Pine Tree Winners!

Congratulations to Lady Pirate diver Lindsey Conway for being selected to the Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association All-State Team for 2009 – 2010.

Also, for making the State TMEA band.

John Tillery, a senior at Pine Tree High School, was a finalist in Restaurant and Food Service Management at the DECA State competition. He will be competing at the International DECA competition in April.

John will be attending Baylor University School of Business in the fall to study Restaurant and Hotel Management.

Congratulations to Lady Pirate diver Lindsey Conway for taking the gold medal at the 4A Regional Diving competition in Conroe. Lindsey set a new Regional record with a score of 401.45, and qualified to compete at the State Diving competition to be held in Austin in two weeks.

The Pine Tree Tennis Team won 1st Place in the 2010 Eastman High School Tennis Tournament on Saturday in Longview. Shelby Hart won 1st place in girls singles. Hart defeated Megan Cameron from Springhill 6-1,7-6 to capture the title. In boys doubles, James Short and Zack Simons took 2nd place. Ashley Fischer and Holly Fountain finished 2nd in girls doubles. Justin Harrison and Anna Chamness were 3rd in mixed doubles. Trey Jeffers finished 3rd in boys singles.

The Kilgore College Art Symposium and Scholarship Contest is open to all art students in the region 7 area and affords the opportunity for Seniors to compete for scholarship to Kilgore College. It also provides teachers and students a way to see what other student artists are doing in area schools. Senior participants display their portfolios for all to view and judges critique work and choose scholarship winners. Judges also discuss their own work and art experiences with the student and teacher audience. We are proud to announce that 6 Pine Tree seniors won scholarship and honorable mention this year. They are:

1st place Louis Graham Award for art excellence- $2000.00 went to Caitlin Turner

3rd place $1200.00 scholarship went to Erica Latta

4th place $1000.00 scholarship went to Margaret Austin

5th place $1000.00 scholarship went to Emily Phelps

Honorable mention went to Hannah Gamble and Sara Torres

Student work will be available to view on high school campus and on the art dept. web page.

The following welding students competed at district SKILLS competition Friday and Saturday and qualified for the state competition with either their projects or hands on skills.

Roman Duke---- project
Jim Jones---- project and 3rd place in skills
Drew Newton---- 1st place in skills
Evan Radulescu---- project and 2nd place in skills
Adam Row---- project

The Automotive class also had 3 students qualify for the state competition with their projects.

Joshua Graves
Justin Hartman
Tyler Hewitt

These students will be traveling to Corpus Christi March 24th – 27th to compete in the state competition.

The following students competed at the District DECA Conference on Tuesday and qualified for state in their area of competition. They will be competing at the State DECA Conference in Ft. Worth on February 19-21.

Natasha Anderson
Brandon Bunt
Cody Cooper
Miguel Juarez
Alec Rangel
D’Anzia Robertson
Sophia Rossow
John Tillery

Angel Johnson was elected to the position of District 6 DECA Secretary at the conference and will be serving in that capacity during the 2010-11 school year.

On January 29 and 30, PTHS Academic Decathlon team competed in the Region IX Texas Academic Decathlon Competition. Pine Tree placed 8th place out of 15 teams with a total score of 30,710. Caitlin Turner, Lizzi Davis and Steven Hawkins received the highest scores among their divisions for Pine Tree. Caitlin Turner placed 2nd in the Essay competition and Steven Hawkins placed 3rd in the Language and Literature competition. Congratulations to those students!

PTA Reflections, part of a nationwide 30-year-old program, encourages students to create works of visual art, music, literature, photography, dance choreography and film/video productions.   Students from Pine Tree High School and Junior High who won Council Awards of Excellence were recognized at a ceremony on Thursday, January 28th at 7 p.m. in the Pine Tree Community Center. Congratulations to the following students who were awarded for their interpretation of the theme: “Beauty Is...”
Austin Ferguson Tiara Hannah Christin Watson Haley Graves Rachel Meadows Saad Shams Shaleetha Jackson Estefania Montano Cindy Ovalle Kristie Littlejohn Sandra Perez Ryan Gillam Grant Guest Trace Roosow Tammy Thornburg Erin Dale Sean Howard	Ryan Assenheimer Raquel Fuentes Breynon Henderson Catrine Johansen LaPorsha Lawson Tiara Rider Meaghan Dehoff Shanise Walker Kendall Kennedy Lauren Bledsoe Jennilee Pelofske Robert Brenner Merry Duncan Bryan Davila Carly Davis Ashlee Dunn Dylan Bailey	Ivanna Lopez Holly Fountain Paige Lackey Michael Reynolds Adam Allen Devin Assenheimer Austin Sahms Ryan Jacobs Lanna Davis Jackson Wyers Ashley Ferguson Ashley Chandler Anna Chamness Pooja Reddy Frances Messer Joshua Shulik Kristin Burns Antoine Epps

Please click on the links below to view the students work.

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Seven Pine Tree students from Pine Tree High School competed against 45 chapters at the Regional Leadership Conference for Business Professionals of America Convention this last weekend in Frisco, Texas. Two students have advanced to the state level and will compete in Ft. Worth, Texas on March 3 - 6, 2010. Sara Tirado placed 1st in Entrepreneurship and D'Anzia Robertson placed 2nd in Digital Media Production. In addition, Sophia Rossow placed 3rd in Financial Math & Analysis and the Web Site Design Team with Vanna Norman, Frances Messer, and D'Anzia Robertson placed 4th.



“Congratulations to these students,” said their sponsor Regina Darby. “I am sure they will do well at the state level in March!”



BPA (Business Professionals of America) is a national organization for students preparing for careers in business management, office administration, information/computer technology, and other related career fields. BPA is open to all PTHS students and all members will have the opportunity to apply for scholarships, maintain leadership opportunities, receive National Technical Honor Society recognition, and obtain career information. In addition, BPA prepares students to succeed and assess real-world business skills and problem solving abilities in finance, management, information technology, and computer applications. Likewise, our chapter will participate in competitive events this year at the regional, state, and national level in the following categories: financial services, administrative support, information technology, and management/marketing/human resources.

These young men were selected to be honored as Texas High School Academic All State in Football.
Steven Hawkins
Tyler Kids
Kylen Perry
Henry Crowson
Coleton Whitaker

Pine Tree is pleased to announce that 4 students have been recognized by the National Merit Scholar Program for 2009-2010.

Semi Finalist: Sherri Deckelboim

Commended Students: J. Shelby Hulett, L. Jake Magness, and Anna E. Walker

A student is sponsored each month by the Elk's Lodge #1128 in Longview. They are selected each month by a teacher vote. At the end of the year a Student of the Year is selected and awarded a $250 scholarship.

Student of the Month
September     Jennifer Little
October    Trey Woodward
November   Rachel Griffith
December   Hannah Gamble
January    Kylen Perry
February   Emily Worthington
March Trent Montgomery

Shelby Hart won 1st place in girls singles in the Greater Longview Area Tennis Invitational on Friday. Hart defeated Kara Chitty of Van in the final by a score of 4-6, 6-4, 10-7. Ashley Fischer and Holly Fountain placed 2nd in girls doubles. In boys singles, Trey Jeffers took third. Zack Simmons and James Short also placed third in boys doubles. Justin Harrison and Anna Chamness were semifinalists in mixed doubles. Congratulations to our Pirate Tennis Team.

The choir participated in the UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest this weekend. We came home with 29 1st division medals. The following students earned a 1st division on a class 1 song and will advance to state with their solos:
Victoria Coleman
Caitlyn Hayworth
Ebony Jones
Denise Lopez
Ashlyn Mayhall
Brittany McGuire
Erin Slocum
Jordann Smith
Austin Ferguson
Daniel Tirado

In addition, the following students participated in an ensemble which also qualified for state:
Brittany McGuire,
Emily Shelton,
Jacob Tueller
Austin Ferguson
Alex Ball

Congratulations Kids. We are so proud of you.

Pine Tree High School had 53 student participate in Whitehouse for the VASE  ( Visual Arts Scholastic Event) regional and area meet. Out of the 53 students, 36 advanced to area and out of these students 11 were selected to compete in the state competition.
Students advancing to area:
Alex Ward Ulises Resindez Catlin Turner Saad Shams Chelsea Fultz Cat Smith Ana Michele Hawkins Ryan Gillam Kirstie LittleJohn Storm Rackley Ellen Austin Lizzy Davis	Miranda Samford Andria Dikes Hannah Gamble Leah Constantine Dylan Bailey Leanna Latham Erica Latta  Maci Martin Jake Magness Emily Phelps Rebekka Price Nakari Sanders	Saad Shams Katie Stilley Zach Ramsey Jasper Box Margaret Austin Haley Simpson Alan Martinez, Krystal Arevalo Rolonda Davis
State bound students:
Margaret Austin (2 artworks advancing to state) Leah Constantine Jasper Box Dylan Bailey Emily Phelps Hannah Gamble Nakari Sanders Rebekka Price Erica Latta Miranda Samford

Eight DECA students competed in the fields of Marketing, Finance, Business and Entrepreneurship at the State DECA competition this past weekend.
One of our chapter members, John Tillery, was a top finalist in Restaurant and Food Service Management! He will represent Pine Tree High School at the upcoming International Competition in Louisville, KY in April.
Congratulations John! The DECA Chapter is so proud of you!

The Pine Tree High School Chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America attended the Region III Leadership Conference held in Plano on February 18-20th. Maci Martin, Katie Guillory and Katee Hoyle all competed in STAR Events (Students Taking Action With Recognition). Jessica Marshall attended eadership tracts and is going to bring back all the great information and skills to teach to our local chapter.
These events allow members to showcase their life skills in different areas of competition.
In order to advance on to state you must be ranked first through sixth in your category out of several other schools competing for the same title. The following girls advanced to state with the rankings of:
Katee Hoyle 1st Place
Maci Martin 2nd Place
Katie Guillory 2nd Place
This is the first year that Pine Tree High School has had an FCCLA chapter. Please Congratulate these girls on their hard work and dedication.

J.T. Smith will be going to Austin to once again represent our school.