The Paetow High School Bands will offer a comprehensive band program opening in the fall of 2017 opening with 9th and 10th grade students.

The Panther Band will offer a marching ensemble and concert bands that will compete at UIL Contest. With expected interest from prospective students the program will plan to offer a jazz ensemble, competitive indoor percussion and winter guard program that will compete in TCGC events. 

History of Patricia E. Paetow High School:

On April 25, 2016, The Board of Trustees voted to name High School No.8 in remembrance of Patricia E. Paetow, a lifelong educator who dedicated nearly 30 years to Katy ISD before losing her battle to cancer in July 2015.

Mrs. Paetow began her career in Katy ISD in 1987 as an educational diagnostician. She then spent the next three decades working in different capacities, including assistant principal, principal, and director of campus administration and support, before retiring as Katy ISD's assistant superintendent of administrative support. 

During her tenure, she led Wolfe Elementary to be recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education for the 1989-1990 school year, and opened Betty Sue Creech Elementary in 2000.