The Royal UIL Academic Team competed in the District 24 4A contests the week of March 22-27. In order to qualify for regional, students must be on the District Championship team in a particular event or place first, second, or third individually.
Royal had 23 regional qualifiers and some of these students qualified in multiple events. The regional meet will be April 17th at Stephen F Austin University in Nacogdoches. Results of the district contest are as follows:
ACCOUNTING - DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
1st place- Alexis Ibarra Uribe
2nd place- Martin Mendoza
3rd place- Hodet Gonzalez
4th place- Samantha Lopez
Team Members- Alexis Ibarra Uribe, Martin Mendoza, Hodet Gonzalez, Lissy Gonzalez, Roberto Montalvo
CALCULATOR APPLICATIONS - DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
1st place- Samantha Lopez
2nd place- Alexis Ibarra Uribe
3rd place- zoe Buller
Team Members- Samantha Lopez, Alexis Ibarra, Zoe Buller, Katia Mendoza, Roberto Montalvo, Trinity Bluford
CURRENT ISSUES AND EVENTS- DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
2nd place- Martin Mendoza
4th place- Yazmin Alvarado
5th place- Ricardo Lopez
Team members- Martin Mendoza, Yazmin Alvarado, Ricardo Lopez, Susan Ramos, Veronica Chazez, Rafael Marmolejo
COMPUTER APPLICATION (not a team event)
1st place- Veronica Chavez
4th place- Camila Quinones
6th place- Daniel Gonzalez
LITERARY CRITICISM- DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
2nd place- Trinity Bluford
4th place - Melani Alanis
Team Members- Trinity Bluford, Melani Alanis, Julissa Rico, Nayeli Gomez, Vladimir Moreno
MATH- DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
1st place- Zoe Buller
4th place- Alondra Melendez
5th place- Angel Velasquez
6th place- Samantha Lopez
Team Members- Zoe Buller, Alondra Melendez, Angel Velasquez, Samantha Lopez, Katia Mendoza
NUMBER SENSE- DISTRICT RUNNER UP
3rd place- Melani Alanis
5th place- Jose Alanis
READY WRITING (not a team event)
4th place- Alondra Melendez
6th place- Joseph Castillo
SCIENCE - 3rd place
5th place overall- Daniel Gonsalez
2nd place Biology- Daniel Gonsalez
SOCIAL STUDIES- District Runner Up
2nd place- Martin Mendoza
4th place- Angeles Garcia
SPELLING- District Runner Up
6th place- Stephanie De la Rosa
COMPUTER SCIENCE- 3rd place
JOURNALISM TEAM- (made up of all the events listed below) DISTRICT RUNNER UP
COPY EDITING
1st place- Alondra Melendez
5th place- Angel Velasquez
6th place- Samantha Lopez
EDITORIAL WRITING
2nd place- Hannah Matias
FEATURE WRITING
1st place- Melani Alanis
HEADLINE WRITING
1st place- Trinity Bluford
6th place- Abbigail Parada
NEWS WRITING
4th Melani Alanis
Coaches: Johnathon Venable, Lisa Inniss, Enos Inniss, Herman Burns, Veronica Webb, Ivan Arteaga, Dawn Richardson
Community Volunteers: LaRay Odum, Junior McKay