UISD High Schools Excel in State UIL Academic Meet
Written by admin, Apr 24, 2021, 0 Comments
Courtesy Alex Meyer,
(Laredo, Texas)-United Independent School District has qualified 19 students for the 2020-2021 State UIL Academic Meet. United High School, United South High School, Alexander High School, and L.B. Johnson High School competed in the Annual UIL regional academic contest held on April 16-17, 2021 – Region IV pod four hosted by Alexander High School. Students who placed in the top three at regionals or were members of winning teams will advance to the UIL state meet, which will be hosted by Alexander High School Region I West Pod – on April 30th thru May 1st, 2021.
United South High School garnered the most points to capture 3rd place regional sweepstakes points followed by Vandegrift High School – Austin (2nd place), and Westlake High School – Austin (1st place). “These students devote countless hours preparing for UIL academic competition,” said Dr. David Stevens, UIL director of academics. “Like their athletic counterparts, they practice before, during and after school and attend invitational meets and competitions. For many schools, the UIL academics serves as the school’s best gifted and talented program. And for virtually every school in Texas, it serves as an extension to the regular classroom for highly motivated, intelligent young men and women.”
The UIL offers contests in the following events: Accounting, Calculator Applications, Computer Applications, Computer Science, Cross-Examination Debate, Current Issues & Events, Editorial Writing, Feature Writing, Headline Writing, Informative Speaking, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Literary Criticism, Mathematics, News Writing, Number Sense, One-Act Play, Persuasive Speaking, Poetry Interpretation, Prose Interpretation, Ready Writing, Science, Social Studies and Spelling & Vocabulary. In its own way, each contest is intended to teach the thinking skills students will need in college and in their careers. “We have tremendous anecdotal evidence from students who testify to the importance UIL academic contests played in their high school careers. We also know that employers want workers who can solve problems, speak effectively and write clearly. Each contest is designed to help students reach those goals”, concluded Stevens.
