Wildcat Weekly

The PHS Wildcat Choir teamed up with the newly formed Glee Club for a debut performance last Thursday, November 10th. The two groups had the audience on their feet singing and dancing to songs like “Forget You” by Cee Lo Green and “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth.

Glee Club is part of the PHS TACE Program that began when a group of choir students wanted to get other students singing and performing. The PHS Glee Club meets three times each week before school, at 7:00 am. Be sure to check out their next concert on Sunday, December 11th at 3:30 pm in the PHS Auditorium!

Palestine Independent School District November 18, 2016 Volume 5: Issue 11

Athletics 2

Campus Happenings 3-7

TACE 8-14

Looking Forward 15

Inside this issue:

UPCOMING EVENTS

November 21-25

Thanksgiving Holidays

Mon-Tues, Nov 21-22

Online Staff Development

Monday, November 21

5:00 pm F/JV/V Boys’ Basketball vs. Corsicana (Away)

5:00 pm F/JV/V Girls’ Basketball vs. Kilgore (Away)

Tuesday, November 22

12:00 pm F/JV/V Boys’ Basketball vs. John Tyler (Home)

5:00 pm F/JV/V Girls’ Basketball vs. Jacksonville

(Away)

Friday, November 25

Boys’ Varsity Basketball Burger King Classic @

Whitehouse

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

It’s that Turkey time of year again! On Wednesday, the PISD Administration parking area was filled

with 500+ turkeys, one for each staff member and just in time for the Thanksgiving holidays. The

district is thankful to each and every staff member for all that you do to encourage and motivate

students each day throughout the school year. We wish each student and staff member a safe and

happy holiday week with family and friends. Wildcat Weekly will take a break for a few weeks. The

next edition will come out on Friday, December 9th. Happy Thanksgiving from Palestine ISD!

PHS Choir & Glee Club

Happy Thanksgiving!

Give Thanks Gather Laughter Family Happy Blessings

PHS Spanish Club Highway 19 Project

Mrs. Carolina Dominguez and the PHS Spanish Club picked up litter along Highway 19 last Saturday. Many thanks to Mrs. Dominguez and the Spanish Club for taking their time on a Saturday to help make Palestine even more beautiful.

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Go Wildcats Athletic Director: Robby Clark

Palestine Athletics

Cross Country:

Freshman, Michael Guzman competed at the UIL State Cross Country Meet in Round Rock on

Saturday, November 12, 2016. Competing at the State level was a great learning experience

and we look forward to seeing Michael in competition next season. Coach Absalom

Ladycat Basketball @ Ennis & Lindale:

Last weekend, the F/JV teams traveled to Ennis and played in a 5A/6A tournament with

teams from the Metroplex. The Freshman went 2-2 and played for a Trophy in their matchup.

Freshman beat Ennis 44-16 and Waco University 28-18, but lost to Waxahachie 34-42.

The JV team lost to Ennis 26-45 and to Carrollton Ranchview 28-42.

The Varsity team traveled to Lindale last Friday night and played a very good 5A program.

Varsity lost in overtime 47-51, but played very well and I'm excited to see how we respond.

Coach Ross

Wildcat Basketball @ Huntington:

The Freshman team won, 66-21. The defense played aggressive in their half-court trap. The offense executed in transition and in

the half-court game. Every player played at least 1 quarter and made significant contributions.

The JV team lost to Cross Roads Varsity, 58-38. The JV team competed very well in their first action of the season. We were a

little rusty in the game but held a 1 point lead at the half. I was very pleased with our effort and playing against a varsity

team. I'm looking for big things out of this group.

The Varsity team won at Spring Hill vs Spring Hill and Rusk. I thought we all played very good in our second scrimmage vs Rusk

and Spring Hill Saturday. We beat Rusk 51-20 in 2 quarters and we also beat Spring Hill 34 to 20 in 2 Quarters. We open our

season on Tuesday with a trip to Huntington.

All three teams are 1-0.

Coach Johnson

Upcoming Basketball Games:

Friday, November 18, 7:00 pm: Girls’ V West Rusk (Home)

Friday, November 18: Boys’ Freshman Wells Varsity Tournament (Away)

Monday, November 21, 5:00 pm: Girls’ F/JV/V Kilgore (Away)

Monday, November 21, 5:00 pm: Boys’ F/JV/V Corsicana (Away)

Tuesday, November 22, 12:00 pm: Boys’ F/JV/V John Tyler (Home)

Tuesday, November 22, 5:00 pm: Girls’ F/JV/V Jacksonville (Away)

Friday, November 25: Boys’ V Burger King Classic @ Whitehouse

LET’S GO WILDCATS!

Coach Robby Clark

Michael Guzman at

State Cross Country Meet

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Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart

Mrs. Bristow’s Certified Nursing

Class came home with 12 new

state board certificates! Here

come the jobs and nursing

school. Lauren Pickle, Dusty

Roberts, Chassidy Gross, and

Mayra Sepulveda are 100% certi-

fied for both the written and lab

exams. The other students hold

one of two state board require-

ments and are ready to test.

Palestine High School held their

National Junior Honor Society

induction ceremony. The officers

of the National Honor Society gave

a presentation on what it takes to be

a part of this organization. Many

seniors and juniors were honored

for having all the characteristics

necessary to join.

We invite you to view our latest endeavor, Wildcat Nation, a digital publication created in app and web form by Palestine High School Printing and Imaging Technology & Audio/Video Production students. We're here to highlight and celebrate Palestine ISD and how Palestine ISD interacts within the Palestine community. Our goal is to educate and inform our constitu-ents by embracing this innovative means of communication.

To view this publication in web form, enter the link into your web browser.

https://joom.ag/Zx7Q

You can also visit The App Store and download it directly to your Apple device by searching for Palestine Wildcat Nation.

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A.M. Story Intermediate

Principal: Jaime Clark

The Wildcat Band Drumline

performed an exciting show

for Story students and staff.

With endless appreciation and gratitude, Story Intermediate

wishes all our veterans, Happy Veterans Day! Thank you for

serving our country and protecting our freedom!

Thanks to Mrs. Kitt, Mr.

Vinson, Mr. Buell,

and Mr. Turner for

serving our country!

Students enjoyed a special

Thanksgiving meal

with their loved ones.

Let’s not forget

our Musical

Extravaganza

led by Mrs. Bell

and her class!

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Southside Elementary

Principal: Melissa Molandes

Winners of the Food Drive

Congrats to

Mrs. Camp’s class!

Southside students enjoyed visiting the residents

at Brookdale followed by a fun time at Reagan Park.

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Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton

Northside honored Veterans last Friday.

1st Graders were awarded Accelerat-

ed Reader shirts on Monday.

Students get items that were

donated for Thanksgiving

ready for the Food Bank.

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Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley

WECC Veterans’ Day Program

Students working hard on the Thanksgiving food drive

and learning in the process.

Baskets for WECC families!

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PALESTINE ISD TACE

Northside Primary TACE Center

TACE Family Holiday Paint Night

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PALESTINE ISD TACE

Southside Elementary TACE Center

Mrs. Ballard’s

Brick Lab

Problem Solving

with Mr. Clardy

Southside

TACE

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PALESTINE ISD TACE

A.M. Story Intermediate TACE Center

Story Spanish Club made posters

honoring the US Armed Forces

and US Veterans.

Story

TACE

November

Paint

Night

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PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine Junior High School TACE STEM Center

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PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine High School TACE College & Career Readiness Center

The PHS Glee Club and Choir joined together for their first performance

on November 10th. Their next performance will be held on

Sunday, December 11th at 3:30 pm in the PHS Auditorium.

Peer tutorials in Mrs. Magee’s class

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PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine High School TACE Family Engagement

The Adult ESL Class celebrated the completion of the Fall Semester

with family, friends, classmates, and teachers.

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PALESTINE ISD

TACE

TACE Family Engagement Program

Parent Activity Calendar - November 2016

For more information please contact: Mr. Damon Hooe at: 903-727-2666 or e-mail: dhooe@palestineschools.org; or visit our website www.palestineschools.org.

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Looking Forward

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

20 21 Thanksgiving Holidays

Online Staff Develop-ment

5:00p F/JV/V Boys’

Basketball vs.

Corsicana (Away)

5:00p Girls’ F/JV/V

Basketball vs.

22 Thanksgiving Holidays

Online Staff Develop-ment

12:00p F/JV/V

Boys’ Basketball vs.

John Tyler (Home)

5:00p Girls’ F/JV/V

Basketball vs.

23 Thanksgiving Holidays

24 Thanksgiving Holidays

Thanksgiving Day

25 Thanksgiving Holidays

Varsity Boys’ Basketball Burger King Classic @ Whitehouse

26

27 28 29 5:00p F/JV/V Boys’

Basketball vs.

Central Heights

(Home)

5:00p Girls’ JV/V

Basketball vs.

Coldspring-Oakhurst

(Home)

30 Dec 1 Boys’ F/JV Basket-

ball Edgewood

Tourney

Boys’ Varsity Bas-

ketball DQ Invita-

tional Tourney @

Van

Girls’ JV/V

Basketball Eustace

2 Boys’ F/JV Basket-

ball Edgewood

Tourney

Boys’ Varsity Basket-

ball DQ Invitational

Tourney @ Van

Junior High One Act

Play

3 Boys’ F/JV Basket-

ball Edgewood

Tourney

Boys’ Varsity Basket-

ball DQ Invitational

Tourney @ Van

4 2:00p Anderson

County Chorus

Contata

5 5:00p JH Girls’

Basketball vs.

Fairfield (Home)

6:30p Choir Christ-

mas Concert - PHS

Auditorium

6 5:00p Northside

TACE “A Christmas

to Remember”

5:00p F/JV/V Boys’

Basketball vs.

Center (Home)

5:00p Girls’ JV/V

Basketball vs.

Diboll (Away)

7

8 Boys’ F/JV Basket-

ball Palestine Tour-

ney

Boys’ & Girls’ Varsi-

ty Basketball Great-

er East Texas

Shootout @ Browns-

boro

9 6:30p 8th Grade

Dance - PJHS Cafe-

teria

Boys’ Varsity Basket-

ball Greater East

Texas Shootout @

Brownsboro

10 7:30a ACT Testing

Boys’ F/JV Basket-

ball Palestine Tour-

ney

Boys’ Varsity Basket-

ball Greater East

Texas Shootout @

Brownsboro

11 12 5:00p JH Girls’

Basketball vs. Athens

(Away)

7:00p School Board

Meeting

13 5:00p Boys’ F/JV/V

Basketball vs.

Brownsboro (Home)

5:00p Girls’ F/JV/V

Basketball vs. Hud-

son - Teacher Appre-

ciation Night (Home)

14 15 16 5:00p Boys’ F/JV/V

Basketball vs.

Brownsboro (Home)

5:00p Girls’ F/JV/V

Basketball vs. Hud-

son - Teacher Appre-

ciation Night (Home)

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November-December 2016