2012-2013 PALESTINE ISD Friday, January 25, 2013 Hello everyone, I hope you had a chance to view the Presidential Inauguration this past Monday and were able to take time in your classes to discuss the democratic process with your students. This coming week, I will be attending the Texas Association of School Administrators Midwinter Conference in Austin. While at the conference, I will visit with Senator Nichols, Representative Cook and will also visit the current school finance trial. I will give everyone an update next week. I encourage you to continue raising the bar for students. Remember, they have more energy than we do and can handle the work! Jason Marshall, Superintendent 2012-2013 Calendar Update Please note the following change to the school calendar: Friday, Febru- ary 15th will be a Staff and Student Holiday (Bad Weather Day) and Mon- day, February 18th will be a Staff Development Day and Student Holiday. 1 POWERLIFTING Girls and Boys Power Lifting Meet: LADYCAT & WILDCAT Cayuga High School, Saturday, Jan- BASKETBALL uary 26th, 9:00 am. Boys and girls basketball have must win games to keep their playoff hopes alive. They will play in Rusk on Friday, January SOFTBALL 25th. Games begin at 5:00 pm. Softball started practice on Friday. Currently, there are over 30 girls playing softball. The newly renovat- SOCCER ed LadyCat Softball Stadium is close Girls soccer tied Chapel Hill this week 2-2. to completion. It is an exciting time Girls soccer tournament: Hallsville, to be a softball player in Palestine. Friday-Saturday, January 25-26th. Boys soccer defeated Chapel Hill this week BASEBALL 3-0. Baseball will begin their workouts Boys Pine Tree soccer tournament: on Friday, January 25th. Longview, Thursday-Saturday, January 24- 26th. Lance Angel, Athletic Director 2 PHS News - Congratulations! Congratulations to Elliot West, January Students of the Month a member of the Palestine High PHS student, Dakota Maness will be Callie Flynn and Kevin Looney School Band. Elliot will perform participating in a calf scramble in January Jr. Rotarians with the Texas All-State Band in Ft. Worth on February 5th. Bianca Garcia and Gregory Albright San Antonio, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Henry B. Gonza- A Scholarship opportunity with lez Convention Center as part of Luminant Power is available to our Congratulations to all of our UIL winners! the 2013 Texas Music Educators students. Students can earn a full See next page for a list of winners. scholarship towards an Associate’s Association Clinic/Convention. Degree with hands-on training. He was chosen for this honor through a competitive process In our Career & Technical Education held this year across the state at Program, we have two Vet. Tech. District, Region and Area levels. students are working with Dr. Stone and Dr. Scarborough to earn 300 hours toward certification and our Culinary Arts class has secured a permanent catering job with the Ki- wanis’s Club and will be serving the PHS Alumni Association on Friday. We are proud of our students. William Stewart, Principal 3 PHS UIL Invitational Medalists LD Debate : 1st - Kody Harris; 2nd - Jaren Crist; 3rd- Brenda Reyes CX Debate : 6th - Courtney Herrington/Jesus Rodriguez Accounting : 1st: Virginia Thigpen; 2nd - Caleb Lawson Calculator Applications : 3rd- Nathan McEwen; 6th - Caleb Lawson Mathematics : 2nd - Virginia Thigpen; 3rd - Caleb Lawson Science : 1st - Nathan McEwen; Top Chemistry - Nathan McEwen Computer Science : 1st - Tyler Perkins; 2nd- Kody Harris 3rd Kyle Harris Computer Applications : 1st- Caleb Ellison Current Evetns : 1st - Kody Harris; 2nd - Paul Webb; 3rd - Abigail Earle Social Studies : 1st - Willis Foley; 2nd - Sam Snyder; 3rd - Zach Shay Ready Writing : 4th - Malik Johnson; 6th - Zach Shay Literary Criticism : 3rd - Caleb Lawson; 5th - Jade Morgan Spelling : 1st - Kaulandruis Mosley; 2nd - Malik Johnson Informative Speaking : 3rd - Jessica Gallegos Persuasive Speaking : 1st - Amber Magee 4 Larissa Loveless, Principal 5 Congratulations to our Students of the month! 4th Grad- ers: Ashley Kiser & Billy Farris. 5th Graders: Sydney Dun- This week at A.M. Story Intermediate, the can & Marquis Thompson. 6th Graders: Jason Slate & Kiwanis Club enjoyed a delicious meal Stephanie Cruz. Along with their picture being posted on catered by the PHS Culinary Arts Class. the front foyer board, they will receive a certificate to Members were invited to come to Story and Mazzio’s Pizza and the opportunity to eat lunch with an enjoy a meal with students chosen by administrator. At the end of the year, their name will be Counselor Linda Luce. Thank you to Mrs. Robertson and her students for preparing entered into a drawing to win a prize that will be donated and serving a wonderful lunch. by Wal-Mart. PTO will kick off their Spring Fundraiser next week. Teachers and students are hard at work in preparing for the CBA tests that will be tak- en next week. Each month, one boy and one girl from each grade, will be chosen as the STAR student for their grade. These students were chosen by their teachers for having good behavior. Brandon Jayroe, Principal 6 “Southside students truly are WILD about learning” On Tuesday, we welcomed our students back from the Martin Luther King Holiday! On Wednesday, our students participated in a Teach To Bus Activity which focused on proper behavior while riding a bus. Special Thanks go out to everyone at Transportation for making this a successful training session! On Friday, our wonderful students with no referrals were able to participate in Dance Hall Friday. Stephen Cooksey, Principal 7 This week teachers have been assessing student reading levels with the DRA. Kindergar- ten teachers have attended RTI meetings. All teachers have attended guided reading peer training with Ms. Calcote during PLC/conference periods. Barbara Dutton, Principal Other Upcoming Events: Northside first grade students are looking forward to a trip to Crockett to see the play Ramona. The Zambian Singers will be coming to give a performance. Kindergarten will begin their skating unit in February. Our “Hoops for Heart” fundraiser begins next week 8 WASHINGTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER FEBRUARY UPCOMING EVENTS Princess Ball 100th Day of School Black History Month Spring Garden Planting Pre-K Assessment Ends 9 .