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PHS STUDENTS ADVANCING TO STATE IN UIL COMPETITION
 PALACIOS High School students Nolan Oldham and Devon Dillard were awarded medals at the recent Regional UIL Academic Meet recently at Kingsville. Nolan received third place in both Persuasive Speaking and LD Debate. Devon received first place in Feature Writing. Both students qualified for the upcoming State Academic UIL Meet. Accompanying the 12 PHS students to regional were UIL coordinator/Assistant principal Ryan Moes, Persuasive coach Peggy Charlton, and Debate coach. Richard Davis. (Submitted Photo) |
‘SPECIAL SHARKS’ EARN MEDALS AT SPECIAL OLYMPICS
 Palacios’ Special Sharks earned several medals and other placings as they competed in the Gulf Coast Area 22 Special Olympics, held May 2-3 at Clear Creek High School. Palacios participants and event results were as follows:Janice Rampmeier: gold medal, 50-meter dash; silver medal, 400 relay; fourth place softball throw.
Lam Tran: gold medal 400 relay; silver medal 50-meter dash; silver medal, standing long jump.
Ivette Garcia: gold medal, 100-meter dash; gold medal, standing long jump; silver medal 400 relay.
Thu Nguyen: gold medal, 100-meter dash; gold medal, standing long jump; silver medal 400 relay.
Felix Helveston: silver medal, 100-meter dash; fourth place, softball throw.
Jackie Flores: silver medal, 50-meter dash; silver medal, softball throw. The Special Sharks also enjoyed the dance on Friday and the Athlete’s Village on Saturday. Providing hard work and dedication to the team were head coach Carolyn LaQue, assisted by Paula Seiver, Norma Rampmeier, Debra Cameron, Larry Flores, Harmony Hooker and Patty Frankson. |
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ENJOY ‘BLOWING OFF’ THE TAKS
 AFTER several days of testing, Central Elementary students and teachers took a much needed break Friday to “Blow the TAKS Away”. Each teacher and student was given a bottle of bubbles and took some time to blow away the stress of testing. |
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
 CENTRAL Elementary Students of the Week are: (front row, l-r) Dominik Becker-2nd grade and Jose Martinez-kindergarten; (back row) Cassandra Rios-3rd grade, Aaliya Guerrero-kindergarten, Kassidy Wilson-3rd grade and Giselle Muniz-2nd grade. (Submitted Photo) |
“A NIGHT AT THE THEATRE’ TO BE PRESENTED MAY 16 AT PHS
“A Night at the Theatre” will be presented May 16 showcasing some 115 Palacios High School speech and drama students. The production will feature two plays and four music video dance routines. The event is free and begins at 7 p.m. The entire night will be a two hour event with a ten minute intermission.
“This is the largest performance we have put on in the seven years I have been here. Not only are all theatre students performing but also three speech classes,” Peggy Charlton said.
The four music videos will be showcasing the music of Michael Jackson. The opening number will be presented by the fifth period theatre class, comprised of the students who won district one act play and advanced to area.
“These students will be presenting the famous video “Thriller” which was the pioneer of all music videos. We will have some cool special effects comprised of fog, lights, neat costumes, and even cooler dance moves,” Charlton said.
Immediately following this number will be a dance routine to “Beat It” by the 22 second period speech students.
The first play will then be presented. “Competition Piece” by John Wells will be featured by the fourth period theatre class. The play focuses on three separate and distinctly different groups of high school theatre students. These groups, “preppies” , “arties” and “metalheads” show the frustrations of participating in a high school one act play competition.
Following this play, two more music videos will be presented. The seventh period speech class will dance to a compilation of Michael Jackson hits and “What is Love?”. Following this number will be the sixth period speech class dancing to the famous number “Billie Jean.”
The finale of the night will be the play “Captain Bree, Scourge of the Sea” by Martin A. Follose. It will be presented by the first period theatre class.
“I don’t think you will find this bargain price for entertainment anywhere. The students are very entertaining, the acting is good, the music is fantastic. Since it’s free, I think you are getting a great deal,” Charlton said. “I hope everyone will come and enjoy the night and support the Fine Arts at Palacios High School.”
BLESSING KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS SUPPORT EARTH DAY
 THESE Blessing Elementary kindergarten students observed Earth Day by picking up trash at Heffelfinger Park. They are going to recycle the glass, plastic, and paper that they collected. Precinct 4 County Commissioner David “Woody” Woodson stopped by to thank them for doing a great job and for helping the community. |
TIDEHAVEN ONE-ACT PLAY EARNS HONORS AT DISTRICT CONTEST
 THE Tidehaven High School one-act play, “The Yellow Boat”, earned alternate advancing honors at the recent district contest. The cast and crew included Reid Alley, Shawnette Woods, Rondie Singletary, Grayson Huffman, Randy Sparks, Gabby Perez, Alexis Garcia, Candis Sexton, Amber Garcia, Megan Brune, Dimetri Tsika and Matthew Elledge. Demetri and Shawnette were named to the All-Star Cast, Amber Garcia was named best female technician, and Reid and Candis were named Honorable Mention All-Star Cast. The play was directed by Stacy Novak. (Submitted Photo) |
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