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Revised: Chromebooks need internet to work

Chromebooks are available for students without access to a device and the student or parent will need to contact the technology help desk at 903-295-5038 M-F 7:30AM - 4:30PM. If you cannot call during these hours please leave a message and we will make arrangements for a pickup time. Chromebooks require internet service for use. Guest wifi services are available and accessible from each campus' parking lot near the building or any public building with open wireless. We are working to acquire internet hotspots for students with no access to the internet at this time. We estimate we will be able to deploy those devices late next week.

Revisado: las Chromebook necesitan internet para funcionar

Las Chromebooks están disponibles para estudiantes sin acceso a un dispositivo y el estudiante o sus padres deberán comunicarse con la mesa de ayuda tecnológica al 903-295-5038 de lunes a viernes de 7:30 a.m. a 4:30 p.m. Si no puede llamar durante estas horas, deje un mensaje y haremos los arreglos para un horario de recogida. Las Chromebook requieren servicio de internet para su uso. Los servicios de wifi para invitados están disponibles y accesibles desde el estacionamiento de cada campus cerca del edificio o cualquier edificio público con conexión inalámbrica abierta. Estamos trabajando para adquirir puntos de acceso a Internet para estudiantes sin acceso a Internet en este momento. Estimamos que podremos implementar esos dispositivos a fines de la próxima semana.

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

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

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Adult English Classes ▲

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

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PTHS Highlights

Students Advancing to VASE State

Like so many UIL and other student events that are canceled ours is as well. The silver lining with this competition is that the artwork will be judged for state medals remotely. There are 11 of our talented art and photo students that advanced and we are so proud of them! We are looking forward to hearing from the state judges in April!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/AjQrhrYJt2eqnseB8 This is the link to the pieces advancing to state from Region 7. Such an incredible collection.

TSPRA Award

Texas School Public Relations Association (TSPRA) members from across the state received honors from the association for their outstanding work in education communications earning Gold Star, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Best of Category, Certificate of Merit, Crystal Commendation and/or Platinum awards. The awards were announced at TSPRA’s annual Star Awards Celebration held February 26, 2020 at the Omni Barton Creek Resort in Austin, Texas during the association’s 58th annual conference.

Pine Tree ISD earned a bronze award in the photography division with a photo of Tyler Bain, a 2019 PT graduate, entitled, “The Face of Success”. The photograph was taken by PTHS Photography instructor Greg Collins.

Pine Tree ISD also received a Best of Category award in the Video Marketing category for its district promotional video, “Why PTISD?” produced by Tye Jackson Videography and Photography.

This year, 1,606 entries were received which is the highest number of entries ever received since the Star Award program began.

The Texas School Public Relations Association (TSPRA) is a nonprofit, professional organization dedicated to promoting public schools through effective communications. TSPRA, an award winning chapter of the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA), was chartered in 1962 and incorporated in 1977. With more than 900 members, TSPRA is comprised primarily of public information and communications professionals who serve the public school districts and education organizations of Texas. The membership also includes superintendents, administrators, principals, web/technology/ electronic media and graphic professionals, education foundation executive directors and their boards, association executive directors, school consultants, vendors and others who support public education in the state. TSPRA provides professional development, resources and networking opportunities for members and others in the education community.

Powerlifting

The Pine Tree Powerlifting continue to make history this week as the school qualified nine athletes to state competition with the girl's powerlifting team winning the regional meet held this week at the Pirate Center.

AP Biology - Perot Museum

AP Bio students traveled to the Perot Museum to learn first hand from archaeologists about the history of early humans!

Robotics Competition

Region 7 held the 2020 Spring Lego High School Robotics Competition at the service center in Kilgore, March 2nd and Pine Tree HS robotics students place both 1st for the design challenge and 1st for programming/building challenge. Ira Roberts and James Phu designed a robotics contest based around getting into college, Choosing a Captivating College to Commence a Comprehensive Career Path. This is Ira's 2nd year to win 1st place in the design competition. Their design board looked like a college campus and robots were challenged to complete tasks such as moving suitcases into college dorms, move through college gates, or press levers for attendance at different classes. Robots even had to spin levers to determine SAT/ACT scores and pull out a very long piece of paper to symbolize filling out the FASFA form. Ira and James' design was professionally replicated for all 52 teams to compete on.

Pine Tree students also placed 1st and 4th with building a robot and programming it to complete the tasks.
First place team:
James Bethard
Cayden Jereb
Michael Orr
Cristian Vasquez

4th place team:
Will Davis
Aron Lopez
Brendan Simmons
Caiden Wood

Visual Art Scholastic Event

Pine Tree High School Fine Art Students Receive Top Honors at the Annual Visual Arts Scholastic Event for Region 7. Last Saturday, 64 students received regional gold medals and 11 students will continue on to the state level for the Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) held at Three Lakes Middle School in Tyler, TX. VASE is the largest, state-run, student art competition in the nation. There were over 800 students in attendance for Region 7. Students were judged on their artwork as well as an interview in which they were scored on their use of art vocabulary. Pine Tree High School students performed exceedly well. Teachers Mary Graham (Art Dept Head), Wayne Gaddis, Elizabeth White and Sam Szydloski are extremely proud of their students and all of their hard work and dedication.

3-D Art
Amber Parker

2-D Art
Natalie Hunt
Quesiaz (Cassie) Ramirez
Sandra Rodriguez

Photography
Sophia Reyes
Altravion Mumphrey
I'yonia Mumphrey
Alisa Goodman
Hunter Noody
Neftali Barrios
Mack Newman

5th Six Weeks ▲
VASE Art Awards ▲
National Speech and Debate Association ▲

The Pine Tree Speech and Debate team consisting of students, Ashly James, Carter Terry, and Chadea Gipson, participated in the National Speech and Debate Association national championship qualifying tournament for our region.

Unlike UIL, school classifications are not considered. Every school that is part of NSDA competes against each other.

Twenty-eight schools competed across multiple events with the top two or three students advancing to the national tournament from each event. Some of the schools that Pine Tree competed against are nationally recognized powerhouse debate programs such as All Saints Episcopal School, Lindale, North Lamar, Athens, and Hallsville.

Pine Tree competed in the Lincoln Douglas debate portion of the tournament. To advance a student has to win at least 6 of the 7 rounds in the tournament.

PTHS Senior Ashly James took 2nd place to qualify for the national championship tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico June 14-19. This is a very prestigious honor for Ashly and Pine Tree. Qualifying for the tournament already puts Ashly in the top 10% of debate students in the nation.
National Speech and Debate Association national championship ▲

On Friday and Saturday this past weekend, the Pine Tree Speech and Debate team took 3 students, Ashly James, Carter Terry, and Chadea Gipson, to the National Speech and Debate Association national championship qualifying tournament for our Region. Unlike UIL, school classifications are not considered; because of this, every school that is apart of NSDA competes against each other. 28 schools competed across multiple events with only the top two or three students advancing to the national tournament from each event. Some of the schools that we competed against are nationally recognized powerhouse debate programs such as All Saints Episcopal School, Lindale, North Lamar, Athens, and Hallsville. Pine Tree competed in the Lincoln Douglas debate portion of the tournament. To advance a student has to win at least 6 of the 7 rounds in the tournament.

On Saturday Ashly James took 2nd place to qualify for the national championship tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico June 14-19. This is a very prestigious honor for Ashly and Pine Tree. Qualifying for the tournament already puts Ashly in the top 10% of debate students in the nation.

If you see Ashly please tell her congratulations.

As always thank you to everyone who supports Pine Tree and our debate program!

Building Something Special!
Hallsville UIL Invitational ▲

Pine Tree High School earned third place in the Hallsville UIL Invitational B Meet on February 14 and 15. Jann Cabudoy took 1st Place in Science and was named Top Biology student. Ashly James was named Top Speaker in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Congratulations to all of our PT Pirates! #pirateproud

Sweepstakes Results:

1st Place: Hallsville High School

2nd Place: Sulphur Springs High School

3rd Place: Pine Tree High School

4th Place: Whitehouse High School

Team and Individual Results:

Science - 1st Place Team

Jann Cabudoy – 1st Place

Top Biology

Mathematics - 2nd Place Team

Isabella Nix – 5th Place

Calculator Applications - 2nd Place Team

Isabella Nix – 4th Place

Accounting – 3rd Place Team

Isabella Nix – 6th Place

Number Sense – 2nd Place Team

Marilyn Shen – 2nd Place

Shaun Ray – 6th Place

Spelling and Vocabulary – 2nd Place Team

Paige Reese – 5th Place

Graham Parmalee – 6th Place

Speech and Debate – 2nd Place Team

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

Marilyn Shen – 1st Place

Ashly James – 2nd Place - Top Speaker

Persuasive Speaking

Ashly James – 1st Place

Poetry Interpretation

Landry McDowell – 4th Place
Black History Oratorical contest ▲

Pine Tree Juniors Holly James and Kameron Benefield competed Tuesday, February 11th in the Black History Oratorical contest sponsored by Texas Eastman, winning first and second places respectively. Students from Longview area schools submitted research papers in December, and four were selected to advance. Those four students delivered memorized orations about the person they researched in front of an audience at Texas Eastman. Scores from the researched essay and the oratorical scores were then combined, and 1st - 4th places were recognized. Both students will deliver their speeches at the February 29th community-wide event "City of Longview and Eastman Black History Month Public Program" taking place at Belcher auditorium. The event celebrating Black History Month and honoring the contributions of African-Americans is co-hosted by the City of Longview and Texas Eastman.
Robotics Takeover competition ▲

On Saturday Pine Tree High School had four teams compete in the New Diana Takeover
competition. Students built and programmed robots from scratch with the objective to move
5 1/2'' cubes into scoring zones and towers to multiply points.

Three of the four teams qualified for finals and one of the four teams advanced to quarterfinals. We are so proud of our teams, and look forward to more competitions next season!

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.