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Board of Trustees Election Scheduled for May 8
February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
An election for three positions on the Pine Tree ISD Board of Trustees has been set for Saturday, May 8, 2010. Ballot applications and information packets may be picked up during normal business hours: 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. weekdays from the Tax Office, Feb. 8 - March 8 at the PTISD Administration Building, 1701 Pine Tree Rd, Longview, [...]
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HS Band Members Earn Medals
February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Members of the PTHS band competed at UIL Solo & Ensemble this past Friday, February 5, 2010. The following students earned medals at the UIL Region 4 contest and also qualified for the UIL State Solo & Ensemble contest. This contest will be held in May at the University of Texas in Austin. Members include: [...]
Feb
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Art Students Awarded at KC Symposium
February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Students from Pine Tree High School attended the Kilgore College Art Symposium and Scholarship Contest on Friday, February 5th. The contest is open to all art students in the region 7 area and affords the opportunity for Seniors to compete for scholarship to Kilgore College. It also provides teachers and students a way to see [...]
Feb
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Pine Tree ISD Calendar for 2010-2011 Approved
February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The 2010-2011 Academic Calendar has been approved and is available for download – click here. The school year will begin on Monday, August 23, 2010. The first student holiday is Labor Day, September 6th. Fall break will run a full week for students: from November 22-26 and winter vacation will extend from December 20-31st. Spring vacation [...]
Feb
8
Kindergarten Celebrates 100th Day
February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Article by Randy Ross, LNJ View article at LNJ WebPage View photos at PT Photo Page Five-year-old Payton Wright shouted as she counted from zero to 100 by tens with the rest of the Pine Tree Primary School students. At 100, the children released 100 balloons, and Payton and her classmates jumped up and down. “The [...]
Feb
2
Physics Lesson at the Shooting Range
February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
PTHS students in PTHS Physics class took to the shooting range for a fired up physics lab. Pine Tree High School seniors, with their teacher, Joe Kirchhoff, and SRO, Chris Bethard, held their AP physics class at the Longview police shooting range. Using a swinging pendulum, students measured how far the bullets travel when shot from [...]
Feb
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Staff Recognition: Kelly Thomas
February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
PTHS Marketing teacher Kelly Thomas has been elected by her fellow marketing educators as District 6 president of marketing educators. Thomas has an accounting degree, worked in the private sector as an accountant before she began teaching at Pine Tree High School in 2004.She teaches Marketing Dynamics Management, Marketing Yourself and BCIS. She is also [...]
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Pine Tree Panel Advises Board
February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Published LNJ – view article By Randy Ross 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 would be made by district [...]