Pine Tree Fine Arts

Hey, Band, you are the PRIDE of Pine Tree, and we are so proud of you! 🏴‍☠️ *10th in the state out of 226 4A bands *the first time in school history that PTHS has been in the corps finals *the first time in 41 years the Pride has performed in either military or corps finals (shoutout to the 1985 military band) Congratulations to the directors, band members, and to the PT community who has supported the band this season! We will be celebrating your hard work for days to come! 👏👏👏

🫡 To our band parents, family members, and boosters--THANK YOU for taking care of 185+ band kids week after week and loving them. We love you because you love them. 💙💛 Our band parents feed our band kids for 12+ football games, 6+ band contests and events, and summer band camp. During performances they load the trailers, unload the trailers, and move the equipment. The equipment consists of 24 sideline panels with vinyls, 10 field frames, and 3 stages and the front ensemble equipment, even all the way to San Antonio. Every game. Every performance. Every early morning. Every late night. Without fail and with a smile because they love the band kids and want to see them succeed. The Pride's great success is also theirs. Their daily dedication makes it all happen. They are the real ROCKSTARS!!! 💙💛🏴‍☠️

🫡 To our band parents, family members, and boosters--THANK YOU for taking care of 185+ band kids week after week and loving them. We love you because you love them. 💙💛 Our band parents feed our band kids for 12+ football games, 6+ band contests and events, and summer band camp. During performances they load the trailers, unload the trailers, and move the equipment. The equipment consists of 24 sideline panels with vinyls, 10 field frames, and 3 stages and the front ensemble equipment, even all the way to San Antonio. Every game. Every performance. Every early morning. Every late night. Without fail and with a smile because they love the band kids and want to see them succeed. The Pride's great success is also theirs. Their daily dedication makes it all happen. They are the real ROCKSTARS!!! 💙💛🏴‍☠️

Save the date

Come and celebrate the holidays once again with the PTHS choir. It's one of everyone's Christmas favorites! And make plans to join the choir and Santa for pancakes at the annual "Pancakes with Santa." It's every child's favorite Saturday morning (and parents, too!). 🎅🏼🎄⛪️✨🎶🎵

The Pride is headed to state again! 🙌 They will head to the Alamodome for the contest on November 9-11. Be watching for information to join in their STATE send off! Let's go Pirates! 🏴‍☠️

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, PTHS Varsity Cheer joined others in Christus Good Shepherd's 2nd annual Pink Out Walk for surviving fighters, family members, and community supporters.

We are so proud of all of our junior high bands (Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band) for an impressive Fall Concert performance and look forward to more from these groups of young musicians! The bands are directed by Aaron Handorf and Collin Hill. A strong high school band and a love for music begins early, and we appreciate the dedication of this group of musicians and their directors. The junior high band students will perform next at their annual Christmas Concert on December 15.

Congratulations to the Pine Tree Pride! The band and color guard made all first division ratings on marching, musical performance, and visuals. We are proud of ALL of you! Way to make Pine Tree proud! 🏴‍☠️ The band will compete again at the UIL Area contest on October 31st at Pirate Stadium.

THANK YOU to the Pine Tree Band Boosters, Jaggers and other community sponsors, students, participating schools, the TJC Apache Band, Pine Tree Maintenance and Transportation, and especially to our band students and directors for all of your hard work, time, and passion you invested in the Beats and Bites Preview, the Shiver Me Timbers Marching contest, and the upcoming Region 4 UIL Marching competition. It takes a stellar team of many individuals working together to pull off what you did. We appreciate your continual support of The Pride and our band and color guard students. 🏴‍☠️ The band will perform next at 3:30 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 13, at Pirate Stadium for the UIL Region 4 Marching contest. The public is invited to watch and cheer them on.

Please join us Friday evening to support our band students for Beats and Bites. The high school band will perform their halftime show "Moon," and the junior high band will also perform. Tickets can be purchased with the QR code and include a chicken strip meal from Jaggers.

At Pine Tree dance is more than an afterthought. Dance teams started at Birch and Parkway in 2024. In two years the districtwide program has grown to serve 160+ students in 3rd - 12th grades. The Birchettes, Prestige, Sapphires, and Precision perform throughout the community in addition to competing. Students taking dance in junior high and high school earn a P.E. credit. The program has flourished. The vision is to offer free and inclusive dance training where students build discipline, poise, physical and mental strength and endurance, and bold confidence that gives them the courage to take healthy risks. Come and see them perform tonight as Pine Tree takes on the Kilgore Bulldogs. Let's go Pirates! 🤩🏴‍☠️

Make plans to step with our students across the magical threshold of theatre into the world of Narnia. The curtains open in only one month.

On Saturday, September 19th, members of the PTHS Choir auditioned for a spot in the Region 4 Choir, earning 26% of the seats. The All-Region Choir is comprised of 96 students selected from 9 school districts. The PTHS Choir, under the direction of Danielle Warren, has repeatedly made a strong showing at the All-Region competition. Congratulations to our Pirates!

The following choir members advanced. The number denotes their chair:

SOPRANO
Audrey Handorf- 5*
Keren Vizueth- 12*
Ally Smith
Abby Loy
Katie Roberts
Chloe Martell

ALTO
Bailey Dehart- 6*
Rylee Benson- 9*
Amelia Jennings- 11*
Jessica Decker
Samuella Mary
Lailah Smith
Leah Gatlin
Skyler Lane

TENOR
Cohen Minor- 3*
Camden Nono- 5*
Levi Yandell
Elijah Wright

BASS
Fernando Hernandez- 1*
Slaid Light- 5*
Sam Haught- 7*
Jet Pickard
Aiden Smith
Douglas Palmer
David Davis

*Pre Area Candidate - will compete in the next round to the All State Choir on Nov. 17th

Mr. Aaron Handorf directs the Pine Tree Junior High Band in the national anthem at the grand re-opening of the Gilmer Road Wal-Mart in Pine Tree. Mrs. Kerri Daugbjerg received a grant on behalf of the PT Education Foundation. The EDH Basketball Club for youth joined by Dr. Shalonda Adams also received a grant. Thank you, Wal-Mart!

Soap, Saturdays, and music! Help us support the PTHS Choir! 🫧🎵🎤🎶

Enjoy these shots of our Fine Arts performers during the first pep rally of the year! Kick-off is tonight at 7:30 pm at Pine Tree Stadium when Pine Tree takes on the Gilmer Buckeyes. Let's Go Pirates! 🏴‍☠️

Congratulations to Mr. Christopher Dickson on being honored with the Don Crabtree Distinguished Service Award for his dedication and service to speech and debate students. This is Mr. Dickson's second time to receive the award. Thank you for your service to the speech and debate, theatre, and UIL students of Pine Tree! 🏴‍☠️

While PTISD staff return to work, UIL high school and junior high students are having fun volunteering to watch their children. UIL alumni Megan Wolfe and Katherine Castillo have been on board this week helping. Megan is a level 2 nursing major at SFA and has volunteered this summer at a kids camp as a nursing assistant. Katherine is a biology major at UT-Tyler with plans to apply to dental school. A huge thanks to the Primary Principal, Dr. Walker, for hosting and organizing the day camp and for everything she does! Dr. Walker wears many hats volunteering for UIL events across the district all while leading the Primary campus. Good luck to all of our Pirates this year! 🏴‍☠️

Come out this Thursday and see what our students have been working on this summer. Let's go Pirates!