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Wildcat Weekly

Palestine Independent School District October 13, 2017 Volume 6: Issue 7

Athletics 2

Campus Happenings 3-8

TACE 9-13

Looking Forward 14

Inside this issue:

DISTRICT EVENTS

Monday, October 16 7:00 pm - School Board

Meeting

5:00 pm - Junior High Volleyball @ Madisonville

Thursday, October 19 Early Release

Friday, October 20 Student Holiday/

Staff Development

Monday, October 23 5:00 pm - Girls & Boys

Cross Country Regional Meet

5:00 pm Junior High Volleyball vs. Fairfield

(Home)

Tuesday, October 24 5:00 pm 9th/JV/V Volleyball

vs. Fairfield (Away)

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

Happy Homecoming 2017!

Fall has arrived and it’s time for Lunches in the Lounge!

Lunches are scheduled for staff at each campus on

the following dates:

Tuesday, October 24

Northside Primary & Palestine Junior High

Wednesday, October 25

Southside Elementary & Palestine High School

Thursday, October 26

Washington ECC & A.M. Story Intermediate

Homecoming Week in the Wildcat Nation Lunch in the Lounge

WILDCAT HOMECOMING 2017

Senior Homecoming Court

Pictured above

Freshmen, Sophomore,

& Junior

Homecoming Court

Pictured below

Announcement of

PHS Homecoming Court

and Crowning of King & Queen at 7:00 pm

Palestine Wildcats

VS

Bullard Panthers

Kick-Off at 7:30 pm

Friday, October 13th - Wildcat Stadium

Let’s Eat!

Wi ldcat Weekly Volume 6: Issue 7

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

Cross Country:

Congratulations to the JV Boys Cross Country Team for winning their District Meet at Fairfield

yesterday in a dominating fashion. They had 8 runners place in the top 10 places.

The JV team won all 8 meets they participated in this year and were led yesterday by

the following runners: 1st Place Grant Attaway, 2nd Place Jonathon Sanchez, 3rd Place Javier

Leonor, 5th Place Brian Armenta, 6th Place Michael Chaidez, 7th Place Lizardo Lemus,

9th Place Jonathan Sandres, 10th Place Easton Musil

Congratulations to the Varsity Boys Cross Country Team for winning their 12th District Championship in a row! The Varsity Boys were very dominating yesterday by placing all 7 runners in the top 8 places. Luis Rangel was your district champion with a time of 16:19. Other runners who placed in the meet were: 3rd Place Michael Guzman16:38, 4th Place Cristian Guzman 17:05, 5th Place Garrett Bowden 17:14, 6th Place Daniel Sanchez 17:20, 7th Place Cristian Castillo 17:26, 8th Place Francis Sis 17:33

The Palestine High School Girls Cross Country Teams competed yesterday at the District Meet in Fairfield. It was a very competitive and exhilarating meet. Our girls finished in 3rd place as a team and earned a spot for the Regional meet for the 12th year in a row!! We were beat by Madisonville by two points and tied in 3rd place with Mexia but earned 3rd place with the tie breaker! Leading the Ladycats was Isabel A. Garcia in 7th place, followed by Jennifer Aguilar, Yarizeth Garcia, Iris Chavez, Ashley Davis, Laura Cabrera and Izabel Simien. The JV Girls’ Cross Country Team earned 2nd place as a team they were led by Yasmine Cuevas, who earned 2nd place, Mayra Gonzales, Paola Rangel, and Mia Ramirez! Football: The Palestine Varsity Football Team defeated district opponent, Center, last Friday night by a score of 41-21.The mighty

Wildcats played well in all three phases of the game, and physically out matched the Roughriders. The offense compiled 481

yards and 41 points behind outstanding performances by Junior Tyler Gray and Sophomore Jeremiah Davis. Gray had 141 yards

rushing on 14 carries while throwing one touchdown pass to TJ Dever. Jeremiah Davis had 200 yards rushing on

17 carries and three TDs behind a solid performance by the offensive line. The Wildcat defense stymied Center's offense all night

long. The defense was led by Junior Josh Williams who had an amazing game. Josh had 13 total tackles, two for a loss, one

fumble recovery, two pass break ups, 1 interception, and he blocked an extra point attempt. Seniors, Roderick Deyon and

Waylon Nickerson also performed extremely well, with Deyon have 10 tackles and Nickerson having 8 tackles on the night.

The Wildcats are looking forward to a big homecoming game tonight (October 13) against the Bullard Panthers, and taking the

next step towards a play-off berth.

The Wildcats Junior Varsity Football Team played an exciting game Thursday night defeating the Bullard Panthers 30 to 28.

We were very proud of the way the athletes competed. We had several athletes play well on offense.

Christian Hutchinson threw a touchdown pass to Marquis Thompson. Christian Hutchinson also ran one touchdown. Marquis

Thompson and Michael Morrow each ran in a two point conversion. Outstanding Defensive player was Zaquoriance Johnson with

a fumble recovery and score. Outstanding Special Teams player was Tre Calhoun who scored on a Kickoff return. Volleyball: The Ladycat Volleyball Team will play Athens this afternoon. Games start at 4:30.

Tennis: Palestine Team Tennis will face Taylor in the area round of the Class 4A-Region III

playoffs on Thursday, October 19, 2 pm at Rudder High School in Bryan.

http://www.palestineschools.org


Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart

Conjugating verbs in Mrs. Dominguez’s Spanish class

Coach Tyler’s students working on their book project

Students attending

Constitution Day

in Austin

Alex Shiller, Morghyn Harper,

Serena Coker, Alyson Alvarez,

Jesus Garcia-Castillo,

and Nicolas Dominguez

National Night Out

Palestine High School students Leina Guerrero and Aaliyah Criss are face painting community participants. Myah Crutcher and Ty'rianah Owens from Mrs. Johnson's Criminal Justice class participated in the Annual National Night Out to promote police-community partnerships.

Rene Martinez practicing putting a needle through a

balloon for the upcoming chemistry circus.


Palestine Junior High School

Principal: Stephen Cooksey

It has been a great season for the Junior High Boys’ Cross

Country Team! They competed at the District Meet in

Fairfield this week and came home with the

District Championship.

Mrs. Moore Parker’s Art students had a Face Painting Booth at the

Tail Gate Party in the spirit of Homecoming!

Mrs. Henry’s 7th Grade Writing Class work on Reading out loud with partners.


A.M. Story Intermediate

Principal: Jaime Clark

4th Grade students in Mrs. Thigpen's homeroom working on the

Cup Pyramid Engineering Challenge.

Students had to work together to build the pyramid in the

shortest amount of time without touching the cups with their

hands, only using the tool provided made from a rubber band

and string.

TEAMWORK!! Fastest time: 4 min., 3 seconds

STORY TEAM BUILDING & CLASS BUILDING


Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla

Mrs. Lazarine’s class having fun painting!


Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton

The Hamburger Cookout was a huge success.

Boys and girls enjoyed learning about Fire Safety at the Convention Center.

Students learn how to be winners during the

N.E.D. show (Never Give Up, Encourage

Others, Do Your Best)

Mrs. Moore’s KEY class prepares for Fall with a trip to Moore Farm in Bullard.

Library time is very important on our cam-pus.


Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley

Students played rescue the letters and ladder race

to prepare for Community Helper Day!

Then came Community Helper Day!


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Northside Primary TACE Center

Mum-Making Night was an incredible success.

Forty-five parents and students got very creative!


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Southside Elementary TACE Center

We read the story

in our Storyworks class

called “The LEGO Story” about

how legos were created.

We used LEGOS this week

to see what we could create and build.

Learning about recipes

and journaling

in Cooking 101

Drums Alive with Mrs. Everhart


PALESTINE ISD TACE

A.M. Story Intermediate TACE STEM Center

MUM-TASTIC FUN!


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine Junior High School TACE STEM Center

TACE

BASKETBALL

& SOCCER

IN ACTION


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Readiness Center

ESL

Culture Night


Looking Forward

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

8 9 National School

Lunch Week

10 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Mexia (Home)

Senior Night/Dig

Pink

5:00p JH Volleyball

@ Brook Hill

11 3:00p Junior High

Cross Country

(District) @ Fairfield

12 9:00a Girls & Boys

JV/V Cross Country

(District) @

Fairfield

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Bullard

(Away) Junior High

(Home)

13 HOMECOMING

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

7:30p Varsity Foot-ball vs. Bullard (Home)

14

15 16 6:00p Regular Board Meeting

5:00p Junior High Volleyball @ Madisonville

17

18

19 Early Release

Football Open Week

20 Student Holiday/Staff Development

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

Football Open Week

21

22 23 8:30a Boys & Girls Cross Country Regional Meet @ SHSU

5:00p Junior High

Volleyball vs.

Fairfield (Home)

24 Lunch in Lounge for Staff (Northside & PJHS during campus lunch times)

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

25 Lunch in Lounge for

Staff (Southside &

PHS during campus

lunch times)

26 Lunch in Lounge for Staff (WECC & Story during campus lunch times)

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Chapel Hill

(Home) Junior High

(Away)

27 7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Chapel Hill

(Away)

28 ACT Test @ PHS

8:00a PHS TSI Testing 2p and 7p Alice in Wonderland

29 2:00p Alice in Wonderland

30

31 1

2 5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Carthage

(Away) Junior High

(Home)

3 End 2nd Six Weeks

7:30p Varsity Foot-ball vs. Carthage (Home)

Senior Night

4 8:00a PHS TSI Testing

8:30a Cross Country State Meet @ Round Rock 7:00p Alice in Wonderland

Oct-Nov 2017

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