P a n t e r a  P r i d e

 Volume 7, 2002-2003 - Number 4

December 2002
 
 
 

Key Dates to Remember:

  • December 5: 7 PM Grapevine Christmas Parade

  • December 7: Poinsettia Pickup

  • December 12: 7:30 PM Pantera Holiday Party

  • December 20: Last Day of School this month

  • January 6: School begins

  • January 13: 7 PM Booster Club meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check additional calendar dates on the Pantera website at:

http://www.gcisd-chhs.org/panteras/cal/cal.htm

Presidential Ponderings . . . . .

 

Happy Holidays to the Pantera Family,

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are all so blessed and  have so much to be thankful for.  Our girls are so lucky to be healthy and be able to participate with such a special team of girls and such a wonderful leader.  (If you haven't already heard, Mrs. Cardwell is one of four finalists for best director in the State of Texas).

Thanks to Mika Simpson, Cathy Williams, and all of the people on their committees for our most successful Dinner/Auction ever!!!  We will have the final totals at our January meeting.  Everyone I talked to had a great time and the night could not have run more smoothly.  Thanks also to Joyce Mohler for doing an outstanding job with the Poinsettia sales.  ( Don't forget to pick up your flowers this Saturday ).
Thanks also to Cathy Williams for spending the Saturday before Thanksgiving at Albertson's signing up people to our account.  She and the girls signed up over 100 people in just a few hours.  If you want a form to have your friends and family register their cards so that Albertson's donates to the Panteras,  just call or email me and I will get you the info.

Don't forget that the Board voted to cancel the December meeting as a Holiday Gift to our families, a paw point for attendance will be given to each family.

I look forward to seeing EVERYONE at our January meeting.  We will be busy discussing Spring Fling and Contest Season.  Don't miss out on lots of important information.

I'm sure you all heard about the sudden death of Brandon "Juicy" Fails, please keep his family in your prayers.


 Nancy Maddox

 Booster Club President

(817)540-4453  

  

   

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Greetings from Cardwell's Corner!

 

Dear Pantera Family:

I hope that everyone had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving Holiday! And, I hope you caught a glimpse of our senior officers at the New York Macey's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  They did an awesome job and had a terrific time. 

As you know, we are back and working diligently in preparation for competition season.  Lyrical auditions will be held on Thursday December 5, and we will march in the Grapevine Christmas Parade that evening.  Parade information will be sent home on Tuesday December 3.   

Just a reminder that our third trip payment is due on Monday December 9 at the beginning of practice.  It is very difficult to keep up with everything if the money is coming in on different dates and times.  Please let me know in advance if there is a problem with the date and time.  Please remember to make checks payable to the Pantera Booster Club.  

Add the following practice date to your calendar if you are a dance officer or a member of the elite team.    Friday December 20 Elite from 1:15 - 3:00 pm.  Saturday January 4:  Officers from 9 am - 12 noon, Elite from 1 - 4 pm. 

The Panteras will be bringing home information on basketball season before the break.  Remember that our first game is Tuesday January 7.  The whole team will cheer at the 8:00 game.  For the next few weeks company A, B and C will perform.  This is nice because the whole team does not have to attend all of the basketball games.  

Please remember that January and February are difficult months for the Panteras.  Please stay on top of homework and grades.  Prioritize and organize your calendar so that you can fit everything in (i.e. don't put projects off until the last minute, etc.).

Merry Christmas!  Enjoy the spirit of the season!

Sincerely,

 

Kim Cardwell

 

Reminder to everyone that a trip payment for $ 80.00 is due this coming Monday, Dec. 9th.  Please make your checks out to the Pantera Booster Club.  If you are signed up to be a chaperone you need to send in $ 80.00 for yourself also.   If you have any questions either call or email Mrs. Cardwell.

Thanks,
Nancy Maddox
   

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2002-2003 PANTERA AWARDS

Date

Pantera

of the

Week

 Spirit Girl

of the

Week

 Rookie

of the

Week
November 1 Joey Vidal Stephanie van Hoek Meg Brandon 
November 8 Kim Rogers Elisa Alvarado Lauren Huber
November 15 Keli Koester Allie Chandler Brandi White

 

 

$  $  $   Fundraising   $  $  $  

Thanks to all the Panteras and parents who sold the Poinsettias.  The sale appears to have been a hugh success.  The Poinsettias pick up is Saturday, December 7th 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at CHHS.  Please mark your calendar for December 7th to pick up your poinsettias.  For anyone interested in setting up a particular time between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to pick up your flowers, I will be happy to set up a pick up time schedule, just email or call.   I need a few parents to help unload sort the flowers prior to the pick up times.  If you can help, please contact me.

email address is Joyce.Mohler@UTSouthwestern.edu 

home phone 817-267-5612

work phone 214-648-4775

cell phone  817-845-3837

Joyce Mohler or aka: Momma Mohler

REMINDER - PAW POINT STATEMENTS

During the January meeting, I will have updated Paw Point Statements for all.  Paw Points were explained at the August meeting - and have been reviewed other times throughout the year so this should not be a surprise.

All owed Paw Points must be paid in full prior to the upcoming contest season -so please be sure to review your statements.  If any Paw Points are owed, submit the payment to the Pantera Booster Club.  If you cannot attend the January meeting, let me know and I'll mail you your statement. 

Call me if you have any questions and - THANKS in advance for your attention to this matter.   

Jeri Brooks - treasurer
   
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Pantera Alumni Update

Jenni Bergeland 

 Class of 2000  3 year Pantera

Jenni is a junior at Texas Tech University, majoring in Business Finance/Real Estate.  She is a member of the Delta Gamma Sorority.  Jenni plans to graduate in May of 2004 and to begin a career in Real Estate.

You can write to Jenni at:  710 Chicago, Lubbock, TX

jennibergeland@hotmail.com

 

Monica Kaczmarski 

Class of 2000 

3 year Pantera

Monica is in her junior year at Texas Tech University, majoring in Business/Marketing.  She is a member of the Delta Delta Sorority. 

You can write to Monica at:  4152 Hallmont Dr., Grapevine, TX 76051

Abrcrombie828@aol.com

Kristen Harmon

Class of 2001

3 year Pantera

Kristen  is attending the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma and is majoring in Public Relations.  As an active member of the Tri Delta Sorority, she still dances in every performance in which her sorority participates.

You can write to Kristen at: 4105 Grace Lane, Grapevine, TX 76051

smerfprincess@yahoo.com

 

 

Uniform Collection

 The girls received a hand out on Tuesday about returning the uniforms on Monday, December 9th.  Since the uniforms are school property, they must be returned in good condition, clean, and on hangers.  If any items need to be replaced you will be expected to pay for those items before Christmas break.  Each girl should have 11 different items: red sleeves, fringe shirt, skirt, trunks, belt, fringe gauntlets, leather gauntlets, jacket, scarf, short sleeve shirt, and rain coat.  A few girls have extra items because of the size or condition of the original issue.  All items that were issued in your daughter’s name must be returned on Monday.

If you have any questions, please call me at 817-540-1325. 

Thank you,

Anne Langholz

 
   
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You have probably heard the rumors and they are true!  Dr. Bradford O’Neill D.D.S has offered to whiten the teeth of the Senior Panteras at no charge…it is FREE!   

Additionally, Dr. O’Neill is going to offer certificates for the Panteras to sell to individuals or family members for a complete teeth-whitening package.  The cost of each certificate will be 200 dollars and the checks will be written to the Pantera Booster Club.  The bonus for us is that because the Booster Club is not providing the service this will be considered a tax-deductible contribution to our organization.  The 200 dollars will be given as a total donation to the Panteras.  We will offer these certificates and promote them before and during our Spring Fling.   

So, please put out the word to friends and family that the Panteras will be selling these certificates from a reputable and well-known dentist in our area, at an incredible savings and that it will be completely tax deductible! WOW!  There will be an expiration date, set six months from issuance, but there is no limit to the number of certificates that we can sell.  We will offer more details as we draw closer to our Spring Fling extravaganza. 

For the Senior Panteras, you will need to contact Dr. O’Neill’s office over the Christmas break.  The receptionist will have a list of names and will be expecting your call.  When you go into his office you will be fitted for the teeth-whitening mold.  It takes a few days to form the mold and two weeks to begin to see the results of the whitening process.   

Sometime before Spring Fling, the Senior Panteras will have an opportunity to flash these beautiful teeth as they pose for a photo that will be displayed in Dr. O’Neill’s office and at our event to promote the fundraiser.   

We are very pleased with this wonderful Christmas gift to our senior girls and the generosity that Dr. O’Neill is extending to the entire Pantera Family!  We anticipate this offer being a very profitable and easy fundraiser for our Booster Club.   Please let him know how much we appreciate his support and professional services! 

Directions

Dr. O’Neill’s office is located at 5200 Colleyville Blvd. #E in Colleyville.  From Hall-Johnson you turn left onto Grapevine Highway.  The office is located about a mile down the road on the right hand side in a small strip shopping center. 

Please call for your appointment:  817.788.0166

For more info please contact Cathy Williams or Mika Simpson.

 
   
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November Birthdays
Belle Karr  November 2    Ashley Hickson November 6
Stephanie Porter November 7  Lindsey Turner November 15
Katie Dlugauskas November 19 Gretchen Williams November 19

December Birthdays
Hillary Knight December 4 Shelby Beyer December 14
Erin Smith December 19 Kim Rogers December 23
Brooke Ferris December 24  Mandy Brenegan December 25

                                                   

 

 

The newsletter is also available on the Pantera website soon after publishing at the following address:

http://www.gcisd-chhs.org/panteras/newsletter/newsletter.htm