Jan
29
Pine Tree Panel Advises Bond for Athletic Complex
January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
By RANDY ROSS, Longview News Journal View article at Longview News Journal Webpage Pine Tree Independent School District’s facility advisory committee voted Thursday to recommend calling a bond election for a new athletic complex. The recommendation does not include a bond amount or a location for the new facility. Superintendent Marian Strauss said those decisions [...]
Jan
29
Secondary PTA Recognizes Reflections Contest Winners
January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
PTA Reflections, part of a nationwide 30-year-old program, encourages students to create works of visual art, music, literature, photography, dance choreography and film/video productions. Students from Pine Tree High School and Junior High who won Council Awards of Excellence were recognized at a ceremony on Thursday, January 28th at 7 p.m. in the Pine Tree [...]
Jan
27
STAAR to replace TAKS
January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
AUSTIN – Commissioner of Education Robert Scott announced today that the next generation of student tests will be called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR. STAAR will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), which is the criterion-reference assessment program that has been in place since 2003. The STAAR [...]
Jan
25
PTHS Students Earn Awards at Business Professionals of America Conference
January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Seven Pine Tree students from Pine Tree High School competed against 45 chapters at the Regional Leadership Conference for Business Professionals of America Convention this last weekend in Frisco, Texas. Two students have advanced to the state level and will compete in Ft. Worth, Texas on March 3 – 6, 2010. Sara Tirado placed 1st in Entrepreneurship and D’Anzia [...]
Jan
25
Nominations For Gifted/Talented Screening
January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Gifted/talented screening for Pine Tree ISD students in grades K-12 will be conducted during the spring semester. Anyone wanting to nominate a student for this screening may pick up a nomination form at any school campus office. This nomination form must be returned by Friday, January 29, 2009. No student will be screened without a [...]
Jan
20
New High School Initiatives for 2010 and beyond!
January 20, 2010 | 1 Comment
Pine Tree High School is planning to discuss new graduation requirements among other important aspects of high school in the next decade. Topics include: *college readiness standards *new high school graduation requirements as outlined in House Bill 3 *programs of study offerings *new career technology education (CTE) courses The meeting is open to the public [...]
Jan
19
Students Set for Lessons in Leadership
January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Adapted from an article by CHRISTINA LANE, Longview News Journal Link to article on LNJ webpage: http://tinyurl.com/yemdftx More than 700 students from area school districts on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, got lessons on being leaders, taking risks and having principles. The youth leadership conference is sponsored by LeTourneau University and LISD. “We want students to [...]
Jan
19
Federal Funds Would Have Helped
January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Adapted from an article by CHRISTINA LANE, Longview News Journal Link to article at LNJ: http://tinyurl.com/ybqo4hb School leaders in the area spoke out in response to an announcement made by Governor Rick Perry. He recently announced he’s not applying for $700 million in federal stimulus funds for local school districts because the money comes with [...]
Jan
19
Haiti Relief Resources
January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Haiti has begun to receive donations and contributions from the United States to support them after the devastating earthquake. While many Americans want to do something to help, there are so many choices it can be overwhelming. In fact, and unfortunately, the FBI has issued warnings advising donors to beware of scammers and fraud. They [...]
Jan
13
First Year Teachers Get New State Mandate
January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
By CHRISTINA LANE, Longview News Journal Article link – click here. Available for 2 weeks after publishing date. Local educators say a new federal mandate will help ensure that teachers are highly qualified. Thousands of first-year elementary school and some middle school teachers will have to take competency exams to ensure they are highly qualified, [...]