Teacher request forms for students entering grades 1 – 6 will be available April 14 – 28, 2008. Teacher request forms for students entering Kindergarten will be available April 28 – May 9. All teacher request forms must be returned to your child’s current campus. For specific teacher requests to be considered, eight names must be listed on the request forms. Teacher request forms picked up at your child’s current campus have a list of the next grade level’s teachers on the back. If printing your request form from this website, please refer to Faculty/Staff page for a list of teachers at each grade level. To view and print forms, click on the link - FORMS - located on the left side of this page.

Representatives from grades 4th--8th competed in the PTISD District Spelling Bee. Overall winner – Kaitlyn Miller, sixth grade, and the first runner-up - Hannah Capshaw, sixth grade were the last two standing after many rounds of very difficult words. The top two winners will represent Pine Tree ISD at the Gregg County contest, to be held on February 22, 2008, at the Kilgore Intermediate School, Kilgore, TX. This contest begins at 1:30 p.m. Parents and other interested observers may attend. The word list to study can be found at www.myspellit.com.

Pine Tree Middle 5/6 School Book Fair

English

This year the AGM students are participating in Community Problem Solving, which is sponsored by the Texas Education Agency. This is a wonderful project and encompasses many of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for sixth grade Language Arts. It will teach your child the steps to problem solving and how to take an active role in their community. Community Problem Solving is student centered enabling each child to apply their critical thinking skills at a higher level. The project has been adopted by the state for approximately fifteen years. While this project has been a part of TEA for many years, it is new to the district of Pine Tree.

There are so many ways by which the AGM students could be involved in their community. Narrowing our project to just one need was very hard. This year students will be working to serve the Veterans of our Longview community. They would like to share the stories of these heroes so that we can restore patriotism and honor those who have served our country.

If you would like to view the power point presentation from last year's project that the students made, please click on the download link below.

Part of the AGM Community Problem Solving project is to send care packages to Iraq. They would like to collect the items the months of October and November so that they can send the packages to our military in Iraq for Christmas. Boxes will will be placed in each classroom for collection. These boxes will then be picked up to be shipped on Friday, November 16th. Below is a list of possible items that can be packed in each box.

Monday (10/22): Give Drugs the Slip (Slippers are worn to school).
Tues. (10/23): Team Up Against Drugs (Clothing (jerseys or t-shirt representing your favorite athletes or sports teams).
Wed. (10/24): Join the Fight Against Drugs (Wear camouflage shirts or pants).
Thurs. (10/25): Sock-It to Drugs (Wear mismatched or crazy socks)
Friday (10/26): Put a Cap on Drugs (wear a favorite cap or hat)

Red Ribbon Week Ribbons and Buttons:
PTA on Pine Tree's Primary through Middle school campuses are providing the following:

• Ribbons and Stickers (from Partners in Prevention)

• Posters for the Kick-off Party and for Red Ribbon Week (from Partners in Prevention)

• Several rolls of red plastic ribbon to decorate the campus with.

• Buttons(instead of bracelets)

• Emphasizing character traits: "Let's Show Good Character by Being Drug Free"

Mr. Haney's classes learn from experimentation. Click on the link to see more pictures.

classroom.ptisd.org/webs/khaney/pictures.htm