With a small crew as many of our Falcons participated in other events (including State TAFE and Horticulture competition at the HLSR), our UIL Academics Team showed up at the Caney Creek Invitational on Saturday, March 4, to compete against over 1,200 other competitors meet-wide for individual medals and against 14 other teams in the small school overall competition. CLICK HERE to view pictures!
Our Falcons brought home the Small Schools Academic Overall Runner-Up Sweepstakes!
Students competing included:
Ready Writing
Nancy Cruz
Current Issues & Events, placing 1st as a team -
Ian Arteaga, 1st overall
Danahe Alcantar, Stephanie De La Rosa, Max Arteaga, Isaac Martinez, Zunaira Noman, Demarys Torres
Number Sense
Litzie Gonzalez
Poetry Interpretation
Alekza Orduna, Cynthia Rivera
Computer Applications
Kevin Martinez, 7th overall
Hassia Camacho, 8th overall
Copy Editing
Ian Arteaga, Raychel Mayes
News Writing
Danahe Alcantar
Spelling & Vocabulary, placing 1st as a team -
Raychel Mayes, 4th overall
Stephanie De La Rosa, 5th overall
Zunaira Noman, 6th overall
Zariya Scott
Science
Kevin Martinez, Jenna Johnson, Isaac Martinez
Accounting
Ian Arteaga
Feature Writing
Danahe Alcantar
Social Studies
Ian Arteaga, 6th overall
Max Arteaga, Nancy Cruz, Jenna Johnson
Editorial Writing
Danahe Alcantar, Isaac Martinez, Demarys Torres
Mathematics
Stephanie De La Rosa, Litzie Gonzalez
Headline Writing
Isaac Martinez
Literary Criticism
Zunaira Noman, 1st overall
Our next competition will be District Competition the Week of March 20.