MacArthur High School Champions at UIL Academic Bi-District Contest

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This marks the second consecutive year that the MacArthur UIL Academic Team swept the Bi-District competition.

The MacArthur High School University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academic Team brought home the 6A-14 Bi-District Champion title during the contest held on April 6. The group placed first and second in 14 events. The students competed against 11 other high schools in the Houston area.

UIL 6A District 14 Academic Contest

Overall School Sweepstakes

MacArthur HS: 558 Points — Sweepstakes
Spring HS: 238
Nimitz HS: 158
Eisenhower HS: 141
Carver HS: 119
Davis HS: 98
Spring Westfield HS: 74
Spring Wunsche HS: 71
Spring Dekaney HS: 36
Avalos P-TECH School: 16
Aldine HS: 0

According to UIL, academic activities complement the academic curriculum designed to motivate students as they acquire higher levels of knowledge. In addition, they are created to challenge students to confront issues of importance and to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of specific skills. Students are challenged to think critically and creatively, exhibiting much more than knowledge and comprehension.

Thirty-four students who competed and placed first, second, and third individually, along with the overall team champion for each event at the Bi-District competition, will advance to compete at the UIL Regional Academic Contest at Baylor University on April 26-27.

The MacArthur High School speech and debate team won Overall Team Champion for the first five events below.

MacArthur High School UIL Academic Bi-District Contest Winners

Informative Speaking

3rd Place — Noé Carrillo
6th Place — Jorge Gámez-Mares
Sponsor: Ms. Debettignies

Lincoln Douglas Debate

1st Place — Ashley Ramírez
2nd Place — Alan Álvarez
Sponsor: Ms. Debettignies

Persuasive Speaking

2nd Place — Carmen McCloud
3rd Place — Nataly Padilla
Sponsor: Ms. Debettignies

Poetry Interpretation

2nd Place — Joscelin Lozoya
Sponsor: Ms. Debettignies

Prose Interpretation

4th Place — Jacquelyn Lozoya
5th Place — Marry Castillo
Sponsor: Ms. Debettignies

Calculator Applications — Won the Overall Team Champion

1st Place — Michael García
2nd Place — Lisa Hernández
3rd Place — Alejandro García
4th Place — Shoniya Murphy
Sponsor: Mr. Van & Ms. Zuma

Computer Applications

1st Place — Édgar Ramos
Sponsor: Ms. Higgins

Copy Editing

1st Place — Katherine Luna
Sponsor: Ms. Cho

Current Events and Issues — MacArthur Won the Overall Team Champion

1st Place — Kealsy Rincón
2nd Place — Michael Guevara
3rd Place — Alan Martínez
4th Place — Jorge Gámez
Sponsor: Mr. Van & Ms. Zuma

Editorial

2nd Place — Jorge Gámez-Mares
3rd Place — Marry Castillo
Sponsor: Ms. Cho

Feature Writing

4th Place — Alina López
5th Place — Azhar Safdar
Sponsor: Ms. Cho

Headline Writing

2nd Place — Marry Castillo
5th Place — Josué Quezada
Sponsor: Ms. Cho

Literary Criticism — MacArthur Won the Overall Team Champion

1st Place — Estefani Orozco
2nd Place — Katherine Luna
3rd Place — Kenia Banda
6th Place — Alberto Ochoa
Sponsor: Mr. Van & Ms. Zuma

Mathematics — MacArthur Won the Overall Team Champion

1st Place — Juan González
3rd Place — Rafael Vázquez
4th Place — Nataly Padilla
Sponsor: Mr. Van & Ms. Zuma

News Writing

6th Place — Josué Quezada
Sponsor: Ms. Cho

Number Sense — Won the Overall Team Champion

2nd Place — Josué Rebolloso
3rd Place — Rafael Vázquez
Sponsor: Mr. Van & Ms. Zuma

Science — MacArthur Won Overall Science (Biology, Chemistry & Physics) & Team Champion

1st Place — Noé Carrillo
2nd Place — Ximena Cruces Luna
3rd Place — Sophia Cruz
4th Place — Hugo Campa
5th Place — Moisés Flores
6th Place — Rafael Vázquez
Sponsor: Mr. Van & Ms. Zuma

Spelling and Vocabulary

2nd Place and Spelling Team Champion — Marlene Bermúdez Andrade
Spelling Team Champion — Jorge Gámez-Mares
Spelling Team Champion — Ángel Rodríguez
Sponsor: Ms. Cho