The UIL Academic Team competed in the Texas Tech Fall Fandango Academic Meet.

For many students, this was their first time actually knowing what the competition was like. It was also the first time for the teams to compete for the year.

Here are the results from the competition:

Matthew Atchley placed 9^th in Science for 11h grade,

Andrea Cherry placed 6^th in Calculator for 12^th grade,

Al Nhi Thi Doan placed 5^th in Calculator for 12^th grade and 9^th in Number Sense for 12^th grade,

Hope Harmonson placed 4^th in Calculator for 12^th grade, 9^th in Calculator for overall, 4^th in Number Sense for 12^th grade and 6^th in Mathematics for 12^th grade,

Savannah Hernandez placed 3^rd in Ready Writing,

Chance Herriage placed 8^th in Mathematics for 11^th grade,

Ryder Holder placed 10^th in Social Studies,

Tiara James placed 7^th in News Writing,

Bethani Martinez placed 5^th in Calculator for 11^th grade,

Ezequiel Paz placed 1^st in Science for 12^th grade and 5^th in Science overall,

Kaylee Paz placed 6^th in Calculator for 11^th grade and 6^th in Number Sense for 11^th grade,

Haley Smith placed 8^th in Editorial Writing,

And Natalie Steen placed 4^th in Calculator for 11^th grade, 5^th in Number Sense for 11^th grade and 9^th in Mathematics for 11^th grade.

Permian placed 2^nd in Science, as a team.

Congratulations to everyone that competed in last weekend’s competition. If any students are interested in joining one of these categories, you can contact any of these UIL coaches: Mr. Flax, Mr. Grande, Mr. Burns, Mr. Atchley, Ms. Vesely, or Ms. Talley.

The math and science teams will next compete in the Texas Tech Math and Science “Christmas at Tech” competition Dec 6.