This Week at
Pearce - december 17 - December 23
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DATE |
EVENT/ACTIVITY |
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Tues Dec 18 |
Orchestra Winter Concert
and Spaghetti Dinner, |
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Fri Dec
21 |
Last
Day of Class |
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Dec 22 -
Jan 6 |
Winter
Break |
ACADEMIC NEWS
FINE ARTS
ATHLETICS
STUDENT NEWS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
PTA NEWS
COMMUNITY NEWS
COMING UP
quick links -
Pearce Web site
RISD
Web site
Excellence in Education Fund
2007-2008 RISD
CALENDAR
Click
here
RISD LISTSERVE
"SCHOOL TIMES NOW!" Subscribe
here
PEARCE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION - ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
Continued academic excellence at J. J. Pearce depends on
you.
Your investment in the Excellence in Education Fund, J.J.
Pearce’s Academic Booster Club, will yield significant
returns for our students, faculty and community. 100%
of your fully tax-deductible contribution goes to the J.
J. Pearce Excellence in Education Fund.
In the last couple of weeks
JJP has been recognized statewide in
Texas Monthly and nationally in
US
News and World Report as a
high performing high school! Please
consider end of the year, tax deductible gifts to ensure
Pearce stays one of the top high schools in Texas.
Happy Holidays from the members of the PEEF Board!
Students needing a T.E.A. form for
Drivers Ed or to renew your driver’s license:
T.E.A. forms can be picked up 24 hours after you sign-up
for one in the counseling office, Room B109. If you
need this over the Winter Break, you must sign up no
later than Thursday, Dec. 20 and pick it up no later
than 4:00 Friday, Dec. 21. The counseling office,
Pearce High School and the RISD Administration Building
will be closed Monday, December 24 until Monday, January
7, 2008. The T.E.A. form is good for 30 days from date
issued.
parent advisory council to meet in january
Do you have a question for Richardson ISD related to
general topics of concern in the school district? If so,
please submit it by January 6, 2008 to
Susan Schweikert
(PAC Rep) and she will make sure it gets presented to
the RISD administrators at the next Parent Advisory
Council Meeting in January. Please submit the question
and any backup details related to the question.
change in winter break this year
Please don't forget that the last day of classes
prior to winter break is this Friday, December 21. The
first day back for both students and staff is Monday,
January 7. Due to the Texas legislature mandating the
late summer starting date of the academic year, the
first semester will not conclude until January 17, which
means semester exams will not occur until after
winter break. Please help pass the word about this
departure from what has happened in the past.
Pearce High School First Semester Exam
Schedule Jan. 2008
Jan. 14 1st Day,
8:55
9:00 – 9:40 1st Period
9:45 – 10:25 2nd Period
10:30 – 11:10 3rd Period
4th Period
A
Lunch - 11:15 – 11:40
11:45 - 12:40
(Class)
11:15 - 11:40
(Class)
B
Lunch - 11:45 – 12:10
12:15 - 12:40 (Class)
11:15 – 12:10
(Class)
C
Lunch - 12:15 – 12:40
12:45 –
2:40
5th
Period Exam
2:45 – 3:20 6th Period
3:25 – 4:10 7th Period
Jan. 15 2nd Day
8:55
9:00 – 9:40 2nd Period
9:45 –
11:45
3rd
Period Exam
4th Period
A
Lunch - 11:50 - 12:15
12:20 - 1:15
(Class)
11:50 - 12:15
(Class)
B
Lunch - 12:20 - 12:45
12:50 – 1:15
(Class)
11:50 – 12:45 (Class)
C
Lunch – 12:50 – 1:15
1:20 –
3:15 6th Period Exam
3:20 – 4:10 7th Period
Jan. 16 3rd Day
8:55
9:00 –
10:50 1st Period Exam
10:55 – 11:05 2nd Period ( For
attendance purposes only)
11:10 –
1:00 4th Period Exam
Early Release
Jan. 17 4th Day
8:55
9:00 –
10:50
2nd
Period Exam
11:05 –
1:00 7th Period Exam
Early Release
Fine arts at JJ Pearce ( Band, Choir, Orchestra,
theater)
quick links -
Pearce Band
Pearce Choir
Pearce
Orchestra
Pearce Theater
orchestra winter concert this week
Pearce Orchestra is selling
coffee, candy bars and raffle tickets for some
fantastic prizes each morning between 8:00 am -
9:00 am in the Orchestra Room. Coffee and candy
bars are $1 each and raffle tickets are $2 each
or 3 for $5. Drawing will be held on December
18th at the Annual Spaghetti Dinner and Winter
Concert. Winner need not be present to win.
athletics at jj pearce
(basketball, baseball, cross country, football,
golf,
gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving,
tennis,
track and
field, Volleyball, wrestling)
quick links -
Athletic Booster
Club
Boy's Basketball
Girl's Basketball
Baseball
Football
Girl's Golf
Gymnastics
Softball
Girl's
Soccer Tennis
- new
Volleyball
Wrestling
- new
Note - for sports not listed with a quick link - visit
the pearce web site and click on athletic department.
schedules can be found on the web site.
LAST CHANCE TO ORDER YOUR BRICK!!!!!
You have heard all about it -- its been in the Enews,
on the marquee, in the
Dallas Morning News, and announcements have
been made at basketball games, at PTA, at Exchange
Club and many other places -- BUT YOU ARE ABOUT TO
MISS OUT!!
The Legacy Brick Campaign ends December 30th for
this school year. If you want a brick for
your state playoff football player, your state
competition band member, your 2008 grad, or your
otherwise wonderful student, teacher, Pearce alum or
coach this is it. You know you won't remember to
order during the school break so get out your
checkbook and fill out your order form
(attached) NOW.
Details -- It is $50 for each brick ordered. You
pick your logo and what the brick says. Many
families are ordering for all their Pearce students
at once -- past, present and future to get their
bricks together in this first section opened. You
need a separate order form for each brick ordered.
Specify if you want certain bricks together. The
form explains where to send it and answers most
questions. You will not want your student left out
when the new plaza is dedicated next spring.
The Chairmen of the Brick Campaign are Roni and Don
Briggs. Questions
please contact Sally Field at (972) 387-1914.
Wrap up
Some Pearce Spirit…
Pearce Spiritwear makes great gifts
for the holidays. Remember the whole family; mom &
dad, grandparents and younger siblings with a new
Pearce hoodie, t-shirt, polos, shorts, cap or
Mustang Car Medallion.
The Pearce Mustang Spiritwear store
is open every Friday during lunches. You may also
contact Lisa Albert
or Tricia Gold
to
place your order.
Varsity Players interested in ordering Letter
Jackets.
The representative from All-Star Jacket will be at
Pearce on Wednesday, December 19, from 4:15-6:30
for ordering and fitting. You will need to
review the packet and make choices prior to showing
up on Wednesday.
Letter Jackets are NOT required, just an option for
the varsity players that would like to order.
If you already have a jacket and would like to order
patches, you can also do that Wednesday. You may
want to verify that your jacket was ordered from
All-Star so the patches match your other patches.
If you are interested in purchasing a Letter Jacket,
packets are available outside Coach Robertson’s
Office.
Please complete the packet prior to Wednesday.
BOYS BASKETBALL
The Mustangs came out with a strong performance and
took a 61-49 win over the 5A Euless-Trinity Trojans
on Tuesday. The balanced scoring from Kaba (14),
Parker (13) and Smith (12) made it difficult for the
Trojans to focus on any one player. District play
kicked off against Forney on Friday and Pearce
continued their winning ways. Parker was hard to
stop scoring 23 points as the Mustangs rolled to a
62-44 win against the Jackrabbits.
The Mustangs will travel to Allen on MONDAY, Dec. 17
for a tough, non-district match-up and return home
on Friday for their first District home game against
West Mesquite.
WINTER BREAK SCHEDULE: THURSDAY, Jan 3 HOME
against GREENVILLE
SATURDAY, Jan 5 AWAY against HIGHLAND PARK!
LOTS OF BASKETBALL OVER THE HOLIDAYS!
Be sure to catch your favorite team suiting up for
holiday tournaments.
Varsity heads to the
Coca-Cola Tournament at Loos Field
House in Carrollton on Thursday, Dec. 27 - first
game is 1:30 against Spruce. JV
will participate in the
Plano Tournament held at Vines High
School. First game is at 3:00 against Lewisville.
WINTER CLINIC for boys and girls in first
through sixth grades. Join the Pearce coaches for
their last clinic of the season to work on ball
handling skills, shooting and free-throws. Clinic is
1-4 on Jan 12 in the main gym. Participants will
receive a t-shirt, autographed poster from the
varsity players and have a chance to be a ball boy
at a home game. Cost is $35 before Jan 5. $40
afterwards. Walk-ups welcome. Contact
Kathy Shoope or
972-234-0851 or
Susan Parker or 972-385-6106.
happy holidays from girls golf
Click Here for a special holiday message from
the girls' golf team.
Mustang Wrestling:
More
victories for Mustang Wrestling! The Mustangs have
come out dominating in several weight classes in
both their duals and tournaments so far this
season!
Mustang Wrestling results from last weekends
Lake Highlands Tri-State Tournament
include the following wins!
Varsity
Nace Allen 1st
JV
Robbie Orth 1st
Bennet Thomas
1st
Matt Suppan
2nd Gabe David 3rd
Connor Markus
3rd Julio Steele 3rd
Osiel Vertiz 3rd
Adrian Allen 4th
Garrett Edwards
4th Chris Rogers 4th
Devin Taylor 4th
Way to go Guys!
Go Mustangs!
Be
sure to come to
Senior Night, Thursday Dec 20th at 6:30
at JJP.
The Mustangs face Quinlan Ford in a dual and this
year’s Seniors will be honored!
You can find all the information at our new
website:
http://www.pearcewrestling.org/
. We also communicate via email, so please
email Karen Brown, Team Rep (heykb@aol.com)
to ensure you’re on our distribution. Coach
Hazlewood can be reached after practice or via email
at Tad.Hazlewood@risd.org.
Nace Allen and Mark Thorne-Thomsen
quick links -
Cheerleaders Pacesetters
- new
Stampede
Yearbook Home Page
Note - for ORGANIZATIONS not listed with a quick link -
visit the pearce web site and click on CLUBS AND
ORGANIZATIONS
PEARCE MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Check here
PACESETTER BAZAAR THANKS
The Pacesetters and Pacesetter Booster Club would like to extend their thanks to everyone who shopped and supported their 28th Annual
Pacesetter Holiday Bazaar in November! You helped to make the Bazaar a wonderful success and provide a continued great year for the girls as
they move into preparations for their February 23rd Starmakers Competition and April 25th & 26th Annual Revue. Check our website
www.pearcepacesetters.com beginning in February for details on next year's 29th Annual Pacesetter Holiday Bazaar to be held in
the Fall of 2008. We look forward to seeing you there!
Jazz BAnd and stampede dance team perform at local
holiday breakfast
The Mustang Stampede Dance Team was "Rockin' Around
the Christmas Tree" as featured performers for the
7th Annual
Breakfast with Frosty at the Richardson
Renaissance Hotel Friday, December 14. Team members
also visited with guests from local area children's
hospitals helping to spread holiday cheer.
Jaid Nelson, Elizabeth Judd, Brett Thiele,
and Andrew McCleskey meet "The Gingerbread Man"
Tyler Miller makes a new friend
The Stampede guys enjoy attention from the Dallas
Cowboy Cheerleaders
important yearbook
information - please read
Portrait Verification
Verify that we have received your
senior portrait for the yearbook by checking the
list at Yearbook Central. Underclassman portraits
received will be posted in a couple of weeks.
Yearbook Prices to Go Up
Order your yearbook before Winter
Break to take advantage of our $65 price. The price
increases to $70 after the break, and quantities
will be limited. Order forms are available at
Yearbook Central or in Room C219.
cheerleader and mascot tryout
information for 2008-2009
If you are interested in trying out
for Freshman, Junior Varsity, Varsity cheerleader or
Varsity Mascot, you and a parent must attend a
mandatory tryout meeting. Applications will be
handed out at the meetings. If you do not attend
the meeting with a parent/guardian, you will not be
allowed to tryout!!!
The Freshman candidate meeting
will be on Monday, February 18 at 6:00pm in
the Corral. In order to tryout for Freshman
cheerleader you must be an 8th grader at Parkhill,
North, or Westwood (in Pearce attendance area).
The J.V. & Varsity candidate
meeting will be on Tuesday, February 19 at
6:00pm in the Corral. In order to tryout for J.V.
you must be a Freshman enrolled at Pearce. In order
to tryout for Varsity you must be a sophomore or
junior at Pearce.
Important Dates:
Applications due: Wednesday, March 5
by 4:30pm.
Workshops: Friday, March 7, 4:30pm –
6:00pm
Monday, March 10, 4:30pm – 6:00pm
Tuesday, March 11, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
Tryouts: Wednesday, March 12
beginning at 5:00pm
quick links -
PTA MEMBERSHIP & DIRECTORY FORM
Click here
VOLUNTEER HOURS
Submit here
Pearce PTA
RISD Council of
PTAs Area
15 PTA Texas PTA
National PTA
PTA Newsletter
Texas pta environmental awareness contest
don’t be bored over the winter break! do you like to
help the earth? do you like to be creative?
The
Texas PTA, along with the Pearce Environmental Club and
the Pearce PTA, are sponsoring an Environmental
Awareness Contest. The theme this year is “What Can
I Do?”. Categories for creative ideas include Print
Advertising, Photography, Newsletter, Newspaper Article,
and Public Service Announcement in either audio only or
video format. This program offers students the
opportunity to be creative, receive recognition, and
bring awareness to environmental education.
Entry
forms are available in the Pearce library and in Ms.
Schoenrock’s room A222.
Be
creative during the Winter Break!! Deadline for ALL
entries is Friday, February 1!!
All entries MUST follow the guidelines and rules as outlined
in the entry form. An entry form must be submitted with
each entry. Three winners are allowed from each grade
per category and go on to Council competition. This
is your chance to be a winner and help the Earth!
Please
contact Trish Lawson at laws02@sbcglobal.net if you have
any questions.
PTA Reflections Program Results
Thank you to all of the students who participated in the
PTA Reflections Contest
this year and to the teachers, staff, volunteers and our
judges who help make this valuable program so successful
each year! We had lots of wonderful entries and are
proud of the accomplishments and talent of our students.
We have received the results of the 2nd round of judging
on the Council level. The work of these talented young
artists will go on to the District level of judging.
These winners are:
Visual Arts
Ben Gutmann 11
Sonya Yun 11
Literature
Rachel Cole 11
Congratulations to these 3 talented and gifted artists.
Keep up the good work! Good luck in the next round of
judging!
Amy Gutman & Julie Spanos, Reflections Program Chairs
CALLING ALL PEARCE VOLUNTEERS!!
FLIP back through your 2007 calendar
pages, SCROLL through your blackberry and palm entries,
and SEND IN any Volunteer Hours that have not yet been
submitted.
Simply go to the PTA website at
www.jjpearcepta.org
and click on 'Volunteer Hours'. You can get to this
website quickly from the link at the top of this
enewsletter. OR email your name, the dates and hours
you worked, and the activity to one of the email
addresses below.
Volunteer Hours include attending meetings, baking, and
helping with any school event—anything that you or your
student did for Pearce that did not result in a grade.
Always include 15 minutes driving time to and from
school—and remember to include the time you spent
running errands on behalf of a school event. You may
record your hours in a combined total and enter a
general description of your activities.
If
you signed in at the event, those hours have already
been submitted and should not be duplicated.
Record your 2007 volunteer hours now so
that our school can get the recognition it deserves!
Thank you!
Renee Stone renee88@swbell.net
972-735-0758
Diane Fleschler dfleschler@swbell.net
972-931-3090
STARS Teacher Award taking
nominations
Now is
the time to nominate your favorite teacher for the RISD
Council of PTAs 2007 STARS Teacher Award.
Click Here to
download the Nomination Form.
The deadline for receiving nominations is January 11,
2008.
If you have any further questions, please
contact
Joy Weinstein,
President RISD Council of PTAs.
