Palestine, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Education == === Public school districts === [[File:Palestine August 2017 53 (Palestine High School).jpg|thumb|[[Palestine High School (Texas)|Palestine High School]]]] With almost 3,500 students, the [[Palestine Independent School District]] is the largest school district in Palestine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deleon.tea.state.tx.us/SDL/Forms/txtSearch.aspx |title=School District Locator : Accessible Version<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210175557/http://deleon.tea.state.tx.us/SDL/Forms/txtSearch.aspx |archive-date=2006-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The district comprises: * [[Palestine High School (Texas)|Palestine High School]], grades 9β12 * Palestine Junior High, grades 7β8 * A. M. Story Elementary, grades 4β6 * Southside Primary, grades 2β3 * Northside Early Childhood Center, Pre-Kβ1 Located on the western edge of the city, the [[Westwood Independent School District]] is home to around 1,700 students.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deleon.tea.state.tx.us/SDL/Forms/txtSearch.aspx |title=School District Locator : Accessible Version<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210175557/http://deleon.tea.state.tx.us/SDL/Forms/txtSearch.aspx |archive-date=2006-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It consists of a primary, elementary, junior=high, and high-school campuses. Westwood Independent School District * Westwood High School, grades 9β12 * Westwood Junior High, grades 7β8 * Westwood Elementary, grades 3β6 * Westwood Primary, grades Kβ2 === Charter schools === University Academy, a charter school operated by the [[University of Texas at Tyler]], began in 2012 with grades 3β6, expanding upward to grades 7β12 at the rate of one grade per year. In March 2018, the school had 188 students enrolled, and planned to grow to 600 students. On March 19, 2018, the university announced it would be upgrading the University Academy school building at a cost of $650,000. A small portion of remote area of the city is also within the [[Elkhart ISD]]. === Colleges and universities === [[Trinity Valley Community College]] operates TVCC-Palestine just north of the city limits at the intersection of [[US 287 (TX)|US 287]] and [[State Highway 19 (Texas)|State Highway 19]]. In addition to offering academic transfer courses, the Palestine campus offers vocational-technical programs in vocational nursing, cosmetology, mid-management, computer science, criminal justice, business and office technology, fire science, legal assistant, emergency medical technician, and paramedic programs, and also trains correctional officers for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Continuing education and adult education courses are also offered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvcc.edu/campus/palestine/default.aspx|title=Trinity Valley Community College Homepage|website=www.tvcc.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080117204522/http://www.tvcc.edu/campus/palestine/default.aspx|archive-date=2008-01-17}}</ref> The University of Texas at Tyler also operates a campus in the city. A new, $9.6 million, {{convert|50|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus opened in 2010, fall semester.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palestineherald.com/local/local_story_264180800.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906132626/http://www.palestineherald.com/local/local_story_264180800.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-06|title=The Palestine Herald, Palestine, Texas - Paving the Way<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref> The UT-Tyler Palestine Campus currently offers courses in nursing.<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Texas at Tyler Palestine Campus |publisher=UT Tyler |url=http://www.uttyler.edu/palestinecampus |format=digital |access-date=2009-03-27 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page