Oct
30
Students Earn Trophy for most Coats for Kids
October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
“Coats for Kids” is an annual community project that collects and distributes warm winter coats to eligible children and teenagers in the Gregg County area. The Coats for Kids Project is coordinated through Longview Community Ministries. Each year, partners work together to ensure that the children of East Texas stay warm. Last year, with the help [...]
Oct
26
PT math/science team aces Mt. Pleasant meet
October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Pine Tree Math Science team placed first in Division I schools with 3400 points at the Mt. Pleasant meet Saturday, October 24. There were many individual winners within each grade level. *Number Sense: Kyle Unruh, Shereef Elhalwagi, Pooja Reddy, Shelby Soltau, Hannah Robey, Joseph Schaetz, Davin Siu, Beth Jones, Amanda Wallin and Ginah Han [...]
Oct
25
‘Red Ribbon Week’ Celebration: Geared to Drug Abuse Prevention
October 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Pine Tree’s students and their school faculty and staff members in our schools will join in the national Red Ribbon Week drug abuse prevention celebration October 23-30. Each day students and faculty will participate in a common theme: Pre-K – 6th Grade: Monday – “Say Peace Out to Drugs” – wear favorite Peace T-Shirt Tuesday [...]
Oct
20
PT Middle School’s Family Night
October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Stacey and Chris Hudman want to be involved with their children’s education. The Hudmans, who formerly home schooled their children, attended Pine Tree Middle School’s second annual Family Night on Monday. More than 200 children, parents and other relatives attended the event. School administrators said the goal of the night was encouraging family participation. In [...]
Oct
19
Avoid Harm! Obey the Stop Arm! Oct. 19-23 is National School Bus Safety Week
October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
For years, school buses have provided access to an education for millions of children in America through healthy, safe and secure transportation to schools. All told, school buses provide more than 10 billion passenger trips each year. In turn, school buses offer solutions to four key issues facing our country: Safety: School buses are the [...]
Oct
14
PTHS students earn awards at All Region competition
October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Pine Tree ISD was represented at the Texas Music Education Association’s Region 4 High School All-Region tryouts on September 26th. Three students from the Pine Tree HS Choir earned a chair in the All-Region Choir. Those students, under the direction of Melody McMullen and Clint McMullen, are: Austin Ferguson (1st Chair) Morghan Parker (8th Chair) [...]
Oct
13
School Board taps lone finalist for Superintendent
October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Dr. Marian Strauss, former superintendent of the Wimberley Independent School District, has been named the lone finalist for the Pine Tree Independent School District superintendent position. Following the required 21-day wait, the board plans to hire her as the District’s Superintendent. “After visiting the Pine Tree district and meeting the school board, I knew this was [...]
Oct
13
PTISD National Merit awards named
October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Pine Tree Independent School District is pleased to announce that 4 students have been recognized by the National Merit Scholar Program for 2009-2010. The National Merit Scholar Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships. High school students across the country enter the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. [...]
Oct
12
Students Awarded as ANGELS in Partnership with Needy Children
October 12, 2009 | Comments Off
Unseen ANGELS, an organization of 5th graders at PT Middle School, was recognized at the Pine Tree ISD Board meeting last night, for their award winning project which included a partnership with Longview’s Child Protective Services this past summer. On October 5th, 2009, six of the students represented the group in Austin, TX where they received the “Texas Group of the Year” [...]
Oct
7
PTHS art student receive awards from State Fair in Dallas
October 7, 2009 | Comments Off
Inspired by photography? Have a secret pickle recipe? Good with a sewing machine? Pine Tree students successfully answered these questions with help from their HS Art teacher, Amy Brown. Students submitted original creations in one of the numerous State Fair of Texas creative arts competitions this fall. Congratulations to Rachel Bartlett and Hunter Brevard of Pine Tree [...]