Tennis:

The Palestine tennis team defeated Madisonville 11-8 Thursday night in a gritty team tennis match. The match came down to the final few games to

secure the win. Monique Ybarra, Camryn Lupo, Serena Coker and Kassidy Turner got wins in girls singles. Edgar Ayala, Seth Sheeley, Jorge Giron

and Hunter Harroff got wins in boys singles. Edgar and Serena won in mixed doubles, Camryn and Monique won in girls doubles and Seth and

Bryston Lewis won in boys doubles.

The win moves the Wildcat Tennis Team to 2-0 on the season and the teams will travel to Athens next Thursday, September 14th.

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Palestine ISD Food Service Director: Mimi Spreen

Free/Reduced applications are online. Parents can access from home computer, their students

iPad, a computer at the campus, or a computer at the library.

www.palestineschools.org click on Departments, then click on Food Services,

Look for Meal App Now – Online Meal Applications link on right side of page.

Parents must fill out a new application EVERY YEAR. If you print out the application from the

PISD Website, it can take up to 10 working days for our office to process the app. If there are

errors on the app, we have to send it back to parent to correct. Online apps prevent mistakes

because the program won’t let the parent submit it if required information is missing. If we

receive it electronically, it takes just a few clicks and the app is processed.

Menus are accessed by clicking on the Nutrislice apple icon (bottom left of page) on the

Food Service page of PISD website or go to www.palestineschools.nutrislice.com.

Meal prices are the same as last year and located on the PISD website.

Each campus will be offering meals to teachers/para’s/admin beginning in September.

An email will be sent with menu options and instructions on how to place your order.

Lunch is only $3.25.

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Looking Forward

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

10 11 5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Madisonville

(Home)

12 5:00p JV/V Volley-

ball vs. Neches

(Home)

13 14 Tennis vs. Athens (Away)

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Fairfield

(Home) Junior High

(Away)

15 8:00a Girls & Boys JV/V Cross Country @ Lear Park

4:30p 9th/JV/V Volleyball vs. Kilgore (Away)

7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Fairfield

(Away)

16 JH Volleyball Leon Tournament

17 18 7:00p Regular Board Meeting

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Fairfield (Away)

19 5:00p 9th/JV/V Volleyball vs. Brownsboro (Away)

20 3:00p Girls & Boys

JH Cross Country @

Latexo

21 Tennis vs. Mexia (Away)

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Van (Home)

Junior High (Away)

22 End 1st Six Weeks

4:30p Varsity Volley-ball vs. Mexia (Away)

7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Van (Away)

23 8:30a All Girls & Boys Cross Country @ Palestine-Davey Dogwood Invitational @ Story

JH Volleyball Mabank Tournament

24 25 Begin 2nd Six Weeks

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Athens (Home)

26 5:00p 9th/JV/V Volleyball vs. Athens (Away)

27 1:00p All Girls & Boys Cross Country @ Elkhart

28 Tennis vs. Madi-sonville (Away)

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Kilgore

(Away) Junior High

(Home)

29 7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Kilgore

(Home) Foam Finger

Night

30

1 2 Tennis vs. Athens

(Home)

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Mexia (Home)

3 5:00p 9th/JV/V Volleyball vs. Madisonville (Home) Junior High Night

4

5 8:30a Girls & Boys JV/V Cross Country @ Lindale

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Center

(Home) Junior High

(Away)

6 4:30p 9th/JV/V Volleyball vs. Fairfield (Home)

7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Center

(Away)

7 8:00a Girls & Boys Junior High Cross Country @ Fairfield

Junior High Volley-ball Cayuga Tourna-ment

Sept-Oct 2017