Next Paradise Night at Cici's: March 10

March 10 is the next Paradise Panthers night at the Decatur Cici's. This is a great fund-raiser for the PHS Project Graduation. More information can be found in this brochure.

Schedule Request Dates are Named

We will do online schedule requests for the next school year in the high school writing lab on the following dates:

Paradise Students win Awards at Longhorn Show

Several Paradise students competed with their Longhorn cattle at the Autobahn Scholarship Tour on February 18-21. Awards were given to the following:

Haley Horne-Female Herdsman Award (For breaking and having her calf ready to show in 2 weeks), 9th place Junior heifer, Won heifer in drawing

Turner Young-10th place Junior Heifer, Won a steer in drawing

Kelby Meadows-6th place Junior heifer

Wesley Meadows-5th place Senior Heifer and will receive scholarship money, 7th place Teen showmanship

Molly Cook-10th place Senior Heifer, 3rd place Junior bull and will receive scholarship money

Lucas Cook-10th place junior heifer

Colton McCormick-10th place junior heifer

Stahlman Remmele-7th senior heifer, Won steer in drawing

Rachel Remmele-7th place Senior heifer, 3rd place junior steer and will receive scholarship money

Ian Remmele-9th place junior steer, Won a steer in drawing

Open Baking Show March 20

In conjunction with the Project Show, Paradise Buyers Association is sponsoring an open baking show. Anyone outside of our school is eligible. More information can be found in this brochure. All funds raised from this show benefit the Paradise Buyers Association.

OAP Dinner and Talent Show is a Success

On February 22 the One Act Play group sponsored a spaghetti dinner and talent show. A photo gallery of the fun can be found here...

PHS Publishes a Course Catalog/Planning Guide

Did you ever wonder what Digital Graphics and Animation is all about? Maybe you need to know the Prerequisite for Food Technology? We have the details on almost every course offered at PHS in our Course Catalog, which can be found here...

PHS Favorites and Outstanding Seniors are Named

Find out who was selected as Mr. and Miss PHS, Most Likely to Succeed and all the rest here...

PHS Students Compete in UIL Invitational Meet

BROCK-On Saturday, January 23 several PHS students traveled to Brock for an invitational meet and many won awards for their work. A list of students who placed can be found on our UIL Academics page.

Sophomore Pre-AP Students Read at Elementary

On January 19, Mrs. Candioto's Pre-AP English class traveled to the elementary campus and read to the students. This class had written and illustrated children's books for a project, and this was one of the final steps of that project. A photo gallery of some of the students reading can be found here...

Project Graduation is Busy

Project Graduation has their own webpage with lots of information on it. We added the minutes from the most recent meeting and also a list of all seniors who are cleared (so far) to attend Project Graduation. See their page here...

Paper Airplane Contest Video is Here

Just because we like doing things differently, here is the video of the paper airplane contest that was held at the basketball game on January 15. This was a fund raiser for project graduation.

PHS Teacher Named Jack Harvey Award Recipient

Bobby King of Paradise High School has been named the recipient of the 2009-2010 Jack Harvey Award winner for teaching excellence.

Mr. King will be attending a reception in January at Weatherford College along with other well-deserving educators.

Weatherford College will recognize many of the finest teachers from across the region at the annual Jack Harvey Academy of Exemplary Teachers celebration in January at the Doss Heritage and Culture Center. Celebrating its twelfth year, the Harvey Academy honors exemplary teachers in the memory of Professor Emeritus Jack Harvey, who taught at WC for 23 years and was considered among his peers as a "master teacher."

Students Participate in Celebrity Reading Night

On November 17, students from PHS participated in Celebrity Reading Night at the elementary campus. Thanks to multiple volunteers we have pictures of the fun here...

PHS Students Earn Awards with Longhorns

CHICO-Stahlman and Rachel Remmele won awards on November 14 at the Chico buckle show. Stahlman showed the Grand Champion Longhorn heifer, Rachel showed Reserve Grand Champion Longhorn heifer, and Stahlman showed Rachel's steer and was awarded Grand Champion Longhorn steer. In the market steer division, Cody Kimbro won Grand Champion Market Steer.

In the swine division, Molly Cook took first place with a gilt and first place with a Duroc boar. She also had a second place Duroc boar.

Senior Night Observed at Last Football Game

At the last football game of the year against Alvord, senior members of the football team, band, drill team, and cheerleaders were recognized. A photo gallery of the event can be found here...

Paradise Students Attend Longhorn Field Day

Nine students from Paradise Schools attended Longhorn Field Day in Jacksboro on Saturday, October 31. They were sponsored by the North Texas Longhorn Breeders Association. Paradise students attending were Wesley and Kelby Meadows, Lucas and Molly Cook, Ian, Rachel, and Stahlman Remmele, Colton McCormick, and Turner Young.

Students Enjoy Visit From Stunt Team

As part of Red Ribbon week the high school campus was treated to a visit from the United Free Style Stunt team on October 28. A ramp was set up in the parking lot and students were treated to a display of various cool bicycle jumps.

PHS Students Receive Macs

One of the high school labs has received a shipment of iMac computers, and the maintenance class set these computers up for us. A photo gallery of these students at work can be found here...

Cunningham Crowned Homecoming Queen

Senior Mae Cunningham was crowned Homecoming Queen during halftime of Friday night's football game. Escorted by Senior Corgan Andrews, Mae was crowned by last year's queen, Bridget Meyer. The Homecoming Court consisted of seniors Meg Arthur, Mae Cunningham, Jessica Hays, and Hannah Johnson.

The homecoming princesses were freshman-Ashley Sparks,
sophomore-Courtney Andrews,
and junior-Hannah Kaker.

A photo gallery of the Homecoming queen ceremony can be found here...

Dancers Put on Show at Pep Rally

At a September pep rally, a group of students wowed the audience with their country dance moves. Thanks to Mrs. Black for this photo.

First Day is a Busy One at the High School

Students at PHS were very busy on the first day. Besides visiting with friends that hadn't been seen in awhile, students also received class schedules and met their teachers.