Pine Tree Independent School District

Welcome to Pine Tree High School

Pine Tree High School abounds with opportunities for students and we encourage our students to be leaders in every way. PTHS has many rich traditions and a commitment to prepare our students to be college and career ready. Exciting things are happening here and we welcome you to come see us at Pine Tree High School.

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Parent News

Pine Tree Toastmasters Club ▲

Raising Highly Capable Kids ▲

TELPAS Parent Night ▲

Dual Credit Presentation 2019-2020 ▲
Dual Credit Presentation 2019 2020.pdf

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Adult English Classes ▲

Family Workshops ▲

Notice Regarding Refusal of Entry to or Ejection of an Individual from District Property ▲
Trepass Statement Final.pdf

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PTHS Highlights

Our business team with three freshmen and one junior ended up in the final four out of sixty four groups at the Idea Challenge on January 10th at UT Tyler.

Team: Fantasy Lipstick

Lizbeth Martinez

Rubi Madrid

Paulina Rodriguez

Grace Aguilar

The first and second place winners got $5000 and $2500 scholarships and gifts to their school.

The following winners in the DECA District Competition will head to Ft Worth for the State Career Development Conference in February.

Itzel Lara and Brandy Paz - Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making

Samuel Jimenez - Financial Consulting

Jessica Hosmer - Principles of Marketing

Joseph Cordova - Accounting Applications Series

Congressional Debate State Tournament

Senior debater Ashly James competed at the Congressional Debate State Tournament in Austin on January 14-15. Ashly was one of the sixty students to qualify for the state tournament in the 5A division. The preliminary rounds of the tournament were held on the University of Texas at Austin campus.

Ashly represented our school and region well by qualifying to the Super Congress Round. Only 18 of the 60 debaters qualify to this prestigious round that is held inside the Texas State Capitol. The debaters competed in a seven hour long congressional debate, divided into two sessions.

Ashly competed with the best and brightest young minds in the state. Ashly finished just outside of the medalist with an 8th place finish.

PTA Art Contest

Pine Tree High School has 4 students advancing their photos & artwork to state-level judging for the PTA (Parents and Teachers Association) Annual Art Contest, Reflections. This year's theme was Look Within. Students had to create an original photo or artwork as well as write an essay describing what Look WIthin means to them.

This is a wonderful achievement as nearly 60,000 students participate in the program annually and less than 3% of those advance to Texas PTA. State final results will be announced on March 15th via the Texas PTA website. From those recipients, national winners are then chosen. Reflections is in its 50th year of encouraging artistic endeavors in students across the United States.

Top 3%- Finalists in State Level Judging:

I'yonia Mumphrey

Angelina Bynum (This is her 2nd year advancing to state)

Neftali Barrios

Hunter Noody

In addition, 6 other PTHS students received scores in the top quadrant for this contest. Again, this is out of 60,000 entries across the state- so it is a very competitive contest.

Top 10%- Award of Excellence

Jayden Jones

Hailey Bonner

Top 15%- Award of Merit

Carson Lee

Top 25%- Honorable Mention

Isabel Meza

Cheyanne McBride

Camila Plascencia

Teachers Elizabeth White and Samantha Szdyloski are very proud of their students for their excellent art, photography and writing. More information on PTA Reflections can be found at https://www.pta.org/home/programs/reflections.

4th Six Weeks ▲
RYLA ▲

Four juniors from Pine Tree High School have been chosen to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) youth leadership camp.

The camp, sponsored by Rotary International, focuses on building 8 core leadership traits in the students who attend from across Northeast Texas and Southeast Oklahoma. Students had to submit an application and go through an interview process to be selected.  Hosted at Clements Scout Ranch, in Athens, TX, RYLA is filled with activities from sunrise to well past sunset. Students work within teams to complete a variety of challenges that push them to think outside the box, stretch their imaginations, grow as individuals and a team, and recognize their own leadership abilities.

Congratulations to Adrian Benavidez-Gomez, Jaiden Chism, Carson Rhodes and Ethan Waycott!

Hole In One ▲

Sophomore Kylan Liedtke made a HOLE IN ONE at practice. Once in a lifetime if at all shot! #3 at WoodHollow !

All State Band ▲

Pine Tree High School Senior, Oscar Ruiz has been selected to the TMEA 5A All-State Band. The final step in the audition process, the Area auditions, were held Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Richardson Berkner High school, where Ruiz captured 1st chair, and was one of two trumpet players selected to the All-State Band. Prior to this, Ruiz advanced through the All-Region Orchestra and the All-Region Band, where he also took 1st chair.

Aaron Turner, Pine Tree ISD Head Band Director, said, "Oscar has worked with singular determination throughout this entire competition season. He is an exceptional musician and an amazing human being. I feel blessed to get to work with him every day."

The students selected to the All-State Band will participate in a 3-day clinic Feb. 13-15 in San Antonio and conclude with a concert on Saturday, February 16, at 12:30 PM.

UIL ▲

Pine Tree High School hosted its annual UIL Invitational-A Meet on Saturday, January 11, 2020 with 13 schools in attendance.

Lee Branson, Director of Fine Arts and UIL Academics, said, "The meet was an enormous collaboration of effort between our great teachers, administrators, and campus support personnel. It could not have run more smoothly."

When asked about Pine Tree's performance in the meet, Mr. Branson replied, "I am so proud of our Pine Tree kids! They were excellent competitors and we came out overall very near the top."

Congratulations to the following medalists:

Science – 1^st Place Team

Jann Cabudoy - 2^nd Place

                        Top Biology Scorer

Sterling Beakley - 3^rd Place

                        Top Physics Scorer

Conner Nasiero - 4^th Place

Computer Science – 3^rd Place Team

Jann Cabudoy – 5^th Place

Number Sense – 2^ndPlace Team

Marilyn Shen – 1^st Place

Mathematics – 2^nd Place Team

Marilyn Shen – 5^th Place

Computer Applications

Juanita Guzman – 6^th Place

Ready Writing

Daniel Lambie – 6^th Place

3rd Six Weeks Highlights ▲
TMEA All-Region Band ▲

Thirty-eight Pine Tree High School band students auditioned for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) All-Region Band Friday, December 13 at North Lamar.

The following students earned chairs in the bands:

Ariel Sanchez, Flute - Wind Ensemble

Graham Parmelee - 1st Chair Oboe- Wind Ensemble

Abby Short, Clarinet - Symphonic Band

Giselle Valencia, Clarinet - Symphonic Band

Alexandra Sanchez, 8th grade Clarinet - Symphonic Band

Brie Cope, Clarinet - Symphonic Band

Gabby Pumphrey - 1st Chair Bass Clarinet - Wind Ensemble

Daniel Lambie, Bari Sax - Symphonic Band

Oscar Ruiz, 1st Chair Trumpet - Wind Ensemble

Keelan Davis, Trumpet - Symphonic Band

Leah Counts, 1st Chair Horn - Wind Ensemble

Xavier Martinez, Horn - Wind Ensemble

Kayla Martinez, Horn - Symphonic Band

Adrian Gomez, Trombone - Wind Ensemble

Tim Wright, Trombone - Wind Ensemble

Ethan Sanders, Tuba - Symphonic Band

In addition, the following students qualified for the next level of competition for the

All-State Band. They will audition again on Saturday, January 11 at Richardson Berkner High School:

Graham Parmelee

Gabby Pumphrey

Oscar Ruiz

Leah Counts

Xavier Martinez

Adrian Gomez

Tim Wright (qualified in both band and choir and will be competing in choir at this stage)
Pre -Area choir auditions ▲

Pine Tree High School Choir, under the direction of Danielle Warren, competed at the Pre -Area choir auditions on Tuesday, December 3rd in Pittsburg. The following students will advance to the last round of competition and compete for a place in the Texas All State Choir:

Soprano 1

Amelia Wingfield - 3rd chair

Soprano 2

Angelina Pruitt- 1st chair

Alto 1

Stephanie Davis- 3rd chair

Brooke Leath- 5th chair

Alto 2

Laura Ford - 3rd chair

Tenor 1

DeAceon Jones- 1st chair

Tenor 2

Grayson Cary- 3rd chair

Esai Hernandez- 5th chair

Bass 2

Timothy Wright- 1st chair

Hurcules Tarver- 3rd chair

Jonathan Chiguila- 4th chair

Area Alternates

Anita Aycock

Andrea Ledezma

Michael Donnell

Devin Washington
PTHS Interact Club helping out the community ▲

PTHS Interact Club helping out the community this Holiday Season! They collected items for the animal shelter and blankets for Beds of Hope.
Pine Tree placed 2nd Overall at the Springhill UIL Meet ▲

The Pine Tree High School Math Science Team competed at the Spring Hill Invitational Meet on Saturday, Dec. 7th. Schools that participated were Hallsville, Pine Tree, Longview, Mt. Pleasant, and Whitehouse. Pine Tree placed 2nd Overall. Individuals medals were as follows:

Number Sense:

12th Grade Conner Naseiro -3rd, Isabella Nix - 4th, Will Davis - 6th

11th Grade Marilyn Shen - 3rd, Emmanuel Viramontes - 6th

10th Grade Bryce Willadson - 2nd, Isaac Tesser - 3rd, Zoe Davis - 4th, Rebecca Leeson - 5th, Kaleb Hogue - 6th

9th Grade Asyiah Bray - 1st, Grant Beakley - 3rd, Noah Sims - 4th

Calculator:

12th Grade Isabella Nix - 2nd, Will Davis - 4th, Callista Harrold - 6th

11th Grade Marilyn Shen - 4th, Emmanuel Viramontes - 6th

10th Grade Bryce Willadson - 2nd, Emily Jimenez - 4th, Joseph Cordova - 5th, Zoe Davis - 6th

9th Grade Grant Beakley - 1st

Math:

12th Grade Conner Naseiro - 2nd, Will Davis - 3rd, Sterling Beakley - 4th

11th Grade Marilyn Shen - 4th, Emmanuel Viramontes - 6th

10th Grade Zoe Davis - 3rd, Bryce Willadson - 4th, Kaleb Hogue - 6th

9th Grade Asyiah Bray - 1st, Grant Beakley - 3rd, Noah Sims - 5th, Lenore Martin - 6th

Science:

12th Grade - Sterling Beakley - 3rd, Conner Naseiro - 4th

11th Grade - Jann Cabudoy - 1st

10th Grade - Rebecca Leeson - 1st, Samuel Beall - 5th

9th Grade Noah Sims - 2nd, Lenore Martin - 3rd, Asyiah Bray - 4th, Grant Beakley - 5th--
Paper Cranes decorate the hallway ▲

An ancient Japanese legend promises a wish (happiness/eternal good luck/long life/recovery from illness or injury) to anyone who folds a thousand paper cranes. Each of Ms. Gadt's students were responsible for 6 folded paper cranes (many, of course, did much more than 6). They wanted to share their "wish" with the school and brighten up the entrance of our campus.

2nd Six Weeks Highlights ▲
UIL Congressional Debate Regional Tournament ▲

Pine Tree High School senior Ashly James placed 2nd at the UIL Congressional Debate Regional Tournament. Ashly will be competing at state for her second year in a row. State competition is scheduled for January 13-15.

In October, Pine Tree Debate entered a qualifying essay to the International Public Policy Debate Forum. This is a contest conducted out of New York, New York and receives hundreds of entries every year from around the world.

Pine Tree Debate Students Ashly James, Marilyn Shen, and Brandy Gonzalez qualified in the top 64 teams from around the world. These students will be debating against Mountain House High School in Mountain House, California online starting November 20th to advance to the round of 32. Congratulations to our Pine Tree Pirates!
VEX Robotics Meet ▲

This past Saturday, Pine Tree High School hosted a VEX robotics meet. Pine Tree High school is only 1 of 2 schools in Region 7 to be a VEX Partner School and host robotic tournaments at this level. At a VEX robotics competition, students design and build custom robots out of metal, electric motors, wires, nuts, and bolts. The robots are both autonomous and driver-controlled. There is a 12 x 12-foot arena where robots compete at various tasks- this years' contest revolves around stacking blocks in towers up to 6 feet tall. Robots have to not only drive, but pick up blocks, expand to hold all the blocks, and then deposit the blocks. Because they are directly competing with 3 other robots in the same ring- there is an element of defense as well as offense. This is a tremendous learning experience in engineering, coding, and robotics. Pine Tree High School is very proud of their robotics students and the level of learning involved with this event. High school team members include:

Aron Lopez

Caiden Wood

Jonathan Chiguila

Jayden Lanier

Raj Patel

Will Davis

Caleb Hogue

Colten Bryan

Micahel Orr

Cristian Vasquez

Micah Jackson

James Phu

Aron, Caiden and Jonathan's team's made the quarter-finals of the event. The winning robotics team was B.G. Hudson Middle School of Garland ISD.

Pine Tree High school is also very proud of its robotics teachers, administration, staff and other students who participated as referees, coaches, scorekeepers, etc. at this event.

Robotics teachers: Samantha Sydloski, and Elizabeth White, High School Robotics, Todd Guest, Junior High Robotics and Jonathan Vaughn and Justin Linnstaedter, Middle School Robotics

Lee Branson, UIL Director

The entire Chandler Family

Officer Kotulla

Vickie Childers

Out little Pirates: Kingston Kraus, Claire and Brooke Rutledge, Kalen Chandler, Silas and Tobias LaPrade

LeTourneau University's mechanical engineering department also volunteered with 8 students to help judge. LeTourneau University also demonstrated "Badger"- a robot created to chase geese away from golf courses. Dr. Kim of LETU spent the day helping students control "Badger" and learn about robotics at the college level.

We look forward to hosting another High School VEX tournament next fall and plan to expand our VEX robotics tournaments to the junior high and middle school level as well.
Veterans Day Appreciation Art Awards ▲

On November 11, Kilgore College hosted its annual Veterans Day Appreciation Celebration. Students K-12 submitted art about veterans and were awarded prizes. This year, two Pine Tree students tied for first place in the high school division- Jasmine Buffington and MacKenzie Newman with their photography entries.

Students visited the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum in Tyler as well as the Veterans Fly-In at Rusk Airport to take photos. The students then created a

photo-montage using the photos they took.
Northeast Texas Invitational Marching Contest ▲

The Pine Tree HS Marching Band competed at the Northeast Texas Invitational Marching Contest Saturday, October 12 in Mt. Pleasant.

Pine Tree received straight 1's from the band judges, the percussion judge and the auxiliary judge. They were awarded the "Best in Class" trophy for Division 5A.

Congratulations to these hard-working Pirates and good luck as they march at the UIL marching contest Tuesday, October 15, in Mt. Pleasant. #pirateproud #buildingsomethingspecial
Commended Students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program ▲

Cindy Gabehart, Pine Tree High School principal, announced today that Ashly R. James and Connor B. Naseiro have been named Commended Students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program.

About 34, 000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Congratulations to our Pine Tree Pirates! #pirateproud
National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) Award ▲

Connor B. Naseiro and Isabella N. Nix, students at Pine Tree High School, have been named recipients in the National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP).

National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) was initiated in 1983, by the College Board, to identify outstanding Hispanic high school students and to share information about these academically well-prepared students with subscribing colleges and universities.

In order to be eligible, students must be at least one-quarter Hispanic. Each year the NHRP identifies approximately 7,000^[1] of the highest-scoring students from a nationwide total of 250,000^[2] high school juniors who took the PSAT/NMSQT and designated themselves as Hispanic, as well as approximately 200^[3] of the top scoring PAA students from Puerto Rico. The nationwide selection also includes students from Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and U.S. citizens attending international and APO schools.