1st Annual Waffle Wednesday

The High School teachers were taken by surprise Wednesday morning when Mr. Simmons and Mr. Waldo got up early to make waffles for their outstanding staff. The staff greatly appreciated their gratitude and hospitality.

Varsity Baseball Closes the Season

by Liz Branin

The varsity Lions baseball team closed the season on Saturday, May 11 in a Class 2A Region II area game against the Pottsboro Cardinals. The series ended with a 12-4 loss for the Lions in the finale. Despite being eliminated from the playoffs, the team has positive feelings about the season overall.

“I think we all worked together well to have a great season. Most of us are seniors, so we know what it’s like to be on the same team after four years, but I think the younger ones used that as motivation to really pull through and prove themselves as real assets to the team,” senior pitcher Micah Broadstreet said.

 With a hard-fought season behind them, there are no hard feelings. Only many memories to enjoy and reminisce exist as each player moves on to the next step in his career.

 “I really enjoyed all my senior teammates, and I’ll really miss them when we all go off to college at the end of the summer,” senior Ethan Easterling said.

Congratulations to the team and coaches on a great season! We all look forward to seeing even more excellence at the diamond next year.

Photograph compliments of Ben Baby of the Denton Record Chronicle.

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Ponder FFA wins big at the Area V FFA Degree Check

This past Saturday, members of the Ponder FFA chapter competed in the Area Degree Check. Degree Check is a competitive event for the top FFA students in Area V which consists of seven districts made up of 132 schools 1A through 5A. The program provides recognition to FFA members for exceptional accomplishments and excellence in their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program.

Jr. Prepared Public Speaking – Each contestant writes and delivers a four- to six-minute speech about a current agricultural subject of their choice. Participants are then rated based on the written speech, speech delivery and their answers to judges’ questions.

Sage Stover 1st Place/State Qualifier

Star FFA Awards - An outstanding member at each degree level can be awarded the Star Award based on an exceptional overall Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program and FFA involvement.

Star Greenhand – Sage Stover 2nd Place

Star Chapter Farmer – Cole Hudson 1st Place/State Qualifier

Star Lonestar Farmer – Travis Mitchell 2nd Place

Star American Farmer – Morgan Stover 1st place/State qualifier

Proficiency Awards - The program provides recognition to FFA members at the local, state and national levels for exceptional accomplishments and excellence in their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program. There are 51 proficiency award areas that individuals can apply for, ranging from Agricultural Communications to Wildlife Production and Management.

Forage – Travis Mitchell 1st place/State Qualifier

Diversified Livestock – Travis Mitchell 1st Place/State Qualifier

Ag Processing – Clay North 1st Place/State Qualifier

Ag Sales – Clay North 1st Place/State Qulifier

Vegetable Production – Tanner Yeager 1st Place/State Qualifier

Fruit Production – Tanner Yeager 1st Place/State Qualifier

Agriculture Education – Madison Stout 1st Place/State Qualifier

Agriculture Communications – Madison Stout 1st Place/State Qualifier

How strong is the character of your school?

The PHS PALs group sponsored a Character Week May 6 through May 10. Each day had a different theme, some of which were honesty, integrity, and respect. On the Honesty and Integrity days, students in each lunch were asked to complete surveys that would measure the character of the PHS student body. The results are as follows:

Honesty Survey
If you were driving five miles per hour over the speed limit, and a police officer stopped you and asked how fast you’d been driving, would you tell the truth?	214 Yes	80  No
If you cheated on a test and didn’t get caught, would you tell the truth if your teacher later asked if you cheated?	98    Yes	188  No
If you arrived home one night 30 minutes after curfew and your parents weren’t there, would you tell them that had been late?	72    Yes	220  No
If you found a wallet in the street with $200 in it, would you try to return it to the owner?	206 Yes	76 No
If a cashier at a checkout stand mistakenly undercharged you for something you bought, would you tell the cashier about it and pay the correct amount?	155 Yes	131 No
If you knew you could sneak into a concert without paying, would you buy a ticket anyway?	145  Yes	145 No
If someone you wanted to impress thought you were rich (and you really weren’t) would you tell that person the truth about yourself?	239 Yes	44 No
If your parents promise to pay you a lot of money if you earned all A’s and B’s on your next report card and if you could keep them from finding out your real grades, would you tell them the truth if you didn’t earn all A’s and B’s?	117 Yes	78 No
If you promised your teacher that you’d complete a task by a certain date, would you keep your promise?	228  Yes	55 No
If you knew that friends stole $10 from someone else’s locker, would you report him or her?	142 Yes	144 No