Last Saturday, the UIL Academics team traveled to their first spring invitational at Waller High School. They competed at the Waller Invi-Space-ional along with over 30 other schools, predominantly 5A and 6A. All schools were grouped together with places going from 1st place to 10th place. By the end of the competition Saturday evening, Royal had placed 6th as a team. The next competition will be Saturday, February 3 at the Grand Oaks Invitational.
Thank you for your continued support and thank you to our coaches in attendance: Dr. Enos Inniss, Mrs. Lisa Inniss, Mr. Junior McKay, Mr. Nicholas Mojaver, and Ms. LaRay Odum.
Students competing included:
Ready Writing
Eleanor Recinos, 1st place
Gabriel Velasquez
Extemporaneous - Persuasive
Isaac Martinez
Number Sense
Alejandro Rodriguez, 8th place
Walter Diaz
Current Issues & Events
Isaac Martinez
Layla Thompson
Computer Applications
Armando Cruz, 10th place
Timiyah Johnson
Calculator Applications
Katia Mendoza, 7th place
Roberto Montalvo, 9th place
Science
Josue Arciga
Jareli Cazares Arpiza
Annabella Parada
Alejandro Rodriguez
Layla Thompson
Accounting
Roberto Montalvo, 6th place
Paola Gonzalez
Social Studies
Paola Gonzalez
Jennifer Hernandez
Andrea Rico Gomez
Mathematics
Roberto Montalvo, 10th place
Monica Aguinaga
Jareli Cazares Arpiza
Jade Lopez
Gabriel Velasquez
Literary Criticism
Alexcia Garcia
Kimberly Pedraza
Eleanor Recinos
Journalism Team, 1st place
Copy Editing
Katia Mendoza, 1st place
Rebeca Arvizo, 10th place
Isaac Martinez
News Writing
Alexcia Garcia, 1st place
Danahe Alcantar, 10th place
Eleanor Recinos, 11th overall
Feature Writing
Danahe Alcantar, 1st place
Alexcia Garcia, 4th place
Editorial Writing
Eleanor Recinos, 3rd place
Alexcia Garcia, 5th place
Gabriel Velasquez, 6th place
Danahe Alcantar
Headline Writing
Isaac Martinez, 1st place
Rebeca Arvizo