The year is winding down. Be sure to put this celebration on your calendar. This is a FAMILY event for PTHS UILPirates.
Congratulations to the PTMS and PTJH Math Science Team! They showed off their Pirate Pride and are the 🏆TMSCA state runner-up!🏆
The team earned a total of 49 trophies and 35 medals. Additionally, the teams ranked
2nd in Number Sense
1st in Calculator
2nd in Math
2nd in Science
We are proud of these academic Pirates! 🏴☠️
Your PTHS UIL Academics Pirates are DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!! 🏴☠️
2022 -- 4th place
2023-- 3rd place
2024 -- 2nd place
2025 -- 52 regional qualifiers
16 District Champions
10 District Champion Teams
To all the Pirates who charted the course and to the current UIL Pirates who decided it was time to weigh anchor, congratulations and keep looking for treasure! 🏴☠️💙💛
Congrats to PT Journalism and Speech/Debate! 1st place district champions! Journalism is coached by Melissa Wright. Speech/Debate is coached by Melissa Witt and Chris Dickson.
Pine Tree hosted day one of our district tournament Wednesday, March 26. Out of 11 events, Pirates were champions in 10, and we had the Top Speaker of the day. PTHS is currently 1st place in the district by 115 points. The rest of the events will take place this Saturday, again at Pine Tree HS. Wish us luck!
Go Pirates! 🏴☠️
🥇DISTRICT CHAMPIONS🥇
Jennifer Chen -- Copy Editing
Jennifer Chen -- Feature Writing
Jennifer Chen -- Editorial Writing
Stanford O'Quinn -- Headline
Rachel Malloy -- News Writing
Alexis Klein -- Ready Writing
Claire Rutledge -- Poetry
Parker Dalton -- Prose
Aiden McQueary -- Persuasive Extemp
Liv Brannon -- Informative Extemp
🥈2nd Place Winners🥈
Mitchell Eggerman -- Copy Editing
Mitchell Eggerman -- Editorial Writing
Liv Brannon -- LD Debate Top Speaker
🥉3rd Place Winners🥉
Jennifer Chen -- News Writing
Rachel Malloy -- Editorial Writing
Emma Willis -- Prose
Emma Willis -- Persuasive Extemp
4th Place Winners
Lucia McCree -- News Writing
5th Place Winners
Lucia McCree -- Feature Writing
Rachel Malloy -- Headline
Melyssa Juarez -- Poetry
Jy'Mon Hatcher -- Informative Extemp
6th Place Winner
Jy'Mon Hatcher -- LD Debate
Break out the 🏴☠️Pirate banner🏴☠️ and let’s celebrate! Results are in…
... and the PTHS Math Science Team is🥈2nd in the state overall in 4A!!🥈
More good news! All 4 teams—Number Sense, Mathematics, Calculator, and Science—placed in the top 4, and multiple students placed in the top 6. Stay tuned for individual awards...Let's go Pirates!
Congratulations to the Pine Tree Middle and Junior High Math Science Team on their winning season! The team placed 🥇1st🥇overall at the regional TMSCA meet in Queen City on March 8. Their next meet will be the state Texas Math Science Coaches' Association (TMSCA) meet on March 29 in San Antonio. Good luck! 🏴☠️
Good luck to Aiden McQueary who has advanced to the final round of Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking at the Texas Forensics Association (TFA) state contest.
Aiden competed against 86 speakers from public, private, and charter schools from all over Texas and is one of six left in the final round. 🙌
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the Pine Tree One-Act Play and to the following individual awards:
Best Performer Claire Rutledge
All Star Cast Haylie Gresham
Honorable Mention Cast Emma Willis
Outstanding Crew Member Emmaline Edge
Congratulations to the following Pine Tree Middle School 5th graders who swept the Texas History Day contest hosted at Texas A&M--Commerce today. The contest is sponsored by the National History Day organization. The theme this year is Rights and Responsibilities in History.
INDIVIDUAL POSTERS
1st place- Chloe Clark
2nd place- Tori Smith
3rd place- (Tied) Jude Holder and Leo Aguilar
GROUP PROJECTS
1st- Kate Darden and Allie Melton
2nd- Palmer Prince and Karendeep Kaur
3rd- Cross Warren, Sage Moyer, and Gracie Neale
The top two in each category will advance to state. The students were led by 5th grade CEER teacher Brandina Ednie.
Pine Tree Fine Arts and UIL Academics at the annual Expedition--there's still time to join the adventure at the Maude Cobb this evening!
Congratulations to sophomore Melyssa Juarez! Melyssa's film animation made it through 3 rounds of judging and is 1 of only 6 STATE FINALISTS! 🏴☠️
The UIL Film Animation contest is one of several UIL events for the visual and theatrical arts.
The contest is led by Graphics Design teacher Ms. Caity Rutledge. As a state finalist, Melyssa is now qualified to apply for the UIL TILF scholarships when she is a senior. To watch Melyssa's film short, use the QR code below. #pirateproud
Congratulations to sophomore Mitchell Eggerman on his 4th place finish in the Texas Eastman Black History Oratorical contest. Mitchell was the youngest contestant today and the youngest from Pine Tree to advance.
Mitchell's essay about Sylvester James Gates, Jr. was one of five out of 32 submissions selected as a finalist. Mitchell was awarded $500 from Texas Eastman.
The PTHS UIL Academic Team had a busy January. They hosted the annual Jar of Dirt meet on January 11 and traveled to Melissa HS on January 24-25 to compete in the Cardinal Classic. The team would like to thank the Pine Tree community and especially our parent volunteers who make our events possible. The team will compete next in the Hallsville Tournament of Hearts on February 8 and in Sulphur Springs on February 15. The Speech and Debate Team will compete in the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) tournament February 13-15 where students hope to qualify again to the national meet in Iowa this summer. Congratulations to the following medalists.
Congratulations to the 6th-8th grade Pirates for winning District UIL Academics for the 4th consecutive year! Champions again! 🏴☠️🏆🏴☠️
A special shout out goes to 6th and 8th grade competitors for coming in 🥇1st place🥇 in their grades and to Mrs. Francetta McGowen and Mrs. Donna Kistner for hosting the event. The 7th grade missed 1st place by only 4 points, improving the overall team score from last year. We are proud of our Pirates! 🏴☠️
#pirateproud #stillwinning
Good luck to all Pine Tree Pirates representing us in the UIL District contest today hosted by Pine Tree Junior High. Go Pirates! 🏴☠️
Today our PTHS Policy Debate Team qualified for the UIL State Meet.
Congratulations to the District 16-4A CHAMPIONS, Aiden McQueary and Jacobie Humphrey and to novice debaters Rylie Apple and Sophiya McCain, 5th place winners! 🏴☠️
Good luck! Especially to our novices!
Good luck to the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade UIL team as they open District 16-4A competition tomorrow in Spring Hill! Pine Tree is hosting Day 2 on Saturday, February 1. Hoist the colors! 🏴☠️
Congratulations to the Policy Debate powerhouse duo, Aiden McQueary and Jacobie Humphrey! They are the 1st place team, and Aiden is the Top Speaker in the Lindale Winter meet today out of approximately 20 teams. Way to go, guys! We are so proud of your persistence! 🏴☠️
Congratulations to Aiden McQueary, who placed 7th in the state in 4A Congress out of 60 state qualifiers. Aiden is a senior debater and repeat state qualifier in multiple events. The Pine Tree Debate and UIL Academics program is proud of Aiden for his dedication and commitment to personal excellence. Go Aiden and Pirate Debate! 🏴☠️
The Debate program is led by Ms. Melissa Witt and assisted by Mr. Christopher Dickson.
