Like most things these days, UIL Academic competition has looked very different this year. We have had many students compete virtually and in person over the past 5 months in preparation for last week’s district 8-4A competition. The following students came in person and after school over several days to compete.

Adrian Rubio – Math, Number Sense
CC Gise – Literary Criticism, Ready Writing, Spelling & Vocabulary, Feature Writing
Daniel Prince – Calculator Apps, Current Events, Math, Number Sense, Ready Writing
Diana Cousar – Science
Donte Parker Garrett – Science
Mackenzie Dudley – Current Events, Computer Apps, Math, Science
Mariana Kristen – Calculator Apps, Computer Apps, Math, Science
Marium Fatuma – Computer Apps
Nick Goodman – Literary Criticism, Spelling & Vocabulary
RJ Moilan – Current Events
Suzette Arroyo – Calculator Apps, Science
Yasmin Maldonado – Calculator Apps
Zoe Price – Literary Criticism, Ready Writing, Spelling & Vocabulary 

Please congratulate the following students who will be moving on to compete at Regionals on April 16 – 17 in Argyle. (They have broken the Region into several pods so that we will only compete in person with one other district.) 

1^st place team – Computer Apps – Mackenzie Dudley, Marium Fatuma, Mariana Kristen
1^st place team – Literary Criticism – CC Gise, Zoe Price, Nick Goodman
2^nd place team – Spelling & Vobaculary – Nick Goodman, CC Gise, Zoe Price 

Mackenzie Dudley – 1^st place – Computer Apps
Daniel Prince – 1^st place – Ready Writing
CC Gise – 2^nd place – Literary Criticism
Marium Fatuma – 2^nd place – Computer Apps
Zoe Price – 2^nd place – Literary Criticism
Nick Goodman – 2^nd place – Spelling & Vocabulary
CC Gise – 3^rd place – Feature Writing
Zoe Price – 3^rd place – Literary Criticism
Mariana Kristen – 3^rd place – Computer Apps
CC Gise – 3^rd place – Ready Writing

Special thanks to our UIL Academic Coaches who make all the magic happen!! I greatly appreciate all your time and support of these kiddos. 

Mr. Bell – Current Events
Ms. Clark – Feature Writing
Mr. Cook – Social Studies
Mrs. Maas – Calculator Apps
Mr. Naqvi – Science
Mrs. Nicholson – Computer Apps
Mr. Sanks – Lit Crit, Ready Writing, Spelling & Vocab
Mr. Welch – Math, Number Sense