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Wildcat Weekly
Palestine Independent School District September 27, 2019 Volume 8: Issue 6
TACS Today Article 2-3
Athletics 4
Campus Happenings 5-10
ACE 11
Looking Forward 12
Inside this issue:
DISTRICT EVENTS
Friday, September 27 End 1st Six Weeks
HOMECOMING
2:55p HOMECOMING Pep Rally
4:30p V/JV/JVB Volleyball vs Fairfield (Home)
7:00p King & Queen Announcement
7:30p V Football vs Crandall (Home)
Saturday, September 28 7-2pm Homecoming Golf Tournament
@ Wildcat Golf Course
JH Volleyball @ Leon Tournament
3:00p Dogwood Marching Classic @ Wildcat Stadium
Monday, September 30
Begin 2nd Six Weeks
Tuesday, October 1 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volleyball
@ Madisonville
Thursday, October 3
Student Holiday/Staff Development
Region XXI Jazz Band Auditions @ Bullard HS
8:30a JV/V Boys Cross Country
@ Garden Valley Golf Club/Lindale
Friday, October 4 Student & Staff Holiday
Football Open Week
from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall
GO WILDCATS!
PISD FEATURED IN TACS TODAY MAGAZINE FOR 4-H PROGRAM
The Palestine ISD 4-H program that began last year as past of the district’s ACE program
was featured in the September, 2019 issue of TACS Today magazine. The article explains
how PISD Texas ACE and 4-H programs have joined forces to provide new opportunities for
students. Shanna Marshall, PISD ACE Project Director, a former 4-H member herself, is
excited to see Palestine ISD students enjoying 4-H activities.
Find out more about PISD 4-H by reading the TACS Today article written by Larissa Loveless,
PISD Director of Public Relations, on page 2 and 3 of this edition of Wildcat Weekly.
Students interested in joining their campus 4-H program may contact their campus
ACE Site Coordinator at the email listed below:
Northside - Tammy Conner: [email protected] Southside - Brandy Taylor: [email protected] Story - Angela Johnson: [email protected]
PJH - Robin Chapman: [email protected]
PHS - Damon Hooe: [email protected]
Shanna Marshall, PISD
ACE Project Director
Homecoming Week 2019
Homecoming Football Game
Wildcats vs Crandall Pirates
Friday, September 27th
2:55 pm Pep Rally
7:00 pm King & Queen Announcement
7:30 pm Kick-Off
Palestine Education Foundation
Homecoming Golf Tournament
Wildcat Golf Course
Saturday, September 28th
8:30 am Tee-Off
Student Holidays
Classes will
resume
Mon, Oct 7
Thurs, Oct 3
& Fri, Oct 4
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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!
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Country is ready for their 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!
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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 Ladycats traveled to Athens on Friday, September 20th and came back with a win (25-21, 25-22, 25-20). Ka’Zem Wood led the offense with 8 kills, Shayla Arthur added 6 kills and Ay’Lasia Fantroy has 4 kills. Ay’Lasia Fantroy had a huge night at the net with 5 stuff blocks! Raina Hanzik has 11 digs while Ka’Zem Wood added 10 digs. Katie Litynesky has a team high 7 assists on the night. The Ladycats will begin district play with Fairfield at home today (Sept 27) at 4:30 pm.. Our JV Volleyball Team lost a tough one in 3, and our JVB defeated Athens in 2 sets.
Cross Country:
The Girls Cross Country Team earned another team championship at the Elkhart Invitational this week. The Ladycats were led by Helena Lara, who finished in 10th place, followed by Cristell Francia in 12th place, Samantha Chaidez 13th place, Karina Gutierrez 15th and Kacie Danchak in 18th. Our JV Cross Country Team was led by Izabel Simien, who finished in 1st place, followed by Laura Cabrera in 2nd, Yari Garcia in 3rd, Celeste Lara in 4th, and Amy Rangel in 5th place to complete the perfect score of 15 points total. Boys Cross Country Teams (Varsity, JV and JH) competed in their home meet on Saturday, September 21st and the teams also competed in the Elkhart Invitational this week where they came away with a clean sweep of the 1st place Trophies in all of divisions. All three teams completely dominated the competition at both meets. Luis Rangel (Varsity) and Jalbert Sando (JH) came away with two first place medals, along with Lizardo Lemus and Oben Reyes collecting the JV 1st place medals. Upcoming Meets: Thursday, October 3rd: JV/V Boys @ Garden Valley Golf Club/Lindale Saturday, October 5th: Pre-District Meet in Fairfield
Football:
The Wildcat Football Team picked up their second-straight victory
with a, 56-35, win over the Fairfield Eagles on Friday, September 20th.
The Wildcats will take on the Crandall Pirates at the Homecoming game
tonight (Friday, September 27) at Wildcat Stadium.
State Representative Cody Harris flipped the coin for the Wildcats vs Fairfield Eagles game on Friday, September 20th.
Cody Harris (center) pictured with Jason Adams (Left), Fairfield ISD Superintendent; and Jason Marshall (Right), Palestine ISD Superintendent.
Congratulations to CBTX..Commercial Bank of Texas' Player of the Game Jeremiah Davis. Jeremiah had 28 rushes for 208 yards and 3 TOUCHDOWNS against the Rusk Eagles. For the season, he has a total of 520 yards and 8 TOUCH-DOWNS for three games.
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Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart
Palestine High School floral design students are delivering
their first floral arrangement orders of the year.
Mrs. Bristow's Nurse Assistants
training hard on their skills with
their upperclassman.
All hands are on deck!
Alexis Kiser, Monica Ferritez, and Monique Cooper
complete a fractional distillation experiment in
Mrs. Brown’s AP Chemistry class.
Students in PreAP Chemistry class
observe the carbon soufflé experiment.
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Palestine Junior High School
Principal: Joseph Mason
Mrs. Templin’s 8th grade Math class review slope intercept form on the iPads.
HOMECOMING WEEK
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A.M. Story Intermediate
Principal: David Richardson
Students got to shoot
darts for every two
questions they
answered correct on
the CBA review, and
they earned a chance
to win either a prize or
free HW pass.
Students created posters about Properties of Matter
Social Studies
with Mr. Barrera
Mrs. Reagan’s Math class
Mr. Wiley’s class
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Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla
Students in
Ms. Ruiz’s class
experimenting
with molecular
bonds by using
milk, dish soap,
and food coloring.
Southside student participants from the
Punt, Pass, and Kick Contest at Wildcat Stadium.
Southside students received a visit from Mr. Gus,
our local Cub Scout leader.
Homecoming Spirit Week
Go Wildcats!
Sink the Pirates!!!
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Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton
Mrs. Underwood’s class creating charts and graphs
First graders working together
Mrs. Choate’s kindergarteners writing in journals
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Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley
WECC
Maroon Out Tacky Miss Match
HOCO 2019
Tailgate Shenanigans
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PJHS ACE
PJHS ACE classes, Mum Making in “LOL” Club (Ladies of Leadership)
and Morning Coffee Talk with Mrs. Sutton
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Looking Forward
September- October 2019
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
22 23 6:00p Homecoming Pep Rally & Tailgate Party @ PHS
24 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volleyball @ Mabank
25 12:30p V/JV/JH Boys Cross Country @ Elkhart
26 9:00a Boys V Cross Country @ Grand Prairie 4:30p JH Football vs Crandall (Home) 5:00p 9th/JV Football @ Crandall
27 End 1st Six Weeks
2:55p HOMECOMING Pep Rally
4:30p V/JV/JVB Vol-leyball vs Fairfield (Home)
7:30p V Football vs Crandall (Home)
28 7-2pm Homecoming Golf Tournament @ Wildcat Golf Course
JH Volleyball @ Leon Tournament
3:00p Dogwood Marching Classic @ Wildcat Stadi-um
29 30 Begin 2nd Six Weeks
5:00p JH Volleyball @ Fairfield
1 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volley-ball @ Madisonville
2 3 Student Holiday/Staff Development Region XXI Jazz Band Auditions @ Bullard HS 8:30a JV/V Boys Cross Country @ Garden Valley Golf Club/Lindale
4 Student & Staff Holiday Football Open Week
5 7:30a All Girls/Boys Cross Country @ Fairfield
6 7 5:00p JH Volleyball vs Madisonville (Home)
8 5:00p JV/V Volleyball @ Mexia
9 10 4:30p JH Football vs Henderson (Home)
5:00p 9th/JV Football @ Henderson
11 4:30p V/JV/JVB Vol-leyball vs Rusk (Home) 7:30p Varsity Football vs Henderson (Home)
12 Band @ Mabank Marching Contest
13 14 COLUMBUS DAY Band @ Mineola March-ing Contest
15 8:00a JV/V Girls/Boys Cross Country District @ Fairfield 3:00a JH Girls/Boys Cross Country District @ Fairfield 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volley-ball @ Fairfield
16 NATIONAL BOSS’ DAY
17 4:30p JH Football @ Van 5:00p 9th/JV Football vs Van (Home)
18 4:30p V/JV/JVB Vol-leyball vs Madisonville (Home) 7:30p Football @ Van
19 7:00p Dogwood Jamboree @ PHS Auditorium All Region Band XXI Marching @ SFA