Mar
30
PT Girls Soccer in Region Quarterfinal Game
March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment
By Gabriel D. Brooks gbrooks@news-journal.com View LNJ article-http://www.news-journal.com/sports/article_5d409362-3c09-11df-bae9-001cc4c002e0.html The 2001 and 2002 Pine Tree girls soccer squads each made postseason runs to the Class 4A regional semifinals. A Lady Pirate win tonight ensures the 2010 squad the same achievement. Pine Tree (22-4) faces Waxahachie in a Region II quarterfinal at 8 p.m. in Eustace. The [...]
Mar
28
Dancing with the Stars HS Style
March 28, 2010 | 8 Comments
From the hustle to West Coast swing, Longview stars danced Saturday night away. Longview’s version of Dancing with the Stars featured 10 prominent people in the Longview area. Stars were paired with Pine Tree High School students or recent alumni who participate in “Where Were You in ‘42,” the school’s annual ballroom dance revue. The [...]
Mar
28
Drill Team Celebrates 25 years
March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
By Glenn Evans gevans@longview-news.com Sommer McBee has been kicking since she was 3-years-old at least. That’s when the Pine Tree Precision Drill Team director joined the team, sort of. “I was their mascot,” she said of the 1988 spring show. With a little hat, little boots and a big smile, McBee was the drill team [...]
Mar
25
The Pine Tree High School golf team, paced by overall medalist Brandon Sledge, won its second tournament of the season on Tuesday at the Lindale Invitational. Sledge and Hallsville’s Nathan Weant toured the Garden Valley course with 75s, Sledge winning on a scorecard playoff. The Pirates finished with a 316 as a team, followed by [...]
Mar
21
PTISD National Merit Awards Named
March 21, 2010 | 1 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. [...]
Mar
21
Pine Tree Math –Science Team Captured the TMSCA State 4A Sweepstakes Award
March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Pine Tree Math –Science Team Captured the TMSCA State 4A Sweepstakes Award The Pine Tree Math –Science team captured the TMSCA State 4A Sweepstakes Award on Saturday, March 20 in San Antonio with a total of 3147 points to the second place Corpus Christi Flour Bluff team score of 2636. Pine Tree won first [...]
Mar
18
Mayor Provides Proclamation for Rhonda Barnes
March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Adopt a School program recently recognized Rhonda Barnes in an effort to highlight the service and commitment she gave to the organization. Rhonda was on the Adopt A School committee from the very beginning and it seemed fitting to honor her memory at the upcoming City Council meeting on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Co-chair, James Skeeler stood with [...]
Mar
18
Junior Achievement Program Aims To Teach Kids About Community
March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments
By Glenn Evans, LNJ View article at Longview News Journal webpage Students in a second-grade classroom learned it was time to make the doughnuts one recent morning. “Hello everyone. Do you remember my name?” Temeka Jeter asked the 19 young faces focusing on her in Candace Edwards’ classroom at Pine Tree Elementary. Several classmates did [...]
Mar
18
Preventing Drunk Driving is the Target of HS Project
March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment
By Randy Ross, LNJ View Article at Longview News Journal Webpage The parents stood next to a hospital bed Wednesday, staring down at their motionless son. A doctor walked into the room to say medical staff did all they could, but their 18-year-old was dead. The parents embraced in tears. The doctor left the room. [...]
Mar
17
Instruction of Human Sexuality Discussed
March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment
By Randy Ross, LNJ View article at Longview News Journal Webpage Pine Tree ISD administrators are exploring supplemental curriculum for human sexuality instruction, though students would continue to receive abstinence-based lessons. Dr. Craig Meek, a member of the district’s School Health Advisory Committee and an emergency room doctor at Good Shepherd Medical Center, told the [...]