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Foundation

Due to increasing population in the area, the school district, which formerly had only one high school, had to be split into three separate high schools. The 2008–2009 school year became the inaugural year for Palmview High School, and it was classified as a 6A school. The official Palmview High School

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opened in January 2009 at north La Homa Road in

Administration

Athletics

Lobo Football

The Palmview Lobos share their field with La Joya Coyotes and Juarez-Lincoln Huskies at La Joya Stadium, a 12,500-seating capacity

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which opened in 2000. The lobos made it to playoffs in 2014 for the first time and also became bi-district champs.

Lady Lobo Basketball

The Lady Lobos are coached by Anisa Reyna and assisted by Jose Reyna, along with many other staff members who are allocated positions on the Lady Lobos Basketball staff. The Lady Lobos made the playoffs for the first time in school history in 2015.

Other sports

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

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Fine arts

Palmview’s Lobo theatre

Palmview Lobo Marching Band

The Palmview Lobo Band marches to the motto "The Pride of the Pack". The band has earned consecutive Sweepstakes Awards since its start as a new band program. The Lobo Band won the USSBA Group IV A State Championship in 2008. In 2014 the band advanced to the 6A Area G Marching Contest Finals. In addition, the band has earned "firsts" awards in the district: the first 4-year All state band student in the district; 2 US Army All American Marching Band Members, Winterguard State Championship.

Palmview High School Choir

Mariachi "Lobos", Grupo Folklorico "Ozomatili", & Conjunto "La Tradicion"

Other Clubs/Organizations

*''The Lobo Times'', Palmview High School's newspaper *Palmview

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*Palmview Media Society *Palmview Rubies (

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Team *Palmview HS Reading Club *Gear Up *GO Center *

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*Palmview High School Math Club *Hispanic National Honor Society *Palmview High School Senior Class *G-FORCE

New traditions

Alma mater

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Texas Fight

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References

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