On Thursday, the heifer and steer shows rounded out county week at the expo.
The students did an amazing job prepping for the show and getting their animals ready for exhibit.
Heifers had a good showing, bringing home a banner and a first place ribbon!
Sydney Stewart- Champion Simbrah
Jenna Rhodes- 1st Santa Gertrudis
Steers showed as well and although they didn't fair how the exhibitors would have liked, all students did an outstanding job getting them shown!
Steer exhibitors include:
Sydney Stewart
Jenna Rhodes
Ryleigh Martin





Here is the menu for the week of April 6!

Alyson Meachum has qualified for regionals in Extemporaneous Speaking. She will compete in Brenham on April 25th. Congratulations Alyson!

The Palmer Boys are headed to Regionals!
They will play at Brenham Country Club on April 13th & 14th!



Intro to Culinary students prepared and presented for their cupcake competition. Congratulations to our winner Reese Zhanel with her spring strawberry cupcakes! Special thanks to our judges for taking the time to come judge our contest.








⛳️ Day 2 of district golf is underway ⛳️






Wednesday was pig day at the expo and we are proud of our students yet again!
Palmer FFA/ Jr. FFA students worked well together, as a team, getting pigs prepped and ready for the show ring better than ever before and in the ring, it showed!
4 Palmer FFA Students made sale with their projects!
Swine Exhibitors include:
Lainey Orr
Aubri Aduddell
Kooper Patino
Hagen Patino
Koltyn Nelson
Kylie Nelson
Silas Jordan
Cole Spurlock
Way to go pig exhibitors! It was a fun day!








Our Palmer FFA and Jr. FFA members are still trucking at the Ellis County Youth Expo!
Yesterday was another busy day with the broiler and goat show!
4 Palmer students competed in the goat show and all did well getting their animals set and shown for the judge.
Although only 1 student stuck a sale spot, all 4 did amazingly well, especially since it was 3 out of 4 of their first county showing goats!
Congrats to Reese Wright on placing 3rd and getting a sale spot!
Goat exhibitors include:
Rosa Castillo
Laney McCarty
Lucy McCarty
Reese Wright

Palmer ISD Parents/Guardians:
You are invited to review instructional materials up for adoption for Secondary Mathematics.
Courses include:
Grades 6 - 8 Math
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra 2
There are two opportunities to do so:
Tuesday, April 7
9:00 AM - 11:00AM
Thursday, April 9
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Both will take place at the Palmer ISD Administration Building, 303 Bulldog Way, Palmer, TX 75152.
If you have any questions, please call (972) 449-3389.
You are invited to review instructional materials up for adoption for Secondary Mathematics.
Courses include:
Grades 6 - 8 Math
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra 2
There are two opportunities to do so:
Tuesday, April 7
9:00 AM - 11:00AM
Thursday, April 9
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Both will take place at the Palmer ISD Administration Building, 303 Bulldog Way, Palmer, TX 75152.
If you have any questions, please call (972) 449-3389.

Growing up in the small town of Quinlan, Arlene Holt was a three-sport athlete, which helped shape her passion for athletics, teamwork, and leadership.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Texas and her Master of Arts in Sports Management from the University of Central Arkansas. Coach Holt has spent the last 13 years teaching English and 11 years serving as a Varsity Assistant coach, where she's had the opportunity to develop student-athletes both on and off the court.
Coach Holt is passionate about creating a positive and encouraging environment where all students can succeed.
Welcome to Palmer! #PalmerProud
She earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Texas and her Master of Arts in Sports Management from the University of Central Arkansas. Coach Holt has spent the last 13 years teaching English and 11 years serving as a Varsity Assistant coach, where she's had the opportunity to develop student-athletes both on and off the court.
Coach Holt is passionate about creating a positive and encouraging environment where all students can succeed.
Welcome to Palmer! #PalmerProud

Congratulations to Lexey Maxwell! She has been accepted to United States Sports University!

Did you know that April is School Library Month?
This month, we recognize the critical role our school libraries and librarians play in literacy, digital learning, and student engagement.
Discover new stories, support your school librarians, and spark a lifelong love of reading!
#PalmerProud

Lady Bulldogs get the win over Rice 9-3 on Senior Night! Thank you Kenli, Peyton, and Marti for your dedication to the program over the last four years!




Great start to the day at county show. We are starting today with the market broiler show. We had two students Evelyn and Rosa Castillo showing today. Evelyn was Grand Champion Market Broilers and Rosa had the 5th and 6th place pens of broilers. Awesome job and thanks to all that helped hold birds in the show this morning

Interested in being a Palmer Belle? Tryout clinic starts Monday, April 6th in the PES Gym! Pick up a tryout packet in the front office for more information and reach out to Mrs. Havener with any questions you have! Khavener@palmer-isd.org

🎾 Congratulations to our Regional tennis qualifiers!
Kinsli Plough, Noah Flores, Max Cunningham, and Jeremiah Flores




PHS Cafeteria Staff made cute bunny parfaits for breakfast this morning!
Track Schedule Change:
Due to baseball and softball games being rescheduled to Wednesday, the track meet scheduled in Palmer tomorrow has been canceled.
It was a great day for some of our Palmer FFA Ag Mechanics students. Students participate in the Ellis County Livestock Show and Rodeo Ag Mechanics Build Off. They started with a pile of steel and a blueprint and had 8 hours to complete the build competing against 8 other teams . These young men worked hard and were named the 2026 Grand Champion Team and also won the Safety Award.









Last Monday we had around 40 ag mechanics students exhibit their projects at the Ellis County Livestock show and Rodeo. Students did a great job presenting their projects and had 19 blue ribbon projects. The following projects were exhibited in the non sale portion of the ag mech show. We had one group that was awarded the Division Champion for the shop equipment division with their shop table









