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Athletics

Palestine High School

Palestine Junior High

A.M. Story Intermediate School

Southside Elementary School

Northside Primary School

Washington Early Childhood Center

TACE

JANUARY 16,2015 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 18

January is school board recognition month and I would like to take this opportunity to give a special thank you to the Palestine ISD Board of Trustees for giving their time and for ensuring that the best interests of Palestine ISD students and staff are their number one priority. Thank you Palestine ISD Board of Trustees for your dedication, and congratulations on being named the 2014-2015 Region 7 School Board of the Year!

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Wildcat WeeklyMessage from our Superintendent: Jason Marshal

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Palestine Independent School District

Monday, January 20, 2015 Martin Luther King Holiday For Students and Staff

Go Wildcats Palestine Athletics

Jay Brown: Athletic Director

Basketball

Soccer

Palestine High School

William Stewart: Principal

All-Region Band Students

Cosmetology students Kari Missildine and Amber Brookings are getting ready for their aesthetics competition with Skills USA.

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

A m b e r M a g e e , P H S valedictorian and currently a junior at University Of Texas at Austin, spoke to students in Mrs. Brown's AP classes about scholarships, college s e l e c t i o n a n d c a r e e r choices.

Business Management Students

P a l e s t i n e High School p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s Rotary Youth L e a d e r s h i p A w a r d s participants.

Aesthetics Competition

Business Management students researching the "Best ACE Hardware Store on the Planet" which is right here in Palestine, Texas! P i c t u r e d w i t h 4 t h generation owners, Vicki & Stephen Braly.

PHS Valedictorian

Palestine High School will be well represented during the ATSSB Region 21 All-Region Clinic and Concert. The Clinic and Concert will be held Saturday January 17th at Chapel Hill High School. The best band students from East Texas will participate in this event. S t u d e n t s f r o m Palestine are: (Row 1: Martha Garcia-C a s t i l l o , H a l e y C o o k , B r i t t a n y Collins. Row 2: L u c a s S h e e l e y, Gage Lively, Joshua S m a l l e y , I s a a c Fulgham and Aaron Jackson.)

In addition, three Palestine students advanced to the Area level of competition, with a chance to audition for the ATSSB All-State Band. (L to R Gage Lively, Haley Cook and Aaron Jackson) Of these three students, Haley Cook earned a place in the All-State Band! Congratulations to all PHS Band Students participating in Region, Area and State events!

Palestine Junior High School

Stephen Cooksey: Principal

Delivering Supplies

Some of our Palestine Junior High staff along with Mimi Spreen help load and deliver supplies to Lone Pine Baptist Church for the Backpack Program offered at our elementary schools.

Discovering New Words

Mr. Sloan’s STEM students scan QR codes on their IPad to discover new vocabulary words.

Upcoming EventsJanuary 17 – All Region Band Clinic & concert (Hallsville)

January 15 – Palestine Junior High Boys Basketball Tournament

January 22 -Junior High Basketball Games vs. Madisonville

Girls –Home @ 5:00

Boys – Away @ 5:00

January 26- Junior High Basketball Games vs. Fairfield

Girls- AWAY @ 5:00

Boys- HOME @ 5:00

January 29-31 - Junior High Basketball Girls Tournament (Fairfield)

January 31 – Junior High B Teams Tournament

January 30 – Junior High Choir Solo and Ensemble ( Tyler)

February 2 - Junior High Basketball Games vs. Groesbeck

Girls – Home @ 5:00

Boys – Away @ 5:00

February 6 & 7 – Band Solo and Ensemble Contest (Nacogdoches)

Working with Microscopes

Mrs. Sanchez’s 7th Grade Science classes learn how to properly work with microscopes in a science lab. They will be studying different types of cells in the coming weeks.

A.M. Story Intermediate School

Amanda Jackson: Principal

TACE students receive incentives for 30 days of attendance.

30 Days of Attendance

Students in Mrs. Carr’s 5th grade class learn about capacity.

6th grade Pre-AP students in Mrs. Palmer’s ELA class work on building background knowledge about World War II and the Holocaust prior to

reading the novel, Odette's Secret.

• January 12 – 16 : Hoops for Heart Kickoff • January 12, 13, 15 : 5th grade iPad rollout • January 20, 21, 22 : 4th grade iPad rollout • January 17 : The robotics team will be traveling to Tyler to observe a

robotics competition

Learning about Capacity

Building Background Knowledge

Upcoming Events

Southside Elementary SchoolMelissa Molandes:Principal

Lots of great things going on at Southside this week!

167 second graders and 168 third graders had excellent behavior and were able to attend the movie and popcorn behavior incentive party last

Friday.

Incentive Party

Ms. Jenkins 3rd grade students show off their

Science of Flight

projects.  These gliders will actually carry cargo a

defined distance without

crashing.

Ms. Jenkins Airplanes

Ms. Smith’s students

were eating up earth’s layers in Science!

Yum!

Eating Earth’s Layers

Students in Ms. Hutchison’s 3rd grade class practiced new skills in Math

stations.

Math Stations

Northside Primary School

Barbara Dutton : Principal

During TPRI testing students rotate through group activities giving teachers time to individually test.

Rotating through Group Activities

Students wait outside the teacher’s door until it is his turn to be tested.

Patiently Waiting

Teachers test each student individually.

Testing Individually

Washington Early Childhood Center

Rhonda Herrington: Principal

Winter is definitely in the air at Washington ECC! To help students celebrate the start of the winter

season, teachers got out their shovels and uncovered a pile of

great activities. These activities are the cure for cabin

fever.

Cure for Cabin Fever

Not just winter activities are happening at Washington ECC. It was time for heights and weights on students. Head Start promotes healthy development in each child to ensure optimal learning. Students are required to

have a wellness exam, dental exam, updated

medical history, heights and weight screenings each year. Head Start

helps our students participate fully in their learning by preventing, and removing, and/or

reducing health-related barriers that interfere

with their development and learning.

January 30th -Annual Winter Princess Ball Upcoming Events

Promoting Healthy Development

PALESTINE ISD TACE

Miss Edwards class began Moby

Max! Students were scoring high

and earning stickers!

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center:

A. M. Story TACE STEM Center:

TACE students in Mrs. Clark’s early morning Math Academic Assistance Class are learning double digit multiplication using dice while enjoying

breakfast.

Story students who attend TACE 30 days or more receive a Free Dress Code Pass. In addition, those who

are attending each week as scheduled are receiving free

passes to "Choose Your Lunch Seat" on Fridays.

TACE student shows off new TACE

schedule tag attached to her backpack.

PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all community members to participate in knitting classes. Classes are held on Wednesdays, from January 29th to May

14th, 2015, 6 to 7:30 pm in High School Room 222.

Computer classes will resume on Monday, January 26th at 6:30 pm in the High School Computer Lab.

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to register for Adult English Classes on Tuesday, January 20th and Wednesday, January 21st from

5-7 pm in the PHS Library Media Center. Classes will begin on Tuesday, January 27th, 6-7:30 PM.

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to attendance our “Black History Month Celebration” on Tuesday, February 3rd at 6:00 pm in the

PHS Auditorium.

Parent Activity Calendar-January 2015

Upcoming Events

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Center

27 Digital Citizenship 6:00-7:00 pm

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center

21 Anderson County Humane Society 4:00-4:45 pm

Northside TACE Literacy Center 27

Understanding and Helping Students With Math Homework

9:00 am and 5:00 pm

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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January Looking Forward

MLK Holiday for Students and Staff

HS - Blood Drive

8:30a HS - Senior Cap & Gown Photos

7:00p School Board Meeting

SAT Test at PHS

6:00p HS - Baseball Dinner & Parent Meeting

TACE - Winter Pep Rally

NS - Hoops for Heart begins