ATEMS, AHS, CHS Sending Students to UIL Academic Regional Meets

Students from ATEMS, Abilene High and Cooper High competed March 29-30 in district UIL spring academic meets, with each school qualifying contestants for the regional round of competition.

AHS and ATEMS competed in the District 3-6A UIL Spring Academic Meet at San Angelo Central. Students advancing will participate in the Region 1 UIL Academic Meet on April 13 at the University of Texas at Arlington.

ABILENE HIGH SCHOOL

The following individuals qualify for regionals:

Harrison Smith, 3^rd, Number Sense
Connor Mullins, 1^st, Feature Writing; 3^rd, Copy Editing
Bridgette Wright, 1^st, Editorial Writing; 3^rd, Feature Writing
Anoe Chavez, 3^rd, Editorial Writing
Brooke Garduno, 1^st, Spelling & Vocabulary
Makayne Favor, 1^st, Lincoln Douglas Debate; 2^nd, Persuasive Speaking;

Other students and teams that placed:

Estefany Hernandez, 4^th, Accounting
Harrison Smith, 6^th, Calculator Applications; 8^th, Mathematics
Bridgette Wright, 6^th, Copy Editing; 6^th, Headline Writing
Connor Mullison, 4^th, News Writing, 6^th, Editorial Writing; 7^th Headline Writing
Anoe Chavez, 6^th, Feature Writing; 4^th, Headline Writing
Sidney Irwin, 4^th, Literary Criticism
Brandon Rodriguez, 6^th, Lincoln Douglas Debate
Chloe Ramirez, 5^th, Persuasive Speaking
Sonia Liu, 4^th, Informative Speaking
Number Sense Team, 3rd; Calculator Applications Team, 3^rd; Journalism Team, 2^nd; Literary Criticism Team, 3^rd

The AHS team scored 263 points to finish second in the team standings.

ATEMS

The following individuals qualify for regionals:

Jackie Lacey, 3^rd, Current Issues & Events
Journai Lancaster, 1^st, Copy Editing; 3^rd, Reading Writing
Seth Fry, 1^st, Headline Writing
Spelling & Vocabulary Team, 1^st, (Bibhasha Tripathi, 6^th, Bijita Tripathi, 5^th, and Emma Voss 2^nd)
Jacqueline Garcia Torres, 3^rd, Social Studies
Faith Fang, 2^nd, Mathematics
Bijita Tripathi, 3^rd, Literary Criticism
Levi Del Vecchio, 2^nd, Ready Writing

Other students and teams that placed:

Jacob Elliott, 4^th, Number Sense
Faith Fang, 5^th, Number Sense
Lizette Garza, 5^th, News Writing; 6^th, Editorial Writing
Journai Lancaster, 5^th, Feature Writing
Computer Science Team, 2^nd, (Will Ash, Hunter Jensen, Israel Mares, Bijita Tripathi); Number Sense Team, 2^nd, (Jacob Elliott, Frank Fang, Savannah Goza, Bijita Tripathi); Current Issues & Events Team, 2^nd, (Chris Huerta, Jackie Lacey, Carmin Ray); Mathematics Team, 3^rd, (Jacob Reynolds, Faith Fang, Hunter Jensen, Andrew Long); Literary Criticism Team, 2^nd, (Maddy Beal, Levi Del Vecchio, Jackie Lacey, Bijita Tripathi)

The ATEMS team scored 220 points to finish third in the district standings.

COOPER HIGH SCHOOL

Cooper High School students competed in the District 4-5A Meet held at Aledo High School. Students advancing will participate in the Region 1 UIL Academic Meet on April 13 at Texas Tech University.

The following students advance to regionals:

Isaac Lock, 1^st, Lincoln Douglas Debate; 1^st, Informative Speaking
Angela Smith, 2^nd, Persuasive Speaking
Ready Writing, 2^nd, Katlyn Payne
Clayton Donhauser, 2^nd, Chemistry

Other students and teams that placed:

Julian Martinez, 4^th, Informative Speaking
Jaxson Luke, 5^th, Informative Speaking
Nia King, 4^th, Persuasive Speaking
Brian Taylor, 6^th, Ready Writing
Isaac Lock, 4^th, Current Issues & Events\
Calculator Applications Team, 4^th; Mathematics Team, 5^th; Number Sense Team, 4^th; Literary Criticism Team, 4^th, Science Team, 4^th; Social Studies Team, 4^th; and Current Issues & Events Team, 3^rd