Wylie High advances students to UIL regional round

(Wylie ISD) The UIL Academic Team at Wylie High School competed March 22-24 in the district meet held at Highland Park High School, turning in its strongest performance and advancing students to the regional round.

In addition, the team is tied for second place with Rockwall High School; final placement is determined by the best performance in the upcoming One-Act Play contest.

Students who placed in the top three spots advance to the regionals scheduled for April at the University of North Texas in Denton.  Congratulations to the following students and their sponsors, Anita Murack, Tiffany Syfert, Cindy Anderson, Travis Hiltbrunner and Ted Stephens.

District UIL Academic Results:

Accounting-1^st Place – Lauren Spear

Calculator Applications-6^th Place – Nahum Alem

Computer Applications-2^nd Place – Courtney Word; 4^th Place – Brelyn Weems

Headline Writing-2^nd Place – Ellen Howarth; 6^th Place – Brandon Carr

News Writing-6^th place – Michelle Grissom

Literary Criticism-2^nd place – Jessica Scott; 4^th Place – Marshall McClure;  6^th Place – Lauren Pybus. The team took first place in Literary Criticism; all three advance to regionals.

Number Sense-3^rd Place team – Nahum Alem, Chris Dessert, Ebore Awano – 3^rd place team

Ready Writing-1^st Place – Brandon Carr; 3^rd Place – Amy Wickett 

Social Studies-3^rd Place – Hector Rodriguez

Spelling and Vocabulary-4^th Place – Marshall McClure

Lincoln Douglas Debate-3^rd Place – Sally Schmitt; 4^th Place – Mark Fajardo

Informative Speaking-3^rd Place – Sally Schmitt; 4^th Place – Taylor Manatsa; 6^th Place – Brandon Frederick

Persuasive Speaking-1^st Place – Sarah Grace Crocco; 5^th Place – Evan Lope

Prose-4^th Place – Amber Banfill; 5^th Place – Sandra Addo.

The speech team took home second place for all speech events.

Source: wylieisd.net

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