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.
Aiden McQueary continued his winning record today, advancing to Finals in the UIL State Congress debate tournament after placing 2nd in his preliminary rounds. Congratulations, Aiden! You represent Pine Tree with pride!
Senior debater Aiden McQueary will compete with other Congress debaters from across Texas next week in the Texas Capitol building for the high honors of medaling. Join us Sunday at 3 pm outside the Pirate Center to send him off. Good luck, Aiden! Hoist the flag! 🏴☠️
Save the date!
The Math Science, Spelling, Prose and Poetry, Social Studies, Current Events, and Accounting teams competed in the Whitehouse Fall Classic on November 9. Congratulations to the following winners! 💙💛🏴☠️
SCIENCE -- 1st Place Team 🏴☠️
*The science team beat all large and small schools.
1st -- Cread Ray 🏴☠️
4th -- Brandon Hayes
5th -- Daniel Solis
TOP CHEMISTRY -- Cread Ray 🏴☠️
TOP BIOLOGY -- Cread Ray 🏴☠️
TOP PHYSICS -- Cread Ray 🏴☠️
TOP 12th GRADER -- Cread Ray 🏴☠️
TOP 11th GRADER -- Brandon Hayes 🏴☠️
TOP 10th GRADER -- Alex Chen 🏴☠️
TOP 9th GRADER -- Levi Walker 🏴☠️
ACCOUNTING TEAM -- 2nd Place Team
1st -- Stanford O'Quinn 🏴☠️
4th -- Steve Nunez'
NUMBER SENSE -- 2nd Place Team
2nd -- Alex Chen
5th - Matthew Sprague
TOP 10th GRADER -- Alex Chen 🏴☠️
TOP 9th GRADER -- Levi Walker 🏴☠️
CALCULATOR -- 2nd Place Team
3rd -- Sophia Nix
4th -- Alex Chen
5th -- Viktoria Roudkovski
TOP 10th GRADER -- Alex Chen 🏴☠️
TOP 9th GRADER -- Levi Walker 🏴☠️
MATHEMATICS -- 2nd Place Team
3rd -- eryka Furlong
4th -- Alex Chen
6th (tie) -- Emily Willadson & Viktoria Roudkovski
TOP 10th Grader -- Alex Chen 🏴☠️
SOCIAL STUDIES
6th -- Brooklyn Bowen
SPELLING
4th -- Keegan Felker
6th -- Ashlyn Dunn
PROSE
5th -- AJ Jennings
The PTHS Speech & Debate team competed in the Athen TFA Invitational Nov. 15. Apart from the UIL circuit, the team also competes to qualify for the Texas Forensic League (TFA) state tournament in March. Congratulations to the following Pirates! 💙💛
3rd Domestic Extemp & 1st State Qualifier -- Aiden McQueary
4th Dramatic Interpretation -- Natalie Amaya
4th Poetry -- Claire Rutledge
5th Prose -- Melyssa Juarez
6th Program of Interpretation & 8th Prose -- Parker Dalton
9th Prose -- Haylie Gresham
12th International Extemp -- Jacobie Humphrey Aiden McQueary & Jacobie Humphrey -- Quarterfinals in CX Debate
Today, the journalism, literary criticism, and ready writing teams hit the road to compete in the Forney Jackrabbit Jamboree. We are proud of this group of dedicated Pirates. 💙💛Congratulations to the following students!
Copy Editing
1st — Jennifer Chen 🏴☠️
News Writing
1st — Jennifer Chen 🏴☠️
4th — Rachel Malloy
6th — Lucia McCree
Feature Writing
3rd — Jennifer Chen
5th — Rachel Malloy
Editorial Writing
1st — Rachel Malloy 🏴☠️
2nd — Jennifer Chen
5th — Liv Brannon
Headline Writing
5th — Stanford O’Quinn
Ready Writing
4th — Mitchell Eggerman
6th — Alexis Klein
Literary Criticism
4th — Kristyn Edwards
6th — Alexis Klein
