Week 6 - Palestine Independent School District

October 4, 2013
Volume 2, Issue 6
Inside this issue:
Athletics
2
Palestine High School
Palestine Junior High
3
4
A.M. Story
Intermediate School
5
Southside Elementary
School
6
Northside Primary School 7
Washington Early
Childhood Center
8
Support Services
9
Cupcake Wars at
Southside!! The
students are
learning cake
decorating with
Mrs. Anderson in
the 21st Century
Program.
Yummy!
Wildcat Weekly
from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall
Palestine ISD enjoyed a
Homecoming parade & pep rally
on Monday. Students from all
campuses, their parents, and PISD
staff showed their Wildcat spirit
with help from Sparky, the
Palestine Fire Department’s
mascot. I would like to thank Bill
Rogers of Bacon Autoplex, and
Scott Johnson of H&W Honda
Powerhouse for use of their
vehicles and ATV’s for the parade.
Tonight at 7:30 pm, the Wildcat
football team will play Pittsburg at
Wildcat Stadium. At halftime, two
Palestine ISD alumni, Sandra
Suzanne Eiben
Assistant
Superintendent
of Human
Resources
Produced by Palestine
High School Printing and
Imaging Technology
students
Palestine Independent School District
Carolyn Martin
Assistant
Superintendent
of Instructional
Services
Cummings-Glover, world class
Olympic hurdler, and Adrian
Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
running back and the NFL Most
Valuable Player for 2013, will be
inducted into the Palestine ISD
Wall of Honor. Due to the Wall
of Honor ceremony, there will be
numerous television and radio
stations in attendance along with
many loyal Wildcat fans.
Palestine ISD enrollment is
continuing to grow each week. I
appreciate the students for coming to school each day and our
parents and staff for making
every effort to ensure our students are in school.
David Atkeisson
Chief Financial
Officer
David Long
Director of
Technology
The State of Texas was successful
in getting a waiver this week that
waives the requirement for
school districts to meet federal
AYP standards. This will allow all
schools in the state of Texas to
focus only on the standards
established by the state of
Texas. Congratulations to the
Texas Education Agency and
Commissioner of Education,
Michael Williams for helping
streamline our current
accountability system. Thank you
also to organizations such as
TASA, TASB, TAMS, TREA,
and TACS for their work on the
AYP appeal.
Lance Angel
Director of
Athletics
Dee Dietz
Director of
Special
Education
PISD School Board
 Ana Balderas
 Rozi Balderas
 Kiare Jackson
 Cheyenne Masters
 Jessica Vallance
Wade
Hobbs
President
Stanley
Sokolowski
Vice
President
Janie
Sepulveda
Secretary
Michael
Bennett
Rickey
Ferguson
Dana
Staples
Dyna
Tutt
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Go Wildcats
Palestine Athletics
Lance Angel: Athletic Director
Cross Country
Varsity Boys, Jv Boys and Jv girls won their division. Varsity Girls were 2nd in their division.
Top Boys varsity runners were:
Tyler Barnard with a 1st place finish, Mason Munoz with a 3rd place and Chris Rangel with a 4th
place finish.
Top Girls varsity runners were:
Olivia Cone with a 3rd place, Jessica King with an 8th place and Mallorie Sander with a 9th place.
Congrats to all the Cross Country runners!!
District Cross Country Meet at Fairfield on Monday, October 21st.
The Freshman football team lost a hard fought game to Pittsburg. Pittsburg scored with 30 seconds to go to win 18-12
The JV football team lost 18-8. The JV scored three times but all three touchdowns were called back and in the end the
Pirates came out on top.
The 7th Grade A Team defeated Pittsburg 27-13 last night to remain undefeated. The 7th grade A Team is now 4-0
The 8th Grade A Team defeated Pittsburg 30-0 last night to also remain undefeated. The 8th grade A Team is now 4-0
HOMECOMING 2013
Palestine ISD will celebrate Homecoming today at Wildcat Stadium. We would like to
welcome our alumni who will be attending their Class Reunions during homecoming
week. The Wildcat football team will play Pittsburg. At halftime, two Palestine ISD
alumni, Sandra Cummings-Glover, world class Olympic hurdler, and Adrian
Peterson, Minnesota Vikings running back and the NFL Most Valuable Player for
2013, will be inducted into the Palestine ISD Wall of Honor. Adrian Peterson will also
retire his Palestine High School Wildcat # 28 jersey.
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Palestine
High School
William Stewart: Principal
Student of the Month
Riley Martine
Junior Rotarians
Eli West
Taylor Edwards
Homecoming Spirit Week
Joe Edens
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Palestine
Junior High School
Larissa Loveless: Principal
Football Managers
Volleyball Girls
The 7th Grade
football managers
prepare for the
game by filling the
hydration stations
and taking them
out to the players.
Where would we be
without the help of
these young
students? They
truly are an
important part of
the team.
Our Volleyball girls show great Improvement
with the time and effort they are putting into
practice each week. Their next game will be on
Thursday,
October 17
at PJH. We
hope to
bring a win
home
against
Rusk.
Yearbook
Teachers
Mi Futuro
The Yearbook students are off to a
great start this year already
advertising the upcoming year book.
This yearbook looks promising as
we have already had so many great
events and
a ton of
talented
students
working
hard to
create it.
Our teachers strategize on the best
ways to review our students for the
CBA’s given this week. Both 7th
and 8th grade students were given
their ELA, Math, Social Studies,
and
Science
CBA’S.
The MI FUTURO Mentoring
Group met this Wednesday and the
program is a great success. We are
so lucky to have these volunteers
who will help our students prepare
for a career after high school. It’s
never
too
early to
get
started.
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A.M. Story
Intermediate School
Amanda Jackson: Principal
Goal Setting
As our first week comes to an end, our students and teachers are
reviewing their academic progress and setting goals for content mastery.
Fund Raiser
Blue Bonnet Reader
In conjunction with our PTO Story
students will
be selling
cookie dough
Congratulations to
Ladasha McDowell
for reading all of
the featured
Bluebonnet books!
Story Style - Wildcat Way
Thanks to Mrs. Nethery and our Story
students for representing us in the
Homecoming Parade.
An Apple a Day and A SMILE goes a long way!
We appreciate our community! Thank
you Mrs. Hunt for treating our faculty!
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Southside Elementary
School
Stephen Cooksey: Principal
Students are “Diving into Learning” here at Southside Elementary!
NBA Stars
ESTAR Buzz
Future NBA stars were having a
BLAST participating in a Class
Competition Basketball Game…What
a great way to
spend your
recess time…
knocking down
a few 3’s!!
Numbers are still the BUZZ around
Southside! This week our students were
using ESTAR for Math. This new
program should
prove to be very
helpful.
Bonnie’s Cabbage Program
Our 3rd Grade students are participating in the Bonnie’s Cabbage Program…This program provides
each and every 3rd grade student with a cabbage plant to “look after” and take a photo with once it
reaches maturity. Students will have the opportunity to win a $1,000 scholarship for their efforts
from the Bonnie Plant Farm based out of Union Springs, Alabama. AWESOME!!
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Northside
Primary School
Barbara Dutton: Principal
Last week, Northside Primary held our second annual Community Helpers event.
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Washington
Early Childhood Center
Rhonda Herrington: Principal
Learning Centers
Head Start
Ms. Murray’s students are very busy throughout the day,
working on emerging skills like turn taking, conflict
management, phonological awareness, math knowledge,
and other academic behavioral and social skills. One of the
ways this is achieved is through learning centers. Learning
centers allow children
to manipulate materials,
explore ideas, discover
consequences, build,
create and express
themselves.
Washington ECC has added another
new group of Head Start 4 year olds.
Smiles and excitement were on all of
their faces as they
began their new
journey at PISD.
Buggy Ride
“Out for a buggy ride.” Ali Harding, Benjamin Sanchez, Madison Hardin,
Landon Willard, Karis Marcellus and Malia Wright took time out of their busy
day to take a little buggy ride. Way too cute!!! Ms. Carolyn and Ms. Brittany are
enjoying working with these babies in their earliest years and have formed
deep, meaningful bonds with each of these babies. These babies and their
parents appreciate and trust these two wonderful ladies.
Learning about Feelings
While learning about feelings and
the letter “F” Mrs.
Carrizales’ students
had to make a Face on
their playdough mat
representing their
Feelings for the day.
Learning about Senses
While learning about their senses, Mrs. Carrizales’ class
went on a listening walk. While on their walk they each had
a chart with pictures on
it if they heard a bird,
car, or airplane
etc. They had to put an
X by it; if they heard
something that was not
on the chart they had to
draw what they heard
on their chart.
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Palestine ISD
Support Services
Technology
Technology has been continuing to support the district in its technology needs. Tech tickets are worked daily. Wifi has
now been enabled at DAEP. We have been reworking our Security Camera system, including replacing those cameras
that are non-working or obsolete. Once completed, the campuses will each have the ability to monitor their own campus.
Shortly, we will be increasing our internet up to 200 Mbps.
Human Resources
Food Service
Palestine ISD
Passport Health/North Texas Flu Shots will be providing on site flu shot clinics for Palestine ISD on
October 21st & 22nd.
Children under the age of 10 years old must have a parent/guardian present when the vaccine is given.
To sign up please go to:
https://www.passageware.com/FluSignUp/Palestine/
For those employees who have the following insurance, your
Immunizations are covered at 100% under your plan.
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO *see exceptions below
Aetna PPO**
United Health Care PPO
We will have the following vaccines available:
If you have an accepted insurance
If you do not have an accepted insurance
Flu Shot
No charge with your insurance card
$15
Flu Mist
No charge with your insurance card
$32
with Pertussis
No charge with your insurance card
$65
Hepatitis A
No charge with your insurance card
$70
Tetanus Diphtheria
Next week,
October 14-18, is
National School
Lunch Week. The
focus will be on
local products and
menu items. Look
for Texas
favorites, like
Chicken Fried
Steak and Frito
Pie on the menu.
Looking Forward
September-October
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6:00 pm
Story TACE
Parent
Workshop
5 pm
LadyCat
Volleyball vs.
Rusk (Home)
1:00 pm
JH & JV Cross
Country @
Grapeland
Blood Drive at
PHS
No football
5:00 pm - PJH
Football vs.
Madisonville
(Home)
Late
Registration
Deadline for
10/26/13 ACT
8:30 am
JV/V Cross
Country @
Lufkin
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15
16
17
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5:00 pm – LadyCat Volleyball vs
Mexia (Home)
4:30 pm - PJH
Volleyball vs
Rusk (Home)
Late Registration Deadline
for Nov 2 SAT
5:30 pm Southside
TACE Meeting
5:00 pm - PJH
4:30 pm – LadyFootball vs Rusk Cat Volleyball vs
(Away)
Rusk (Away)
6:00 pm - PJH
TACE Parent
Meeting
7:30 pm - Football @ Rusk
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