INSIDE THE ISSUE:

Athletics

Palestine High School

Palestine Junior High

A.M. Story Intermediate School

Southside Elementary School

Northside Primary School

Washington Early Childhood Center

TACE

January 30,2015 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 20

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Wildcat WeeklyMessage from our Superintendent: Jason Marshall

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Palestine Independent School District

PHS students showed some of that great WILDCAT SPIRIT at a Pep Rally on Thursday afternoon. The PHS Athletic Booster Club provided hot

dogs for everyone.

Need a Valentine’s Day or Father’s Day gift idea? Consider a BBQ Grill made by the PHS Welding Class. To place an order, call the PHS Office (903) 731-8005.

Harlem Ambassadors vs United Dribblers PHS Competition Gym Saturday, January 31st, 6:00 PM $10.00 per person

Future Teachers’ Silent Auction &

Bake Sale Saturday,

January 31st, 2:00 – 4:00 PM Palestine High

School Cafeteria

Winter Pep Rally

Go Wildcats Palestine Athletics

Jay Brown: Athletic Director

BasketballBoys Basketball:  Palestine 65  Mexia 68 (OT)

Palestine Wildcat Boys played an excellent game vs. Mexia on Tuesday, Jan. 27th.

Highlights for the game: Palestine:  Gee Clark 13, CJ Barrett 1, Cameron Wilson 6, Keelan Yarbrough  5, Marquis Hernandez 2, Vay

Davis 6, Kevin Parish 23, D. McMorris 3, Forrester Polk 4, Kobe Brown 2  

Next Game:  Palestine vs. Madisonville; Tuesday, February 3rd @ 7:30 (PHS)

The Palestine boys team defeated Spring Hill 6-0 to win the inaugural Athens Hornets soccer tournament. The Wildcats won all four games to improve to 11-1-2 for the season. Trevon Carr and Fabian Mendez were named to the All-Tournament team and Cass French was named the Tournament MVP.

The Palestine Ladycats also won the Athens Hornets soccer tournament with a 1-0 win over Spring Hill. Gabby Meyers and Astrid Sandoval were named to the All-Tournament team and Vanessa Mendoza was the Tournament MVP.

Soccer

Palestine High School

William Stewart: Principal

Mrs. Merryman’s Business class enjoyed a very informative presentation from Anderson County

Precinct 2’s Commissioner Rashad Q. Mims

Palestine Means Business

BUSINESS students enjoying the new computers in their

classroom!

Business

Ricardo Elias is reading poetry while becoming one with his WILDcat Side! "Nothing can dim the light which shines from within." - Maya Angelou

Wildcat Side

Learning the basics of Emergency Rescue CPR AED and First Aid

Training Begins!

Basics of Emergency Rescue

Palestine Junior High School

Stephen Cooksey: Principal

Persuasion is all around

Mrs. Rosa’s 7th grade English Class work on creating

business advertising and talk about different advertisement

strategies.

A.M. Story Intermediate School

Amanda Jackson: Principal

Story students are learning the basics of computer science by participating in the

Hour of Code online program.

Basics of Computer Science

Mrs. Quarles’ Launch Class taking a nature walk to study

ecosystems.

The Story Robotics team is preparing for an upcoming competition in Rockwall on March 7th. The team is under the direction of Mr. Buell and

Mr. Lamb.

Story students who attend TACE for 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.

Learning Ecosystems

Robotics Team

Free Dress Code Pass

Southside Elementary SchoolMelissa Molandes:Principal

Students in Ms. Leath's class write

great stories during "Writer's Workshop".  This week's topic was, "Do you want to

build a snowman?"

“Do You Want to Build a Snowman”

Choosing a new book to read is

always fun in the Southside library!

Mr. Meyers’ teaches his bilingual Math students to create pictures to go with the

problems as they solve.

Constructing multiplication facts with hands-on activities in Ms. Forward’s class

makes the concept concrete.

Excellent behavior is

ALWAYS a treat!  Ms. Cox’s

students enjoyed ice cream for

earning 20 behavior stars as

a class.

Building Multiplication Facts

Eager Readers in Library Ice Cream Treat

Creating Pictures for Math Problems

Northside Primary School

Barbara Dutton : Principal

A KINDERGARTEN MORNING OF LEARNING

UPCOMING EVENTS

Jan. 29 5:45- PTO Executive Board Jan. 29-30 –Hoops for Heart Jan. 29-Poetry Assembly 9:30 and 1:30 Feb. 4-100 Days of School Celebrations Feb. 5-6–Paddington at the Movies

Washington Early Childhood Center

Rhonda Herrington: Principal

WECC student body includes Head Start/ PreK 3 and 4 year olds and also the PISD Child Development Center which starts from 6 weeks – up. The center is composed of an Infant Room, Toddler Room and 2 year old

room. The 3 and 4 year old child care students attend PreK . The center began 5 years ago with 18 children and now we currently have 61 full time students. We also have 10 after school students.

Thank you to all of our child care staff: Mary Brooks, Carolyn Hill, Cynthia Brooks, Sandy Morton, Brittany Brooks, Lisa Rothe, Amy Almanza, Janeth Garner, and Melinda Grimaldo. They do a wonderful job caring for

the children of our employees.

You are never too young to attend Washington ECC

PALESTINE ISD TACE

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center:

A. M. Story TACE STEM Center:

Students working hard on their homework during their TACE homework hour.

Mrs. Everhart has quite the Badminton

team here at Southside!

Students show off their art

work for District Parent Meeting

celebrating Maya Angelo.

Learning the notes and rhythm can be

the start of becoming a great

musician!

Students are learning that the position of the hand, fingerings, and how to sit all have positive effects on

playing the piano. Piano students in Jennifer Lowe’s

TACE class are learning how to read musical notes and are enjoying the sound of their

melodies!

Mrs. Luce shows her students the

basics of threading a

sewing machine.

Students in Mrs. Delgado’s Academic Assistance in Math class are learning volume of cubes and rectangular prisms

through hands-on activity with cubes. They are filling 3-

dimensional figures to determine volume in cubic

units.

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 from 6 to 7:30 pm in High

School Room 222.

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all +parents to register for Adult English Classes on Monday, February 2nd

from 5-7 pm in the PHS Library Media Center.

Palestine ISD TACE Parent Program invites all Palestine ISD parents to attend our “Black History Month

Celebration” on Tuesday, February 3rd at 6:00 pm in the PHS Auditorium.

Math workshop for parents

Northside TACE Literacy CenterUpcoming Events

PARENT ACTIVITY CALENDAR—FEBRUARY 2015

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Center

17 Family Fitness 6:00-7:00 pm

21 College Day 6:00-7:00 pm

TBD Math/Science Family Night 6:00-8:00 pm

Palestine Junior High School STEM Center

12 Tutorial Information/ Reading Strategies 5:30-6:30 pm

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A. M. Story TACE STEM Center

9 Basic Financial Literacy 5:30-6:30 pm

24 How to Write an Effective Resume 5:30-6:30 pm

Southside Elementary TACE Literacy Center

10 Family Craft Night for Valentine’s Day 5:00-5:45 pm

17 Palestine Public Library 4:00-4:45 pm

Northside TACE Literacy Center

10 Planning with Ads, Meals and Coupons 5:00 pm

24 Five Love Languages of Children 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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FEBRUARY Looking Forward

6:00p TACE Black History Month Celebration

Bad Weather Day

Registration deadline for MAR 14 SAT

ACT Test at PHS

Band - UIL Solo & Ensemble @ SFA

ST - 6th-Grade Hoops for Heart

ST - 5th-Grade Hoops for Heart

ST - 4th-Grade Hoops for Heart