When you put district track, State SkillsUSA, UIL Concert & Sightreading, and UIL Academics District all in one week, our students and coaches rise to the occasion. Many UIL Academics team members competed in multiple activities and were able to help bring home recognitions for our team.
Tuesday started the week off in Needville with our Literary Criticism, our first Computer Science competitor in years, and our L-D Debaters competing.
Thursday our writers were off to competition, many before heading to State SkillsUSA in Corpus and some off to run at district track before driving to Corpus. Students medaled in all five events of the day.
The stories of success are endless. From personal bests by science team members like freshman Jareli Cazares, a sixth-place finish in L-D Debate by junior Gabriel Velasquez, and first-time accounting competitor and placer in two events- senior Nancy Cruz.
In all, our 42 competitors had 16 members qualify for Regionals in a total of 22 competitions. Our journalism students compete individually but were able to, when combined, bring home the journalism team award for a third year in a row. This year our district team placed 3rd overall with 306 points.
The successes and growth of our team comes from the continued hard work of our students and also our coaches, including Dr. Enos Inniss, Mrs. Lisa Inniss, Mr. Robert Jones, Mr. Nicholas Mojaver, Mr. Johnathon Venable, Mrs. Veronica Webb, volunteer coach Ms. Laray Odum, and volunteer coach Mr. Junior McKay. Practices began in late September after we returned from the Student Activities Conference in Austin and continue on as we prepare for Regionals and beyond.
Congratulations to our entire District Team:
L-D Debate
Gabriel Velasquez, 6th
Elisha Glover
Layla Thompson
Literary Criticism
Alexcia Garcia
Kimberly Pedraza
Eleanor Recinos
Elyssa Pruner
Number Sense, 2nd place team
Alejandro Rodrigyez, 3rd
Josue Arciga
Walter Daiz
Frankie Foller
Ready Writing
Eleanor Recinos, 2nd
Nancy Cruz
Kyla Thomas
Calculator Applications, 1st place team
Roberto Montalvo, 2nd
Cristian Sosa, 3rd
Monica Aguinaga, 4th
Katia Mendoza, 6th
Sherissa Pierre
Persuasive Extemp
Consuelo Aguinaga
Computer Applications
Javier Ramos Guevera, 4th
Armando Cruz Rios, 5th
Ester Castro, 6th
Accounting, 2nd place team
Nancy Cruz, 1st
Monica Aguinaga, 5th
Paola Gonzalez
Roberto Montalvo
Ester Castro
Spelling & Vocabulary
Quin Boak, 6th
Victoria Gonzalez
Alicia Sepulveda
Current Issues
Donis Addison
Consuelo Aguinaga
Jennifer Hernandez
Erick Robledo
Science
Josue Arciga
Walter Diaz
Jareli Cazeres Arpiza
Frankie Foller
Joshua Kosmalski Olivar
Alejandro Rodriguez
Social Studies
Jennifer Hernandez, 3rd
Paola Gonzalez
Andrea Rico Gomez
Erick Robledo
Mathematics, 1st place team
Cristian Sosa, 1st
Roberto Montalvo, 3rd
Joshua Kosmalski Olivar, 4th
Monica Aguinaga, 6th
Gabriel Velasquez
Jareli Cazares Arpiza
Journalism Team, 1st place
News Writing
Eleanor Recinos, 1st
Danahe Alcantar, 2nd
Alexcia Garcia, 3rd
Feature Writing
Nancy Cruz, 3rd
Danahe Alcantar
Alexcia Garcia
Editorial Writing
Alexcia Garcia, 4th
Eleanor Recinos, 5th
Shamari Moss
Headline Writing
Isaac Martinez, 1st
Monica Hernandez, 2nd
Shamari Moss
Copy Editing
Katia Mendoza, 2nd
Isaac Martinez, 6th
Daniel Hernandez
