Wildcat Weekly

Congratulations Palestine ISD teachers of the year Janice Magee and Eva Roman-Riley! They were honored this week at a reception hosted by the Region 7 Education Service Center. Janice Magee teaches algebra and geometry at Palestine High School and Eva Roman-Riley teaches Pre-K at the Washington Early Childhood Center. Mrs. Magee and Mrs. Roman bring out the best in our children by giving the best of themselves. Palestine ISD is extremely proud to have such talented

teachers as Mrs. Magee and Mrs. Roman.

Palestine ISD is excited to begin offering eligible students in kindergarten through grade 12 before and afterschool learning opportunities made possible by the Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant. Texas After-school Centers for Education, or TACE for short, will begin Monday, September 23rd and will be open both before and after school for academic enrichment for students at

each PISD K-12 cam-pus. Palestine ISD is very fortunate to be one of nineteen schools in the state to receive this grant of 8.5 million to be distributed over a five year period. I would like to thank our many dedicated staff members who have spent many hours applying for this grant and preparing for its start-up. We look forward to the additional assistance the TACE programs will provide to our students.

from the Superintendent: Jason Marshall

PISD School Board

Palestine Independent School District September 20, 2013 Volume 2, Issue 4

Athletics 2

Palestine High School 3

Palestine Junior High 4

A.M. Story Intermediate School

5

Southside Elementary School

6

Northside Primary School 7

Washington Early Childhood Center

8

Support Services 9

Inside this issue:

Wade Hobbs President

Stanley Sokolowski Vice President

Dyna Tutt

Dana Staples

Rickey Ferguson

Michael Bennett

Janie Sepulveda Secretary

Suzanne Eiben

Assistant

Superintendent

of Human

Resources

Carolyn Martin

Assistant

Superintendent

of Instructional

Services

David Atkeisson

Chief Financial

Officer

David Long

Director of

Technology

Lance Angel

Director of

Athletics

Produced by Palestine High School Printing and Imaging Technology students

Ana Balderas

Rozi Balderas

Kiare Jackson

Jessica Vallance

Dee Dietz

Director of

Special

Education

Janice Magee

Secondary Teacher of the Year

Eva Roman-Riley

Elementary Teacher of the Year

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Lance Angel: Athletic Director

Go Wildcats

Palestine Athletics

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE SEPT 20TH – 27TH

Friday Volleyball @ Brownsboro 4:30

Friday Varsity Football @ Chapel Hill 7:30 PM

Saturday Cross Country @ Neches 8:30 AM

Saturday Freshman and JV Volleyball @ Brownsboro Tournament

NEXT WEEK

Tuesday Sept 24th Volleyball @ Mexia (1st District Game)

Thursday Sept 26th Freshman and JV Football here vs. Athens @ 5:00

Thursday, Sept. 26th 7th & 8th Grade Football @ Athens @ 5:00

Friday, Sept. 27th Varsity Football @ Athens @ 7:30

Friday, Sept. 27th Cross Country @ Central 8:30 AM

SCRATCH “EM CATS

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William Stewart: Principal

Palestine

High School

Spanish Club Fiesta

Mr. Moseley’s students learn about the historical significance surrounding The United State’s founding on Constitution Day.

Constitution Day

Janice Magee, Palestine High School’s “Secondary Teacher of the Year,” teaches algebra and geometry at PHS.

Teacher of the Year

Tommy Cross from Brookshire’s presented Palestine High School with a gift of $1,000. We are grateful for the generosity of our community partners. Their support helps our students reach great heights.

At the East Texas Restaurant Association meeting at the Potpourri House in Tyler, Texas, Palestine High School was one among 16 schools to receive a $1,000 grant to use in our program with no restrictions on our purchases. This is the second year that the ET Restaurant Association has made Cace ProStart Grant Awards, and the second year in a row that PHS has received this grant. We are grateful for their continued support!

Community Partners

Palestine High School delegates went to Austin to participate in the James Otis Lecture Series.

Austin

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Larissa Loveless: Principal

Palestine

Junior High School

The Girls Volleyball

Team Played on Monday

and did a Great Job. You can really see the hard

work they are putting in

and the Improvement is evident. Great Job

LADIES!

Our Football Boys have

tidied up to have their pictures taken for the

yearbook by LEE

LOVELESS. We Must say these boys Clean up

well!

Our ACE afterschool Program Enrollment is

getting off to a great

start, We are so excited to be able to offer this

program to our

students. We will begin working with our ACE

afterschool program on

Monday, September 23rd for those students

that have already

enrolled.

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Amanda Jackson: Principal

A.M. Story

Intermediate School

Learning Communities in Action

5th grade ELA team:

Professional Discourse.

6th graders: Pianists

5th grade Science

students practicing

vocabulary 24/7.

Story Style:

A Bull-Rider and a T-Rex lead the

pledges during the September

Board Meeting, 5th graders Jacoby

Campbell and Ty’rianah Owens.

Fabulous Friday!

Our students enjoyed a brief

dance recital performed by

Coach Estes’ students during

lunch.

NED in the House!!

Our students enjoyed a presen-

tation from NED. Using a

yo-yo as a prop, the speaker

reminded students about

making choices and how to

develop life-skills that ensure a

successful future.

Numbers are still the BUZZ around Southside! Mrs. Jenkins 3rd grade class was

working on “math facts relays” during station time…Mrs. Marino’s 2nd grade

class was working this week on “Place Value Hopscotch” during station time…

Awesome Job Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Marino.

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Stephen Cooksey: Principal

Southside Elementary

School

On Tuesday September 17, 2013 our students celebrated the U.S. Constitution Day. Mrs. Nichols had her class working on an interactive lesson in which they CREATED their own “Classroom Constitution.” Awesome Job Mrs. Nichols.

Students are “Diving into Learning” at Southside Elementary!

Our G.T. students have been working diligently all week on their “All About Me” unit. As part of the curriculum, students created Family Trees to display in the classroom. Great Job Mrs. Fitzpatrick!

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Barbara Dutton: Principal

Northside

Primary School

Constitution Day

Constitution Day

Constitution Day

Grandparents’ Day

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Rhonda Herrington: Principal

Washington

Early Childhood Center

Besides making sure all of our students are up-to-date on their immunizations, Washington ECC performs height and weight measurements, hearing and vision screenings on all of our students and also dental screenings on our Head Start students. The height and weight measurements are performed three times per year and used to determine health/nutrition status and risk of each child at Washington ECC.

Heights and Weights with our Nurse

We all know that the first three years of life are the most important years of a child’s life. Our 2 Year old class is having a great time in that development. Ms. Tomecia and Ms. Melissa are busy giving their 2 year olds a wonderful learning environment with lots of learning experiences as you can see from the pictures.

Daycare Kids

Washington ECC students celebrated Constitution Day learning how the rights and freedoms we celebrate every day came to be with many hands-on learning activities.

Constitution Day

Eva Roman-Riley Elementary Teacher of the Year

Teacher of the Year

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Palestine ISD

Support Services

We are half way through September and are moving full steam

ahead. The week of October 14 – 18 is National School Lunch

Week and the focus is on Local Products and menu items. Look

for Texas favorites, like Chicken Fried Steak and Frito Pie on

the lunch menu that week. We will also have information from

our produce company on what Texas local farmers they

purchase from. Buying from local Texas farmers means the

produce doesn’t have to be shipped across the country, so it is

fresher and we are helping our own Texas farmers.

The High School is now selling coffee in the cafeteria for $.50

and when the weather turns cooler (hopefully soon) they will be

selling hot

chocolate for $.50

as well. If you

need a pick me up,

stop in the

cafeteria and get a

cup of freshly

brewed coffee.

22 23 5:30

A.M. Story

Academic Open

House

5:00 pm

JH Volleyball vs.

Mexia (Away)

24 5:30

Junior High

Academic Open

House

5:00 pm

LadyCats

Volleyball vs.

Mexia (Away)

25 26 5:00 pm

JH Football vs.

Athens (Away)

27 7:30

Varsity Football

at Athens

28 8:30 am

Cross Country at

Jacksonville

29 30 8:00 am

Northside Book

Fair

5:00 pm PJH Volleyball vs. Fairfield (Home)

6:30 Homecoming Parade & Pep-Rally

1 8:00 am

Northside Book

Fair

5:00 pm -

LadyCats

Volleyball vs.

Fairfield (Home)

2 8:00 am

Northside Book

Fair

3 8:00 am

Northside Book

Fair

PJH Football vs.

Pittsburg

(A teams only)

(Home)

4 4:30 pm

LadyCats

Volleyball vs.

Groesbeck

(Away)

7:30 Varsity Football vs. Pittsburg (Home) – Homecoming

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September—Looking Forward

September School Board Meeting Recognizes Palestine High School Special Awards Recipients

Cheyenne Masters

September Student of the Month

Caleb Abernathy

September Student of the Month

Chanel Calhoun

September Junior Rotarian

Eric Gonzales

September Junior Rotarian