Secondary School
(806) 456-7401
Principal: Benjamin Taylor
Btaylor@plainsisd.net
Asst. Principal: Nate Wheeler
Nwheeler@plainsisd.net
THIS WEEK
Dec. 14 JH BBall 5:00 at Sundown
Dec. 14 Board Meeting 6:00 PM
Dec. 15 JV/V Girls BBall at Seagraves
Dec. 17 Band Christmas Concert
Dec. 18 JV/V Girls BBall Sudan
Dec. 18 JV V Boys BBall Wink
LOOKING AHEAD:
Achievements:
“Christmas at Tech” Invitational Meet December 5, 2015 2nd Place
Sweepstakes: Number Sense: Brea McWhirter – 1st place sophomore; Bryce McWhirter – 5th place junior;
Bryan Gallegos – 4th place freshman Joy Kim – 6th place sophomore. Calculator: 2nd place team - Brea
McWhirter – 2nd place sophomore; Lexi Flores – 3rd place senior Mayra Martinez – 3rd place sophomore;
Bryce McWhirter – 5th place junior; Bryan Gallegos – 2nd place freshman. Math: 2nd place team - Raylee
Durham – 1st place senior ($500 scholarship); Hugo Olivarez, Jr. – 5th place freshman; Bryce McWhirter – 5th
place junior; Jonathan Loya – 2nd place junior Joy Kim – 2nd place sophomore. Science - Ethan Harris – 1st
place freshman; Justin Greenlee – 4th place freshman; Kaetlin Taylor – 8th place sophomore
Counselor’s Note:
Texas Water Utilities Association annual poster and essay contest guidelines for
grades 4, 5, and 6 have been distributed to the teachers. There are currently two scholarships that students
should be working on with Lea County Electric and the Plains Economic Development Board. Students that are
planning to enroll in dual credit classes for the spring need to have all paperwork to me by Wednesday. You
will be registered once the colleges come back from Christmas break in January. I believe that payment will be
due on January 7. You may check this through your myspc or mywtc account.
Feelings and emotions are two related concepts that are often confused due to them being similar in nature.
Many people use these words interchangeable and they may not be wrong as in many cases these words can be
used interchangeably. A particular feeling of happiness could also be an emotion as the brain could release
endorphins or other hormones, which would then convince the body that it was feeling happy. This would
result in a person experiencing happiness as an emotion as well as a feeling. Feelings are experienced through
physical means as well as mental states. Emotions are often considered to stem from mental states. Emotions
are also believed to be scientifically related and go deeper to a person’s mental state and how an individual’s
brain works, while feelings are only what a person experiences on the surface. Feelings can also trigger
emotions, such as a certain smell (i.e. pie) could take a person back to good memories which can help the brain
release hormones making the person feel strong emotions of happiness or sadness. Also feelings are easier to
subside, while emotions need to be worked out. If emotions are constantly bottled up they can cause a person to
have an emotional breakdown.
Feelings mean anything that can be experienced via touch, smell, sight or any other sensory organ. Emotion is
used to describe psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions, and mental states.