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Palmer FFA was well represented at the Ellis County Stock Show this morning. The morning started with breeding gilts and ended with breeding heifers. Congrats to the following members for their accomplishments: Emma Spurlock- 🥇 1st Place Berkshire Gilt 🏆Reserve Champion Berkshire Gilt 🥈 2nd Place Cross Gilt Aubri Aduddell- 🏅4th Place Duroc Gilt Jenna Rhodes- 🥇 1st Place Santa Gertrudis Heifer Sydney Stewart- 🥇 1st Place Simbrah Heifer 🏆Champion Simbrqh Heifer

Palmer FFA/ Jr. FFA had 3 students in the Wether Doe show this morning at the Ellis County Stock Show. All of our does were in the same class which was a good one to watch! Claire placed 6th and 7th Rosa placed 4th Presley placed 3rd Congrats!

The Palmer Middle School Varsity and Non-Varsity Bands attended the UIL Region 3 Concert and Sightreading Contest on Thursday. Both bands gave great performances. The Non-Varsity received an EXCELLENT rating on stage and a SUPERIOR rating in sightreading. There was only 1 other 1C NV band at this contest. The Varsity band also received an EXCELLENT rating on stage and a SUPERIOR rating in sightreading. Superior is the highest rating a band can get and an excellent is the second highest. We are very proud of both of these groups.

In the Marketplace show with a chance to make the sale of champions we had the following projects. Cooking Equipment Rocket stove Parker Blue ribbon and 3rd place 🥉 Wildlife Fishing Equipment storage Rowdy and Ollie Blue ribbon and reserve division champion.🏆🥈 and qualifying for the sale of champions Shooting bench Lainey and Lola Blue ribbon and 5th place Home Recreation and Convenience Bench Harlee and Kayli Blue ribbon and 4th place Adirondack Chair and table set Harper and Ford Blue Ribbon and 7th place Arbor with swing Katilyn Red ribbon and 11th place Livestock Equipment Spurs Grady Blue ribbon and 5th place Hay Ring Wyatt, Cannon, Loki and Gabe Blue ribbon and 6th place Gate John Red ribbon and 8th place

Palmer FFA kicked off the Ellis County Youth Expo Tuesday with the Ag Mechanics Project Show and Ag mech marketplace show. Our exhibitors worked very hard this year on their projects. Palmer FFA Ag Mechanics Exhibitors did an outstanding job presenting their projects. We had a total of 17 projects this year .Please congratulate them on a successful show. In the Ag Mechanics show we had: Livestock Equipment Division Livestock handling and housing Cole and Emma Blue ribbon,1st place in class and division champion🏆🥇 Chicken Coop Amethyst Blue ribbon and 4th place Saddle rack Livestock Show Equipment Jenna Blue Ribbon and 3rd place 🥉 Lamb and Goat Show racks Cooking Equipment Division Misc. cooking Equipment Ebin Blue ribbon and 2nd place 🥈 Forged Campfire Cooking Set Stationary smokers Daniel , Grady and Peyton Blue Ribbon and 8th place Offset smoker Home and yard convenience division Small indoor furniture Karleigh , Rosa and Isiah Blue Ribbon and 2nd place 🥈 Coffee table Outdoor metal furniture Daniel and Eric Blue Ribbon and 2nd place 🥈 Bench Firepits Ollie , Grady , Parker, and Rowdy Blue ribbon and 1st place 🥇 Firepit

⛳️ District Golf Results after Day 2 ⛳️

⚾️ Baseball Schedule Change ⚾️ The game scheduled against Mildred on Saturday has been canceled.

Congratulations to our PHS UIL Teams! They did a fantastic job at district! Emma Odle - 1st place - Copy Editing and 4th place Editorial Writing James Miller - 5th place - Spelling Penelope Morgan - 3rd place - News Writing Genesis Guidry - 3rd place - Editorial Writing, 5th place - News Writing Ryker Gorrell - 3rd place - Lit Crit and 6th place - Headline Writing Lit Crit team won 1st place - Ryker, Genesis, Emma & Brandon Junkin

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⚾️ Games postponed 🥎 Due to the proximity of lightning and safety concerns through the evening the baseball and softball games will now be played Wednesday in Palmer at 6 PM.

Baseball and softball are currently in a lightning delay. Please stay tuned for updates.

🚨 Missed the informational meeting on Monday, March 24th? No worries! There's still time to sign up for the Summer 2026 trip to NYC, Boston, and Philly! 🗽🇺🇸 If you're interested in an unforgettable adventure, just click the link below for all the details and to enroll! ✨ This is for current 9-11th grade students and their families. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity! 👉 www.efexploreamerica.com/2875092WN If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to savannah.thompson@palmer-isd.org

Freshman orientation Information! Scan the QR code for more information.

ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS: Scholarship deadlines are quickly approaching! Have your senior stop by the counseling center to pick up their applications.

Day 1 District Golf Results

Reminder: Meeting Today at 6 PM at PHS! This is a reminder for all current 9-11th grade students and parents about our meeting tonight at 6 PM at PHS for the Summer 2026 trip to NYC, Philly, and Boston. It’s not too late to RSVP and join us click the link below (even if you cannot attend please still go ahead and click the link to mark interested so you can still receive information) https://bit.ly/3CGpX3Z If you have any questions or concerns please email savannah.thompson@palmer-isd.org

If you are a current 8th-11th grade student, we would love for you to come to our Try-Out informational meeting with your adult! Guard is a competitive group that is looking for new members to join our Championship team!

At Winterguard Championships, Ava received a scholarship from NTCA! We are so proud of her growth in this program! We are excited to see her reach her dreams of teaching Colorguard!

Today’s challenge: ‘Anything But the Kitchen Sink’! 🥄🍴 Students got creative with whatever ingredients we had left – no recipe, no rules, just pure imagination! From unexpected flavor combos to deliciously surprising dishes, they really made something out of nothing. 🍲

Congratulations to Eric and Cannon Cisneros. Eric was named all-region by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Cannon was named academic all-district by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and the Texas High School Coaches Association.