Pearce-Mar 31

This Week at Pearce - March 31 - April 6

DATE	EVENT/ACTIVITY
Mon Mar 31	Girls Golf District Tournament, Waterview Golf Club Forte' Auditions Volleyball Parent Mtg., 7:00 pm, Corral
Tues Apr 1	Girls Golf District Tournament, Waterview Golf Club PTA Board Mtg., 12 noon, Rm A225
Thurs Apr 3	District Tennis Tournament, Samuell Grand
Fri Apr 4	District Tennis Tournament, HP

ACADEMIC NEWS

FINE ARTS

ATHLETICS

STUDENT NEWS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

PTA NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS

COMING UP

academic news

quick links - Pearce Web site RISD Web site Excellence in Education Fund

2007-2008 RISD CALENDAR Click here

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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY SENIORS!!

All service hours are due by APRIL 7TH !!! Do not delay in getting these turned in!! See Ms. Lewis in Room A209, or email her with any questions.

scholarship opportunities for seniors

Katie Richards Memorial Scholarship

2 Scholarships given Based on Personal Character, Financial Need and Academics. 90 average needed to apply.

Applications are in Counselors' Office and are due April 16. $1,000 renewable for 4 years for a maximum of $4,000

Pearce PTA/Cathy Scheurer Memorial Scholarship

Applications now available in the Counselor’s Office. Two $500 Scholarships to be Awarded

This scholarship is given in memory of Cathy Scheurer who was a dynamic leader, innovator, tireless volunteer in our community and served as Pearce PTA President. This scholarship is awarded to a student who works to make a difference at Pearce High School or in their community.

Due Date: May 2, 2008

DFW JOINT CONGRESSIONAL ACADEMY DAY

Who: Congressmen (Pete Sessions will be there), active duty officers and cadets from each of the five (5) official United States uniformed service academies, local academy alumni, students, and parents. Current high school juniors, sophomores and their parents, and high school admissions counselors or advisors, are all encouraged to come.
What: First ever Dallas-Fort Worth Joint Congressional Academy Day. This major event is sponsored by SIX (6) local U.S. Congressional Districts (Michael Burgess, Kenny Marchant, Pete Sessions, Sam Johnson, Joe Barton, and Kay Granger) plus Senators Cornyn and Hutchison, and it replaces these individual Congressional Districts’ events of past years.

When: April 12 from 8:00 am - 12 noon

Where: Tarrant College NE Campus, Student Center, 828 Harwood Rd., Hurst, TX.

This is a great way to get a leg up on academy applications and congressional nominations process!

community service fair

The National Honor Society announces the first annual Community Service Fair to be held on the morning of Wednesday, May 28 for all grade levels. The purpose of this event is to encourage Pearce students to pursue volunteer opportunities in the community. We will be hosting numerous representatives from various community organizations. Students will visit booths to learn about each group’s volunteer needs for the summer and beyond. Don't miss your chance to find out ways to serve your community! More details to follow.

Any suggestions for potential community organizations to invite or a speaker who can inspire and motivate our students to volunteer can be sent to ed.skolnick@gmail.com.

leadership opportunity for sophomores

Richardson Youth Leadership (RYL) is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 school year. RYL is a program for next year’s Juniors (current Sophomores) and is open to all students who reside within the RISD attendance area.

Applicants must have an interest in acquiring leadership skills and be willing to make a significant time commitment. The current curriculum features the following programs and topics: Orientation, Leadership, Business/Community, Education, Wellness, Criminal Justice, Etiquette, and more. The program meets monthly throughout the school year, typically on the second Tuesday of the month. Participants who attend RISD schools can earn 1.0 local credit, which will appear on their transcripts.

Applicants are to complete and mail both forms together to Leadership Richardson Alumni Association, PO Box 830322, Richardson, TX, 75083. Applications are due by Friday, April 18, 2008. Students should expect notification of acceptance around the first of May. Applications are available in the counseling office, Room B109.

Fine arts at JJ Pearce ( Band, Choir, Orchestra, theater)

quick links - Pearce Band Pearce Choir Pearce Orchestra Pearce Theater

J. J. Pearce Colorguard Shine in Spring Competitions

The J.J. Pearce High School Colorguard recently took home first place at a March 7th contest and received national recognition for a performance on the following day, March 8th.

The Colorguard, directed by Renee Cantrell and Diunte White, received 1st place at the Lamar HS Contest in Arlington. Less than 12 hours later, the students performed again at the WGI International Dallas Regional, held at South Grand Prairie High School. Because of the excessive number of units competing in this contest, 15 were chosen to perform again in a Finals Competition Saturday night. J.J. Pearce was one of the units selected and at the end of the night, received 5th place, after an impressive performance.

On March 9th, it was announced that for that competition, Pearce Colorguard was ranked 13th in the nation! This accomplishment is without precedence for this organization. Sponsor, Renee Cantrell said of the team, "The J.J. Pearce Colorguard this year has exceeded my expectations. They are a hard working, dedicated and gifted group of girls of whom I could not be prouder. They are an example of what is outstanding in today's youth."

The team has additional competitions scheduled for this spring including state championship in South Grand Prairie on April 5th.

Front row - Susan Duh, Paige Barnett, Akea Pipkins, Hayley Woodbury

Back row - Caroline Boyd, Samantha Wilkerson, Tennecia Pipkins, Allison Tierney, Sarah Hurt, Haley Hawkins

Susan Duh and Haley Hawkins

choir news

Choir invites the whole Pearce community to join us for some fellowship and GREAT food at Don Pepe's on Arapaho, Tuesday

April 1st between 5-9 PM.   If you place your receipt in the bowl by the door, Don Pepe's donates a portion of the proceeds to our choir

scholarship fund. It is so easy to enjoy an evening out and support choir at the same time!

FORTE' auditions FOR 08-09 are on Monday March 31.  Good Luck to all! Current Forte' members will perform on May 5 at a new casual

coffee house style concert- PERCOLATION- save the date.

Hear Forte' perform their award winning repertoire at www.pearcechoir.com (or click the link on this web-site.)  When the front page opens,

click the "Music On" button and enjoy a mini concert while you browse.  Forte' took third place in the San Antonio Chamber Choir and

Madrigal Contest in February competing with the top select choirs in the state- many of whom sing only this style music.

Forte' sings a wide variety of music, concentrating on pop-style in the first semester for their fall show.

The JV choir and the A cappella choir will perform at UIL contest on April 8, 2008.  Pearce is also hosting the UIL concert on April 8 & 9.

pearce takes top honors at 24 hour video race

Pearce Video teams recently placed 1st and 2nd at the annual 24 hour video race held on March 7th at PDC. The contest, sponsored by the technology department, consists of teams from all four high schools. This year's winning team was led by John Redlinger and Brett Thiele with Elizabeth Judd, Tyler Miller, Trevor Gitlin, Christin Felts and Caleb Lewis. Second place went to Tim Sekiguchi and David Escamilla's team with Evan Schutza, Sam Schweikert, Josh Gold, Blake Jumonville, Dylan Anderson and Mark Rubin. The teams met at the PDC at 6 PM on Friday to select 2 props, 2 locations and a quote from literature, music and the movies. Each element had to be worked into the five minute film. Then teams headed off to a safe house to brainstorm and create a script. They then shot, edited and returned on Saturday before 7PM with a completed film which was judged by area film directors and members of the Dallas Film Institute who sponsor the Dallas Film Festival. Needless to say, we are very proud of our future filmmakers!

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 Volleyball Wrestling

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.

MUSTANG BASKETBALL CELEBRATES AWARDS.

Mustang basketball was well represented when District Honors were presented. The 10-4A District Champion Mustangs received awards in 7 of 8 categories. Congratulations to Trevoy Dunn, the Defensive Player of the Year and to Bryan Parker who finished 5^th on the all-time scoring list at Pearce and received Co-MVP of the District. Bryan was also named to the TABC All-Region team. First Team All District honors went to Chris Bowie and Papi Kaba. Second Team All District recipients were Sammy McKee and Dishon Hughes. Luke Joyner received Honorable Mentioned. Newcomer of the year went to Bruce Smith. To round out the awards, our own Marc Johnson received Co-Coach of the Year! Congratulations to all of these well-deserving players and to the entire Mustang Basketball program. With the incredible competition throughout 4A, our coaches have done a tremendous job building a basketball program that is gaining recognition not only in the district but in the region - making back to back appearances in the Regional Quarterfinals!

baseball season is underway

varsity schedule

Tues. April 1	Forney*	Home	7:30	Pearce
Fri. April 4	West Mesquite*	Away	7:30	West Mesquite Google Map
Tues. April 8	Greenville*	Away	7:30	Greenville
Fri. April 11	Highland Park*	Home	7:30	Pearce
Sat. April 12	Berkner	Home	2:30	Pearce
Tues. April 15	Terrell*	Away	7:30	Terrell
Fri. April 18	Rockwall Heath *	Away	7:30	Rockwall Heath
Tues. April 22	Mesquite Poteet*(Senior Night)	Home	7:30	Pearce

junior varsity schedule

Tues. April 1	Forney*	Home	4:30	Pearce
Fri. April 4	West Mesquite*	Away	4:30	West Mesquite Google Map
Tues. April 8	Greenville*	Away	4:30	Greenville
Fri. April 11	Highland Park*	Home	4:30	Pearce
Sat. April 12	Berkner	Home	12:00	Pearce
Tues. April 15	Terrell*	Away	4:30	Terrell
Fri. April 18	Rockwall Heath *	Away	4:30	Rockwall Heath
Tues. April 22	Mesquite Poteet*	Home	4:30	Pearce

Girls Golf

The Mustang Girls Golf Team hosted over 110 girls at the IQ Media Girls Invitational Tuesday March 25th at Canyon Creek Country Club.

Sophomore Haley Junek posted the low Mustang score and Sophomore MacKenzie Staples had the 2nd low score for the Mustangs.

Playing in their last pre-district tournament as a Pearce Mustang were Seniors Captain Heather Elkin, Captain Meredith Trubitt, Chelsea MacHendrie, and Carolynn Wagnon.

Playing in the tournament also were Sophomores Caitlan Davis, Lauren Heymann, Shannon Sweeney, Freshmen Emily Breland, Jordan Owens, Noa Waks and Emma Hernon.

Thanks so much to our contributors, IQ Media Tournament Sponsor, Campisi’s, Coca-Cola, David Carpenter of Educators Resource Group, Canyon Creek Country Club, Pam Murray and Carol DiNunzio (USGA Officials), CCCC Golf Pros, and to Earl Daniels and Brad Greer for their generous personal donations. Special thanks to our parent volunteers for making the tournament a huge success.

The Girls Golf Team travels to Waterview Golf Club Monday and Tuesday for the District 10-4A Girls Golf Tournament where they will face off against Highland Park, Forney, Rockwall Heath, Greenville, Terrell and Mesquite Poteet.

Playing in their last District Golf Tournament as a Pearce Mustang will be Seniors Captain Meredith Trubitt, Captain Heather Elkin, Chelsea MacHendrie, and Carolynn Wagnon.

Good luck, Mustangs. Visit the girls golf website at http://www.richardson.k12.tx.us/schools/phs/athlet/ggolf/index.htm and click on “News” to see photos from the IQ Media Girls Golf Tournament; photos by Ms. Lynita Elkin.

Senior Carolynn Wagnon Senior Captain Heather Elkin

Senior Chelsea MacHendrie Senior Captain Meredith Trubitt

Girls’ Gymnastics Team Place 2nd in the District.

This year started out on shaky grounds, the Pearce Gymnastics Team was without a coach for several weeks. Although gymnastics competition season does not begin until January, gymnasts workout year round, taking any time off for illness, injury or not having a coach puts quite a strain on the gymnasts. Due to much perseverance by Coach Robertson and Coach Duby, in October, we welcomed Coach Velmor Estillore of AWTC Gymnastics in Addison.

This year’s team has grown in size and spirit. Girl’s All-Around competitors are those that will compete in all events: Floor, Vault, Beam and Bars. All-Around Competitors are: Senior - Marcella Fallon, Junior - Breanna Ross, Sophomore - Emily Thoes, Freshman - Megan Frazier. Other team members compete on individual events, Senior, Ashley Allen; Sophomores, Sheila Duh and Ali Campos; Freshmen, Emily Barbeau, Stephanie Fleming, Katy Rumsey, Taylor Ayers and new students Bree Sparkman and Rikki Turnage.

Boy’s All- Around competitors will compete in all events: Floor, Vault, High Bar, Parallel Bars, Rings, and Pommel Horse. Boy’s Team Members are Juniors – Kevin Strong, All-Around and Donovan Murphy competes, Pommel Horse, Floor and Rings.

The girls have stepped up to the challenge and held with the JJ Pearce tradition of high quality gymnastics placing 2nd at all but one meet for the season. March 26th and 27th the girls’ and boys’ teams competed at the District Championship at Highland Park. For the Boy’s, Kevin will compete All – Around and Donovan will compete on Pommel Horse at the Regional Championships in April. For 7+ years the girls’ have placed in the top 2!!! This year was no exception!! Congratulations Ladies!!

The Regional Gymnastics Championships will be held at Highland Park on April 7th and 8th at 1:00pm both days.

Congratulations to the JJ Pearce Gymnastics Team!!

Girl's Varsity Soccer
The Varsity Girls ended season play with a 6 - 0 win against Prosper Eagles in Prosper. Pearce goals were scored Junior Molly Hummel, Freshman Veronica Pippard, Senior Danielle Sizer (2) and Sophomore Maddie Terry.

The Lady Mustangs then moved into District play, the first game was against Hillcrest High where the Pearce won 6 - 0. Goals we scored by Junior Molly Hummel (assist by Gayle Ziegler), Senior Kimmie Ernest (assist by Gayle Ziegler), Senior Laura Flink (assist by Kathryn Watson), Senior Danielle Sizer (Assist by Veronica Pippard), Freshman Hannah Tessaro (Assist by Molly Hummel) and Freshman Kaitlyn Fletcher. Junior goalkeeper Haley Newson kept the Hillcrest scoreless.

The second District game report from the Dallas Morning News on Wednesday, March 26th:
Richardson Pearce 2, McKinney High 0
Coach Alex Pantarotto's top-ranked Lionettes (18-1-2) were eliminated in Tuesday night's Area Round contest after losing their first match of the season.
Richardson Pearce knows how to break hearts in McKinney, having done so in this same round in 2007 by eliminating McKinney Boyd.
On Tuesday night at Hebron High School, Pearce's Taylor Mathews and Molly Hummel contributed the only goals of the game as the Lady Mustangs (16-2-3) moved onto the Regional Quarterfinals.
The Lionettes had a fantastic season that included the District 9-4A championship.
Pearce has yet to be scored upon in the playoffs, having beaten Dallas Hillcrest 6-0 in last week's Bi-District round.
The girls played a great game and kept that 2 – 0 half time score against and aggressive Lionette attack in the second half. Goalie Haley Newsom kept the team scoreless with the support of the defensive team.

The third District game report Dallas Morning News on Saturday, March 29th:

Pearce Wins Late

Richardson Pearce Junior Molly Hummel tucked an 18-yeard free kick high in the left corner of the goal to provide the only score in a 1-0 win over Mesquite Poteet on Friiday night at Wildcat-Ram Stadium

Hummel’s goal came with 1:30 remaining in the Class 4A Region II quarterfinals.

The game was a barn burner with the Lady Mustang's hitting the cross bars 4 times before they put one in the back of the net. Once again great saves by Junior goalkeeper Haley Newsom kept the Poteet Pirates scoreless.

Next game for the Lady Mustangs will be against Red Oak – keep winning girls!

Molly Hummel Haley Newsom

Tennis news

As the season winds down with the District Tournament this week, April 3rd at the Samuel Grand Tennis Center, all day for the

1st & 2nd rounds, and Friday, April 4th, 4 pm at Highland Park HS for the semi final and championship rounds,we have four great

Seniors that will be winding their high school tennis careers.  We have enjoyed getting to know them and being teammates with them

during the last year. Best of luck each of you. Go get 'em at District.

                    Kevin Christian                                Shane Waworuntu

Anastaia Zavgorodni. Captain Sheri Holshouser

Mustang Volleyball Spring Meeting!
Don't miss the IMPORTANT Spring meeting on March 31st, 7pm, in the Corral. There will be packets for Ad Sales and Car Wash and other important information. All interested volleyball players and parents should attend this IMPORTANT meeting! If you have any questions, please call Linda Thibodeau at 972-898-3463.

student news and other organizations

(Cheerleading, pacesetters drill team,

stampede, student council, wranglers, etc.)

quick links - Cheerleaders Pacesetters 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

tryout information for stampede

Attention Sophomores and Juniors! Mustang Stampede--JJP's exciting, new Country and Western Performance Dance Team--will sponsor tryouts for the 2008-2009 team on Saturday, May 3. Interested students and at least one parent must attend a MANDATORY INFORMATION MEETING Tuesday, April 15, 7 p.m. in the Corral. Learn more about the Mustang Stampede at www.ourgroupsonline.com/phsmustangstampede.

Important Mustang Stampede Tryout Dates:

April 15--Mandatory Student/Parent Team Information Meeting, Corral, 7 p.m.

April 21-22--Tryout Clinic

April 28--Mock Tryouts

May 3--2008-2009 Stampede Tryouts

May 13--Mustang Stampede Booster Club Meeting

The Award Winning JJ Pearce Pacesetters Present: The Pacesetter Revue ’08

The Pacesetters will present their 2008 spring show, “Across the Universe” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday April 25^th and Saturday April 26^th in the JJ Pearce Auditorium. The show will include many of the team’s award winning routines as well as entertainment by other groups within the Pearce campus.

Tickets are $10.00 for reserved seats and $8.00 for general admission, and may be purchased during lunch periods the week prior to the show, or at the box office on the evening of the performances. For more detail on tickets, please email Judy Baker at bakerfam7619@sbcglobal.net.

Need Senior Pictures for Senior Casino Party!

For those parents who have signed up their seniors for the Graduation evening Senior Casino Party, we need pictures for the video we are putting together for the party. We want to make sure everyone is included - so please send three pictures of your senior! We need one infant/toddler picture, one elementary/junior high picture and one recent picture. There are three choices of delivering the pictures: (1) jpeg images via e-mail to lesatye@swbell.net; or (2) drop off 3 photographs to Christine Reedy, Pearce receptionist at the front kiosk during normal school hours; or (3) deliver to Lesa Tye-Kasrai's house at 6619 Elvedon, Dallas. All photographs need to be submitted no later than April 4. Make sure all pictures are labeled with the student's name. All pictures will be returned at the casino party before the student leaves! Any questions, call Lesa at 972-248-4464.

PEARCE PTA News

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

MARCH VOLUNTEER HOURS ARE DUE!!

Record your volunteer hours now so that our school can get the recognition it deserves! 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 does for Pearce that does not result in a grade. Always include 15 minutes driving time to and from school—and keep track of the time you spend 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.

Thank you!

Renee Stone renee88@swbell.net 972-735-0758

Diane Fleschler dfleschler@swbell.net 972-931-3090

community news

quick links -

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Richardson Neighbors Press releases should be emailed (preferably as Microsoft Word files) to richneighbors@dallasnews.com (news briefs) or mmacesich@dallasnews.com (stories and ideas)

Guidelines here.

Coming UP

(NOTE - SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

DATE	EVENT/ACTIVITY
Mon Apr 7	Regional Gymnastics Meet, 1:00 pm, HP
Tues Apr 8	Regional Gymnastics Meet, 1:00 pm, HP
Thurs Apr 10	Scooter Thomas, 7:30 pm, Black Box Theater
Fri Apr 11	Student/Faculty Volleyball Game, 1:50 pm, Gym Scooter Thomas, 7:30 pm, Black Box Theater
Sun Apr 13	Scooter Thomas, 2:00 pm, Black Box Theater Stampede Spring Banquet, 6:30 pm, Canyon Creek Country Club
Tues Apr 15	Mandatory Parent/Student Mtg. for Stampede Tryouts, 7:00 pm, Corral
Thurs Apr 17	Football Parent Mtg., 6:00 pm Pacesetter Booster Club Mtg., 6:30 pm, Corral
Tues Apr 22	PTA Mtg., 4:30 pm, Corral
Wed Apr 23	Oxala Open Mic Night, Corral
Fri Apr 25	Pacesetter Revue, 7:30 pm, Auditorium
Sat Apr 26	Pacesetter Revue, 7:30 pm, Auditorium

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