Aldine ISD High Schools Place in UIL Academic Meet
The events challenge students to think critically and creatively in more than 20 categories.
Juan Compean, Rodrigo Bernal, James White and Xavier López from Eisenhower High School show off their medals. They comprised the calculator team from the campus.
[dropcap color=”#888″ type=”square”]H[/dropcap]undreds of students recently competed in the Academics Spring Meet Conference 6A District 18. Aldine ISD students recorded multiple top 10 places, including first-place team wins.
Students compete in many different events ranging from mathematics to literature. These activities complement the academic curriculum. The events are designed to motivate students as they acquire higher levels of knowledge. UIL Academic Meets provide students with the opportunity to show mastery of specific skills. The events challenge students to think critically and creatively. They have to exhibit much more than knowledge and comprehension.
Jada McDonald and Gia Heard from Eisenhower HS placed in Poetry Interpretation.
The competition is intense. Eisenhower High School came in second behind Memorial High School (Spring Branch) with total points compiled. Eisenhower racked up 254 points to Memorial’s 553. Davis (175) and MacArthur (145) followed Ike for third and fourth place, respectively. Northbrook (Spring Branch) placed fifth (132); Carver came in sixth (107); Aldine scored seventh place (99) and Nimitz finished in eighth place (28).
Four AISD campuses took home team wins. Eisenhower came in first in Calculator Applications. MacArthur placed first in Literary Criticism and Davis won first in Number Sense. Carver and Davis tied for first in One-Act Play event with Memorial HS. Carver earned first in the Science event.
The following [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]AISD students and teams placed among the top 10:
Individual Places
Accounting
6th Place — Sunshine Blanco @ Eisenhower HS
Calculator Applications
1st Place — James White @ Eisenhower HS
2nd Place — Xavier López @ Eisenhower HS
3rd Place — Juan Compean @ Eisenhower HS
4th Place — Irineo Sánchez @ Davis HS
5th Place — Rodrígo Bernal @ Eisenhower HS
6th Place — Vilaykham Vongsay @ Davis HS
Current Issues
3rd Place — Blanca Trujillo @ MacArthur HS
6th Place — Jessica Torres @ Davis HS
Computer Applications
1st Place — Rick Iniguez @ Aldine HS
2nd Place — Andrés Heras @ Aldine HS
3rd Place — Vivian Bains @ Aldine HS
4th Place — Carlos Rosales Moreno @ MacArthur HS
5th Place — Luis Moreno @ MacArthur HS
6th Place — Lauryn S. Montez @ Carver HS
Editorial Writing
1st Place — Ashley Treviso @ Carver HS
6th Place — Karen Rivera @ Davis HS
Feature Writing
1st Place — Grace Bui @ Davis HS
4th Place — Vivian Khuat @ Davis HS
Headline Writing
3rd Place — Grace Bui @ Davis HS
4th Place — Hamna Badat @ Eisenhower HS
5th Place — Ashley Treviso @ Carver HS
6th Place — Kiana Bowens @ Nimitz HS
Informative Speaking
2nd Place — Christopher Latin @ Eisenhower HS
5th Place — Gabriel Ceballos @ MacArthur HS
6th Place — Auroya Wallace @ Eisenhower HS
Lincoln Douglas Debate
4th Place — Karla Jiménez @ Aldine HS
Literary Criticism
2nd Place — Juan Herrera @ MacArthur HS
3rd Place — Curtis Nervis @ MacArthur HS
4th Place — Rachel Riley @ MacArthur HS
5th Place — Juan Compean @ Eisenhower HS
6th Place — Thanh Du @ Eisenhower HS
Mathematics
4th Place — Irineo Sánchez @ Davis HS
6th Place — Vilaykham Vongsay @ Davis HS
Number Sense
1st Place — Irineo Sánchez @ Davis HS
2nd Place — Arisbeth Carrillo @ Aldine HS
3rd Place — Binh Nguyen @ Davis HS
6th Place — Pedro Caniz @ Eisenhower HS
News Writing
1st Place — Vivian Khuat @ Davis HS
2nd Place — Ashley Treviso @ Carver HS
3rd Place — Grace Bui @ Davis HS
4th Place — Karen Rivera @ Davis HS
Persuasive Speaking
4th Place — Marisol Rodríguez @ Eisenhower HS
5th Place — Hariana Rosado @ Eisenhower HS
6th Place — Tyree White @ Davis HS
Poetry Interpretation
1st Place — Gia Heard @ Eisenhower HS
2nd Place — Jada McDonald @ Eisenhower HS
3rd Place — Rachel Riley @ MacArthur HS
4th Place — Joshua Phillips @ Nimitz HS
5th Place — Ángel Fonseca @ Aldine HS
6th Place — Curtis Nervis @ MacArthur HS
Prose Interpretation
1st Place — Kayla Johnson @ Aldine HS
3rd Place — Anthony Pineda @ Eisenhower HS
4th Place — Brooke Roberts @ Eisenhower HS
5th Place — Marisol Rodríguez @ Eisenhower HS
6th Place — Russell Hardy @ Nimitz HS
Ready Writing
1st Place — Mónica Luna @ MacArthur HS
3rd Place — Anh Luu @ Eisenhower HS
4th Place — Kimberly Lerma @ Eisenhower HS
5th Place — Jennifer Irlas @ Eisenhower HS
6th Place — Carlos Canizales @ MacArthur HS
Science
2nd Place — Ihsan Shafi @ Carver HS
3rd Place — Nurriya Mohamma @ Carver HS
4th Place — James White @ Eisenhower HS
5th Place — Andrés Rendón @ Nimitz HS
Physics
1st Place — Ihsan Shafi @ Carver HS
Social Studies
3rd Place — Kimberly Lerma @ Eisenhower HS
4th Place — Blanca Trujillo @ MacArthur HS
5th Place — Luiz Jiménez @ MacArthur HS
6th Place — Miriam Motanerz @ Eisenhower HS
Spelling & Vocabulary
2nd Place — Mónica Luna @ MacArthur HS
3rd Place — Lizbeth Rangel @ MacArthur HS
6th Place — George Nyakwol @ Eisenhower HS
Team Results
Calculator Applications
1st Place — Eisenhower HS
2nd Place — Davis HS
Cross Examination Debate
3rd Place — Eisenhower HS Team 3
4th Place — Eisenhower HS Team 1
Journalism
2nd Place — Davis HS
Literary Criticism
1st Place — MacArthur HS
2nd Place — Eisenhower HS
Mathematics
2nd Place — Davis HS
Number Sense
1st Place — Davis HS
2nd Place — Aldine HS
One-Act Play
1st Place (tie) — Carver HS (35) and Davis (23)
4th Place — Aldine HS
5th Place (tie) — MacArthur HS, Nimitz HS & Eisenhower HS
Science
1st Place — Carver HS
Social Studies
2nd Place — Eisenhower HS
Speech
2nd Place — Eisenhower HS
Spelling & Vocabulary
2nd Place — Eisenhower HS
Congratulations!
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