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Palestine Ladycat Volleyball is in full swing and the teams are working hard every time they take the court. The JVA Volleyball Team defeated Neches in 2 sets this week. The JVB Team placed 3rd in the Leon Tourna-ment last weekend.

The Ladycats are focused on preparing for district play which will begin September 22nd at Mexia. Best of luck to the Ladycats as they travel today to play the Kilgore Bulldogs.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The Jaqueline Sky Foundation will have a 5 K run at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 23rd at Davey Dogwood Park to help provide financial relief and temporary housing to childhood cancer families who must travel to receive treatment.

The cost is $25 for pre-registration through September 16th, and $30 for race day registration.

Register online at: www.TheJaquelynSkyFoundation.com

Registration is also available by contacting Melissa Jenkins at Palestine Realty, 118 East Palestine Avenue, Palestine, Texas.

Palestine Independent School District September 15, 2017 Volume 6: Issue 4

Athletics 2

Campus Happenings 3-8

TACE 9-13

PISD Food Service 14

Looking Forward 15

Inside this issue:

DISTRICT EVENTS

Friday, September 15 4:30 pm - 9th/JV/V Volleyball

vs. Kilgore (Away)

7:30 pm - Varsity Football vs. Fairfield (Away)

Saturday, September 16 Junior High Volleyball

Leon Tournament

Monday, September 18 5:00 pm - Junior High

Volleyball vs. Fairfield (Away)

7:00 pm - Regular Board Meeting

Tuesday, September 19 5:00 pm - 9th/JV/V Volleyball

vs. Brownsboro (Away)

Wednesday, September 20 3:00 pm - JH Cross Country

@ Latexo

Thursday, September 21 Tennis vs. Mexia (Away)

5:00 pm - 9th/JV Football vs. Van (Home)

Friday, September 22 End of First Six Weeks

4:30 pm - V Volleyball vs. Mexia (Away)

7:30 pm - V Football vs. Van (Away)

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

The Palestine ISD Texas After School

Centers on Education (TACE) Program

will host Mum-Tastic Family Events at

PISD campuses in September and

October. Students, with help from

their families, will have the opportunity

to create a personalized mum for

Homecoming 2017. Mum-Tastic

events are free to PISD families and

are sure to be lots of fun!

Parents and students interested in

attending should contact the campus

TACE Coordinator at their child’s

campus.

Have a great 2017-2018 school year!

∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ MUM-TASTIC TACE EVENTS ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙

Go Gold for Childhood Cancer Awareness

Mum-Tastic Dates & Locations

Northside Primary October 3, 5:30 pm Tammy Conner (903) 727-2601

Southside Elementary September 26, 5:30 pm Robin Chapman (903) 727-2625

A.M. Story Intermediate October 3, 5:30pm Angela Nichols (903) 727-2602

Palestine Junior High School October 3, 5:30 pm Damon Hooe (903) 727-2666

Palestine High School October 10, 5:30 pm Cody Tunstall (903) 727-2627

Create your own Mum

for Homecoming 2017

Jaqueline Sky Foundation 5K Gold Run Itinerary

7:30-8:15 Registration/Check In 8:15-8:25 Devotional

(Hand out Gold Balloons) 8:25 Balloon Release/

Start Line/Rules 8:30 Race 9:00-9:20 Raffle Drawing/Snack/Hydrate 9:10 Introduce Childhood

Cancer Survivors 9:20 Awards Throughout the day: Inflatable, Music, & Dunking Booth

Wi ldcat Weekly Volume 6: Issue 4

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 Boys Varsity Cross Country for doing an awesome job over the weekend at the UT Tyler CC Invitational. The boys ran in the Big School Division (5A-6A) and they came away with a 3rd place finish out of 26 teams. They defeated several 6A/5A schools and were only defeated by two 6A schools. Freshmen Luis Rangel was our top runner with a 14th place out of 183 runners! Next was Michael Guzman (17th), Cristian Guzman (32nd), Daniel Sanchez (33rd) and Garrett Bowden (34th finish).

Also on Saturday, the Boys JV Cross Country Team went to Grapeland and competed very well. They won the meet with 15 boys finishing in the top 30. Jonathan Sanchez came in 2nd followed by Michael Chaidez 4th, Armando Gante 5th, Bryan Armenta 8th, Riley Harper 9th, and Jonathan Sandres 10th.

The Palestine Girls Cross Country Teams competed in the Grapeland Invitational Meet this past Saturday, September 9th. This was a competitive meet with around 23 schools and a total of 113 varsity runners. The Varsity Girls Team finished in 4th place and was led by Isabel Garcia, who was our best runner in 16th place, followed by, Jennifer Aguilar, Yari Garcia, Iris Chavez and Laura Cabrera.

The JV Girls Cross Country Team also competed and earned 1st place in their division! The JV Girls Team was led by Ashley Davis, who finished in 3rd place, followed by Izabel Simien, Paola Rangel, Brooke Davis, and Mia Ramirez.

Palestine Junior High Boys Cross Country Team also came home with the Junior High championship in Grapeland. Luis Castillo came in 1st followed by Tony Garcia 3rd, Andy Garcia 6th, Alex Garcia 18th, Ernesto Hernandez 23rd, Ian Garcia 24th, and Arath Chavez 32nd.

Football: The Wildcat Varsity Football Team won an exciting game last Friday night against longtime rival Jacksonville Indians. The game went back and forth with the Wildcats down 20-7 at one point. The team fought hard for four quarters, showing a great deal of heart and determination, to go on and win 31-26. Jeremiah Davis had 127 yards rushing on 25 carries and one score. TJ Dever also had a big night offensively with 4 catches for 83 yards and one TD, while Robert Gipson had 6 catches for 68 yards and 1 TD. The defense came up huge late in the game with two fourth down stops that ultimately sealed the victory. Josh Williams and Quintin Cook led the defense with 9 tackles each. Nomar Villegas was a disruptive force up front with 7 tackles, two for a loss, 1 QB hurry and 1 forced fumble. Senior Roderick Deyon capped off a great defensive performance with 8 tackles and a pick 6! The Wildcats will travel to Fairfield today to take on the Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Load up the car, travel safe, and come to Fairfield to cheer your Wildcats onto victory.

The Junior Varsity Football Team played a very exciting game against the Fairfield Eagles resulting in a tied score of 14 to 14. The Wildcats were trailing 6 to 14 in the fourth quarter with 2:42 seconds left on the clock. The Wildcats scored with 50 seconds remaining in the ballgame. The two point conversion was good. The defense played extremely well the entire ballgame. The offense was led by Tony Handsborough and Tre Calhoun scoring one touchdown each. Michael Morrow scored the two point conversion which tied the ballgame. The Coaches were pleased with the way the team competed the entire game. The Wildcats will host Van Vandals September 21st at 7:00 p.m.

Volleyball: Junior High and High School Volleyball Teams continue to work hard. Junior High competed well in a tournament at Cayuga High School. The PHS Ladycats will travel to Kilgore tonight. First game starts at 4:30 p.m.

Tennis: The Palestine tennis team defeated Athens 15-4 Thursday night to finish the first half of district play undefeated at 3-0. The Wildcats got contributions from everyone on the team. Top players included Hunter Harroff, who won both his singles and doubles matches, and Monique Ybarra and Camryn Lupo, who both did not lose a game in either doubles or singles. Tennis will start the second half of district play next Thursday, September 21st at Mexia.

http://www.palestineschools.org


Palestine High School Principal: Dr. William Stewart

Mrs. Banuelos has her

students working with

their iPads conjugating

verbs for proper

sentence structure.

Lever, Wheel and Axle,

Pulley, Inclined Plane,

Wedge, & Screw

Mr. Thigpen’s Engineering

Science students are

performing a simple

machines lab using VEX

kits.

What type of liquid is this?

Mrs. Brown’s AP Chemistry

students are experimenting

to determine the identity of

various liquids by performing

a fractional distillation lab.

Beginning Zeros,

Middle Zeros, &

Trailing Zeros

Mrs. Lawson’s

Chemistry class

learning about

significant figures.


Palestine Junior High School

Principal: Stephen Cooksey

Mr. Tiner’s 7th Grade Math class work

on modeling and solving equations

(with QR codes).

Mr. White’s 8th grade History classes create a

student history timeline to track their birthdays.

Each student provided a picture of themselves.

Ms. Oranch’s 8th grade ELA class act out a

portion of the book they are reading in class

this week .

PJH Junior High Volleyball girls are having a

great start to their season with a 3-1 record.

We wish them the best of luck!


A.M. Story Intermediate

Principal: Jaime Clark

Students enjoyed an amazing breakfast with their grandparents on Grandparents Day.

Story students honored the victims and heroes of 9/11.


Southside Elementary Principal: Grace Mancilla

Mrs. Carnell’s class is excited about

the new school year!


Northside Primary Principal: Barbara Dutton

We love our Northside Grandparents!

Working hard in our Daily 5 rounds. Read to Self and Listen to Reading

PHS aspiring teachers

visited Northside.


Washington E.C.C. Principal: Sheila Bradley

We like to celebrate friends here at Washington Early Childhood Center.


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Northside Primary TACE Center

Northside students enjoyed their first week of TACE.


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Southside Elementary TACE Center

Drums Alive at Southside TACE


PALESTINE ISD TACE

A.M. Story Intermediate TACE STEM Center

Story students are busy in TACE.


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine Junior High School TACE STEM Center

TACE Tennis Kick-Off


PALESTINE ISD TACE

Palestine High School TACE College and Career Readiness Center

Glee Club

Art Club

TACE Art Club made send-off posters for

National Guard Delta Unit traveling to

Africa for a humanitarian effort.

Gaming


Palestine ISD Food Service Director: Mimi Spreen

Free/Reduced applications are online. Parents can access from home computer, their students

iPad, a computer at the campus, or a computer at the library.

www.palestineschools.org click on Departments click on Food Services

Look for Meal App Now – Online Meal Applications link on right side of page.

Parents must fill out a new application EVERY YEAR. If you print out the application from the

PISD Website, it can take up to 10 working days for our office to process the app. If there are

errors on the app, we have to send it back to parent to correct. On-line apps prevent mistakes

because the program won’t let the parent submit it if required information is missing. If we

receive it electronically, it takes just a few clicks and the app is processed.

Per David Atkeisson, students may “charge” meals for the first 2 weeks of school, to allow time

for the apps to be processed. This doesn’t mean their meal is free. Parents are still responsible

for paying those “charges” no matter what the outcome of their app is once processed.

Menus are accessed by clicking on the Nutrislice apple icon (bottom left of page) on the

Food Service page of PISD website or go to www.palestineschools.nutrislice.com.

Meal prices are the same as last year and located on the PISD website.

Each campus will be offering meals to teachers/para’s/admin beginning in September.

An email will be sent with menu options and instructions on how to place your order.

Lunch is only $3.25.

http://www.palestineschools.org

http://www.palestineschools.nutrislice.com


Looking Forward

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

17 18 7:00p Regular Board

Meeting

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Fairfield (Away)

19 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Brownsboro (Away)

20 3:00p Girls & Boys

JH Cross Country @

Latexo

21 Tennis vs. Mexia

(Away)

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Van (Home)

Junior High (Away)

22 End 1st Six Weeks

4:30p Varsity Volley-

ball vs. Mexia

(Away)

7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Van (Away)

23 8:30a All Girls &

Boys Cross Country

@ Palestine-Davey

Dogwood

Invitational @ Story

JH Volleyball

Mabank Tourna-

ment

24 25 Begin 2nd Six Weeks

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Athens (Home)

26 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Athens (Away)

27 1:00p All Girls &

Boys Cross Country

@ Elkhart

28 Tennis vs. Madi-

sonville (Away)

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Kilgore

(Away) Junior High

(Home)

29 7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Kilgore

(Home) Foam

Finger Night

30

1 2 Tennis vs. Athens

(Home)

5:00p JH Volleyball

vs. Mexia (Home)

3 5:00p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Madisonville

(Home)

JH Volleyball vs.

Madisonville

(Home) Junior

High/Elementary

Night

4

5 8:30a Girls & Boys

JV/V Cross Country

@ Lindale

5:00p 9th/JV Foot-

ball vs. Center

(Home) Junior

High (Away)

6 4:30p 9th/JV/V

Volleyball vs.

Fairfield (Home)

7:30p Varsity Foot-

ball vs. Center

(Away)


Junior High Cross

Country @ Fairfield

Junior High Volley-

ball Cayuga Tourna-

ment

8 9 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


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

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