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To cap off Black History Month our Primary students displayed their Gallery of Heroes! Check out some of the great projects that our students and their families worked so hard on!! #RaiseTheFlag #PTFamily

TWENTY-SIX PT POWERLIFTERS QUALIFY FOR REGIONALS #pirateproud

On February 25, the Pine Tree Passion Guard hosted a District Winter Guard Competition in the Pirate Center. Over 40 schools were in attendance as well as Navarro College & Northwestern State University in the college division. The Junior High Winter Guard received first place with a score of 63.18. Not only are they undefeated this season, they are ranked number 1 in the state. With this performance, the JH Winter Guard again qualified for state championships which take place at Flower Mound High School on Saturday, March 11th. Their last district show is Friday, March 3 at Arlington Seguin High School. Members of JH include: Joseline Araujo, Junior Betts, Debany Cuevas, Jessica Decker, Demi Fults, Isabella Gonzalez, Cara Green, Kaidee Hailey, Ava Harrell, Jocelyn Hernandez, Reagan Lollar, Cameron Lonsberry, Kyley Nowlin, Aaliyah Porter, Crista Ravellette, Selena Resendiz, Alessiya Robertson, Claire Rutledge, Lainee Sanders, Hannah Stevenson, and Emma Tillery. The High School Junior Varsity Winter Guard had a fantastic run, scoring 5th out of their competition with a score of 65.085. With this score, they also advanced to the state championships which will take place on Saturday, March 25th at Marcus High School. This completes district competition. Their final competition before state will be in San Antonio at the National Regional with varsity. JV Members include: Captain - Elizabeth Jacob, Rylie Apple, Keunnah Howard, Hunee Minnieweather, Diego Quilo, Lilyann Smith, and Emma Weedon The High School Varsity placed 2nd with a score of 73.275. With this score, they advanced to the state championships on Saturday, April 1st at Mansfield Lake Ridge High School. This completes district competition. Their final competition before state will be at Southwestern United States Regional in San Antonio on Saturday, March 18th. If they advance, nationals will be in Dayton, Ohio in mid-April. Varsity Members include: Head Captain - Anabelle Bigham, Captain - LaTayia Buchanan, Captain - Saniyah Hill, Celeste Baker, Mariah Berlanga, Riley Dillingham, Andrea Fuertes, Hailey Marez, Catherine McKinney, Chalille Reddic, Layken Steinhilber, Lillian Toth & Sabria Williams.

Three Pine Tree students advanced in the Black History Month Essay and Oratorical Contest sponsored by the Connect group of Texas Eastman. Students receive two scores, an essay score and an oratorical score. Only the top five essay scores advance to the oratorical round where students deliver a memorized speech. The two scores are combined for a final score and ranking. Congratulations to the following PT students who advanced to the oratorical round and were awarded scholarships. Elena Bazan, first place, $1500 scholarship Karima Mbeh, second place, $1000 scholarship Chadea' Gipson, fourth place, $500 scholarship Congratulations, Pirates!

"Do you even lift Bro??" 🏋‍♂️ Check out the 26 student athletes who qualified for Regional Competition!! Super proud of all of the hard work these athletes and their coaches put in!!

Who is that off to a 10-2 start?? Why that's the Lady Pirate Softball team!! Catch these ladies in action at Lear Park this weekend!! #RaiseTheFlag #WhyNotUs

PT Sweeps TMSCA State Qualifying Meet Pine Tree competed at a state qualifying Texas Math Science Coaches Association (TMSCA) meet on Saturday, February 25th at Spring Hill Junior High. Pine Tree won 37 individual medals and was the 1st place team. Number Sense 6th grade division 1st place, Aubrey Klein 3rd place, Devlin Foster 4th place, Joey White 5th place, Leah Gatlin Number Sense 7th grade division 4th place, Raiden Gaw 5th place, Levi Walker Number Sense 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Ashlyn Dunn 3rd place, Clark Medin 4th place, Mae Shen 5th place, Morgan Rue Calculator 6th grade division 1st place, Devlin Foster 2nd place, Vianey Olvera 4th place, Landon Warner 5th place, Juan Martinez Calculator 7th grade division 3rd place, Bryan Jimenez Calculator 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Ashlyn Dunn 4th place, Clark Medin 5th place, Morgan Rue Math 6th grade division 1st place, Aubrey Klein 3rd place, Devlin Foster 4th place Landon Warner 5th place, Leah Gatlin Math 7th grade division 2nd place, Levi Walker 3rd place, Raiden Gaw Math 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Morgan Rue 3rd place, Clark Medin 4th place, Ashlyn Dunn Science 6th grade division 3rd place, Aubrey Klein 4th place, Devlin Foster Science 7th grade division 2nd place, Levi Walker 3rd place, Gabriel Cabudoy Science 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 3rd place, Katherine Recinos 5th place, Isaiah Sims PT Sweeps TMSCA State Qualifying Meet Pine Tree competed at a State Qualifying TMSCA Math Science Meet on Saturday, February 25th at Spring Hill Junior High. Pine Tree won 37 individual medals and was the 1st place team. Number Sense 6th grade division 1st place, Aubrey Klein 3rd place, Devlin Foster 4th place, Joey White 5th place, Leah Gatlin Number Sense 7th grade division 4th place, Raiden Gaw 5th place, Levi Walker Number Sense 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Ashlyn Dunn 3rd place, Clark Medin 4th place, Mae Shen 5th place, Morgan Rue Calculator 6th grade division 1st place, Devlin Foster 2nd place, Vianey Olvera 4th place, Landon Warner 5th place, Juan Martinez Calculator 7th grade division 3rd place, Bryan Jimenez Calculator 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Ashlyn Dunn 4th place, Clark Medin 5th place, Morgan Rue Math 6th grade division 1st place, Aubrey Klein 3rd place, Devlin Foster 4th place Landon Warner 5th place, Leah Gatlin Math 7th grade division 2nd place, Levi Walker 3rd place, Raiden Gaw Math 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Morgan Rue 3rd place, Clark Medin 4th place, Ashlyn Dunn Science 6th grade division 3rd place, Aubrey Klein 4th place, Devlin Foster Science 7th grade division 2nd place, Levi Walker 3rd place, Gabriel Cabudoy Science 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 3rd place, Katherine Recinos 5th place, Isaiah Sims #pirateproud

On Saturday, February 25th, Pine Tree High School Art Students competed at the Region 7 Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) and earned 43 gold medals! This year was our first year back for the in-person event after two years of virtual events. Each student participated in a Juror Interview to discuss and defend the choices they made in their artwork. The interview is roughly 40% of their overall score, with the artwork accounting for 60%. Several of our students submitted two artworks for the competition and received medals for both artworks. Out of the 49 Artworks that competed, ​Pine Tree had 40 ​artworks that received a ​regional ​medal, and three students received ​area ​medals and advanced to the State VASE competition in San Marcos. PTHS Art teachers Caitlin Rutledge, Carmen Gadt, Spring Parnell, and Wayne Gaddis are extremely proud of all of their students for representing Pine Tree High School with this amazing accomplishment. Esther Alvarez- Regional Medalist Kennedie Bolan- Regional Medalist Samaria Burnett- Regional Medalist Jasmine Byrd- Regional Medalist Kiran Henderson- Regional Medalist Keliza Hernandez- Regional Medalist Natalie Hunt- Double Regional Medalist Josh Lowe- Regional Medalist Vera Mateu- Regional Medalist Demontrel Mitchell- Double Regional Medalist Madilyn Northcutt- Double Regional Medalist Genesis Olvera- Double Regional Medalist Leslie Ortega- Double Regional Medalist, Area Medalist-Advancing to State Ariana Phelps- Regional Medalist, Area Medalist-Advancing to State Madalyn Scaggs- Double Regional Medalist Juliana Sims- Regional Medalist-Area Medalist Advancing to State Laney Torres- Double Regional Medalist Cristian Vasquez- Double Regional Medalist Rylie Waclawczyk- Regional Medalist Maritza Garcia- Regional Medalist Makenzie Kelm- Regional Medalist Diego Montanez- Double Regional Medalist Jenesis Pittman- Regional Medalist Robert Roth- Double Regional Medalist Tristan Spencer- Regional Medalist Devyn Westmoreland-Double Regional Medalist Olivia Sessions- Regional Medalist Herminio Lara- Regional Medalist Jacob Reeves- Regional Medalist

The Pine Tree High School Leadership & BUCS Car Show has been postponed until May 2023.

What a weekend to be a Pirate!! PTHS UIL Academic Team competed at A&M Consolidated High School today against 32 schools and earned 1st place sweepstakes! Congratulations to all of the students who competed and thanks to all the coaches who pour into them! #RaiseTheFlag #AcademicSuccess

Congrats to our very own Coach Angel Rocha on a milestone win!! 100 wins is a huge accomplishment. If you haven't yet, make sure you get out and support Coach Rocha and his Muddogs this season! #RaiseTheFlag #PTFamily

Check out all the latest news and events in the February 23 Issue of The Pirate Treasure https://www.smore.com/dr0aj

We are loving our new app! Stay updated with access to events, documents, news from administrators, student stories and even emergency notifications. You can download the Pine Tree ISD app for free on both Google Play or Apple App Store. Download for Android – https://bit.ly/3W5vlg6 Download for iPhone – https:/apple.com/3BLlhX2

Pine Tree competed at a State Qualifying TMSCA Math Science Meet on Saturday, February 18th at Ore City Middle City. Pine Tree won 42 individual medals and was the 1st place team! Number Sense 6th grade division 1st place, Aubrey Klein 2nd place, Joey White 3rd place, Leah Gatlin 4th place, Juan Martinez Number Sense 7th grade division 1st place, Mauro Gonzalez 2nd place, Raiden Gaw 4th place, Levi Walker Number Sense 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Ashlyn Dunn 3rd place, Clark Medin 5th place, Morgan Rue Calculator 6th grade division 1st place, Aubrey Klein 2nd place, Landon Warner 3rd place, Vianey Olvera 4th place, Juan Martinez 5th place, Leah Gatlin Calculator 7th grade division 2nd place, Levi Walker 3rd place, Amy Orona 5th place, Clara Tesser Calculator 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Morgan Rue 3rd place, Ashlyn Dunn 4th place, Clark Medin 5th place, Jocelyn Calderon Math 6th grade division 1st place, Aubrey Klein 2nd place, Leah Gatlin 3rd place, Joey White Math 7th grade division 1st place, Gabriel Cabudoy 2nd place, Raiden Gaw 5th place, Cason Browning Math 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 2nd place, Morgan Rue 3rd place, Clark Medin 4th place, Ashlyn Dunn Science 6th grade division 2nd place, Aubrey Klein 4th place, Landon Warner Science 7th grade division 1st place, Levi Walker 4th place, Raiden Gaw Science 8th grade division 1st place, Alex Chen 3rd place, Clark Medin 4th place, Will Jordan 5th place, Morgan Rue

Kona Ice is this Friday, February 24th. Here at the Primary, every child gets a snow cone through parent and staff donations. Online orders are open from now until 8 am on Friday.

Today is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Education begins with Transportation. Our bus drivers work hard everyday to provide safe rides to and from school for our students. We appreciate you every day!

Congratulations to Coach Chris Yoder on his 200th career win as a head coach Tuesday night against Whitehouse! #pirateproud

Join us at Pine Tree Expedition 2023, a community event that will showcase Pine Tree. Visit with students, teachers and administrators from each campus and department about pathways to success, innovative projects, extracurricular activities, special programs, and more. Enjoy student demonstrations, fine arts performances; learn about volunteering and job opportunities. This is your chance to discover what makes Pine Tree great all in one location. Make plans to join us on Thursday, February 16th from 6pm - 8pm at Maude Cobb Convention Center 100 Grand Blvd.

If you are not planning to be here tonight, you are missing out. We are expecting a packed house (we had almost 3000 attend last year). We are cooking 1800 hotdogs for all of our fans! Come to Maude Cobb Convention Center and check out all the amazing things that happen every day here at Pine Tree ISD!!!

Shop Pirate Outfitters tonight at Expedition 2023 from 6pm-8pm at Maude Cobb Convention Center. This is your chance to discover what makes Pine Tree great all in one location.