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Wildcat Weekly

Palestine Independent School District October 11, 2019 Volume 8: Issue 8

Choir Garage Sale 2

Athletics 3

Campus Happenings 4-9

Texas ACE 10-13

Looking Forward 14

Inside this issue:

DISTRICT EVENTS

Friday, October 11 4:30p V/JV/JVB Volleyball

vs Rusk (Home)

7:30p Varsity Football vs Henderson (Home)

Saturday, October 12

Band @ Mabank Marching Contest

6:00p ETX HAS TALENT @ PHS Auditorium

Monday, October 14

COLUMBUS DAY (Not a District Holiday)

Band @ Mineola Marching Contest

Tuesday, October 15 8:00a JV/V Girls/Boys District

Cross Country @ Fairfield

3:00a JH Girls/Boys District Cross Country @ Fairfield

5:00p V/JV/JVB Volleyball @ Fairfield

Thursday, October 17 4:30p JH Football @ Van

5:00p 9th/JV Football vs Van (Home)

Friday, October 18 4:30p V/JV/JVB Volleyball

vs Madisonville (Home)

7:30p Football @ Van

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

GO WILDCATS!

Culinary Arts on KETK

PHS Culinary Arts students, Kara Richmond and Carlos

Adame, were interviewed by Cynthia McLaughlin on

KETK/FOX 51 about their experienc-

es as Healthy Youth Ambassadors in

the PISD Culinary Arts 4-H program.

The segment, titled “Seriously Salsa”

also featured Kara and Carlos sharing

healthy salsa recipes.

All-Region Choir

Nineteen PHS Choir students auditioned for the Region 21

Small School All-Region Choir on Saturday, October 5th at

Whitehouse High School. Six of those students advanced to

sing in the Small School All-Region Choir on November 9th

in Carthage. The number of PISD students who advanced this

school year is double

the number from last

year.

First time contenders,

Corbin Hughes and

Skylar Jones, each

earned a spot in the

All-Region Choir and

are alternates for the Pre-Area Contest. Emalyn Nicholson,

Allyson Byrd, Nicholla Webb, and Wesley Smith advanced to

the Pre-Area contest at Lufkin High School on Tuesday,

November 19th. If they make the cut, the students will audition

for the Texas All-State Choir in January. PHS Choir Talent Show

Make Plans for the 4-H Project ShowShow

Fire Prevention

Shows

Presented by Palestine Fire Dept. October 15, 17, & 18

PHS Auditorium

Wi ldcat Weekly Volume 8: Issue 8

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

http://www.palestineschools.org


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 came home with a win over Mexia in 4 (25-21, 25-19, 22-25, 25-18) on Tuesday, October 8th. Shayla Arthur had 18 kills, 3 blocks and 11 digs on the night. Ke’Ondra White added 6 kills and 8 digs. Jan’Aa Johnson and Ka’Zem Wood each added 5 kills. Raina Hanzik led the defense with 16 kills. Ka’Zem Wood had 22 assists in the night while Katie Litynesky added 10 assists. The team will play Rusk at home on Friday, October 11th to finish up the first round of district play.

Cross Country

On Saturday October 5th, the PHS Girls Cross Country Teams competed at the Fairfield Invitational Meet where the varsity team finished in 3rd place. The Ladycats were led by Suzy Francia (12th) , Kacie Danchak (15th), Helena Lara (19th), Samantha Chaidez (22nd) and Karina Gutierrez (23rd). JV Girls Cross Country earned 1st place and were led by Camila Dominguez, who finished in 3rd place, followed by Celeste Lara in 4th, Izabel Simien in 5th, Brenda Trevino in 6th, and Laura Cabrera in 7th place. The Wildcat Varsity Boys Cross Country Team won its 4th meet in a row in Lindale on Thursday, October 3rd, while JV finished 2nd to 5A Kaufman. Luis Rangel (2nd), Michael Guzman (5th), Michael Chaidez (10th), Garrett Bowden (14th) and Luis Castillo (18th) were the top finishers for varsity. There were 157 runners in the varsity race. In the JV race, the top finishers were Nefthali Rubalcava (14th), JJ Garcia (16th), Diego Farias (18th), Oben Reyes (19th) and Adrian Oliva (20th). There were 193 runners in the JV race. Cross Country Teams will be back in action at the District Meet on Tuesday, October 15th at Fairfield High School.

Swimming

The PHS Swim Team participated in the PCA Invitational in Lufkin on Sat, October 5th. Our two

Palestine swimmers had a strong showing in the following events: Sydney Veneris competed

in the 50 freestyle and the 200 IM. Colyer LaFontaine competed in the 50 freestyle and the 100

backstroke

Lindale Eagles Cross Country Invitational - Oct 3, 2019

Palestine Varsity: 1st Place

Palestine JV: 2nd Place

Football

The Wildcat Football Team will begin district play

vs the Henderson Lion’s tonight (Friday, October 11).

CBTX Player of the Homecoming

Game, Tayon Huntley.

Tayon had a “pick six”, a 72-yard

interception return to put the

Wildcats on the scoreboard in the

first half for their first touchdown.

Tennis PHS Team Tennis Team finished 2nd in District this year by beating Madisonville on Wednesday,

October 9th. The team will play a Bi District Match vs Carthage - Tuesday, October 15th

at 4:00 pm in Jacksonville.

At tonight’s Palestine vs Henderson game, Wildcat Football Fans will receive a rally towel at the gate, so let’s rally the team on to a big win!

http://www.palestineschools.org


Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart

Palestine FFA at the Texas State Fair

Mr. Moseley’s World Geography class learning about

the post World War II Baby Boom

Palestine High School APES class having a

great time at the aquarium at Moody Gardens.

Mrs. Banuelos’

Spanish class

working

on verb

conjugations

Brynna McGuire, Idali Flores,

& Maribel Hernandez enjoying

a day at the Texas State Fair

with Big Tex.

Kara Richmond and Carlos Adam represented

Palestine High School Culinary Arts

and Anderson County 4H

on East Texas Live at KETK/Fox 51.


Palestine Junior High School

Principal: Joseph Mason

Damian De La Cruz placed 7th chair in the tenor sec-tion. Aiden Nicholson took 12th chair in the bass sec-tion; and, Uriel Castillo took 18th chair in the bass section. All 3 students will sing in the Region 21 Middle School All-Region Tenor-Bass Choir in Carthage on Saturday, November 9th.

The PJHS 7th Grade Girls Volleyball Team

placed 2nd at the Leon Volleyball Tournament.

NJHS student’s attending a college webinar

to see what colleges fit their needs.

Rhonda Herrington, PISD Fine Arts Director, with 3 PJHS choir students at the Region 21 Middle School

All-Region contest this past Saturday in Bullard.


A.M. Story Intermediate

Principal: David Richardson

Tracing Fun

Mrs. Bearden’s Art Class

Recess Time

Working hard in

Mrs. Reagan’s Math Class

These students received a positive office

referral for good behavior and

for showing outstanding character traits!

Mrs. Liljequist’s Science Class


Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla

PHS student, Chloe, is working with small groups of students at Southside

using the Fountas and Pinnell word study lessons.

The PHS students have also been leading a critical thinking

and coding class during enrichment time for LAUNCH students.


Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton

Using the balance in the Science Lab

Inquiring minds at Northside!

Northside students are working hard!


Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley

WECC Book Fair

Thanks to everyone who helped support our book fair!

WECC went gold

to show support

for Childhood Cancer Awareness. Down Syndrome Awareness Month


Northside Primary ACE

Students are busy preparing for the 4-H Showcase at the end of the month.


Southside Elementary ACE

Texas ACE students at Southside Elementary are preparing

their Fall gardens! Right now they are learning how to prepare

the soil for proper growth. Soon, they will get to plant their

seeds! They make their own hypothesis and monitor the pro-

gress of their seeds each day.

Lego Math is one

of our favorite

things to do!

Google

“Lego Math”

to learn easy ways

YOU can use

Legos at home too!

Our STEM class learned how water moves or “walks” up the paper towels into

empty jars through a process called capillary action! The jars fill up with water

until the water levels of all the jars are equal.


PJHS ACE

Living the Club Life at the JH

Book Club posing,

Cat Chat creating activity for their Jeopardy Game at a local nursing home,

Ladies and Men's coffee talks with special guest speaker Mr. Baker,

Cooking Club decorating cookies,


PHS ACE

Robotics Club designing and coding

PHS Welding building goat pens

Friction and gravity demonstration in Chem Club Tennis Club back on the courts!


Looking Forward

October - November 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

6 7

5:00p JH Volleyball vs Madisonville (Home)

8

5:00p JV/V Volleyball @ Mexia

9 9:00a Fire Prevention Show@ PHS Auditorium

10 9:00a Fire Prevention Show@ PHS Auditori-um 4:30p JH Football vs

Henderson (Home)

5:00p 9th/JV Football

@ Henderson

11 9:00a Fire Prevention Show@ PHS Auditori-um 4:30p V/JV/JVB Vol-leyball vs Rusk (Home) 7:30p Varsity Football vs Henderson (Home)

12 Band @ Mabank Marching Contest 6:00p ETX HAS TALENT @ PHS Auditorium

13 14 COLUMBUS DAY Band @ Mineola March-ing Contest

15 8:00a JV/V Girls/Boys Cross Country District @ Fairfield 9:00a Fire Prevention Show@ PHS Auditorium 3:00a JH Girls/Boys Cross Country District @ Fairfield 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volley-ball @ Fairfield

16 NATIONAL BOSS’ DAY

17 9:00a Fire Prevention Show@ PHS Auditori-um 4:30p JH Football @ Van 5:00p 9th/JV Football vs Van (Home)

18 9:00a Fire Prevention Show@ PHS Auditori-um 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

20 21 6:00p Regular Board Meeting

22 5:00p V/JV/JVB Volley-ball @ Grand Saline

23 24 4:30p JH Football

vs Carthage (Home)


@ Carthage

25 4:30p V/JV/JVB Vol-leyball vs Mexia (Home) 7:30p Football vs Carthage (Home)

26 Hot Pepper Festival & Parade

27 28

29 5:00p JV/V Volleyball @ Mexia

30 31 4:30p JH Football vs Henderson (Home)


@ Henderson

7:00p Theatre Fall Production – Musical Comedy Murders of 1920

1 4:30p V/JV/JVB Vol-leyball vs Rusk (Home) 7:30p Varsity Football vs Henderson (Home)

2 Band @ Mabank March-ing Contest 8-4p PHS Choir Garage Sale

7:00p Theatre Fall Production – Musical Comedy Murders of 1920

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