Moran students finish semester Dec. 20
Moran students have made it to the end of the fall semester with A+Academic University Interscholastic League meets, basketball games, and a visit from Santa all crowded into the end of the third six-weeks period.
Santa arrived at MISD for an early morning breakfast and visited with children on Friday, Dec. 14, in time to hear their wish lists and check with their teachers to see if they qualify for the “nice” list.
Holiday Break
Moran students will be released for the Christmas holidays at 12:30 p.m. this Thursday, Dec. 20.
Friday, Dec. 21 is a student holiday and teacher comp day.
MISD will be closed for the Christmas break from Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.
Classes will resume at the normal times on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.
UIL District Meets
Moran competes in academics in District 20-A along with Baird, Clyde Eula, Gordon, Ranger, and Strawn, and both the elementary and the middle school district meets were scheduled this month.
Second through fifth graders competed in the district UIL meet in Strawn on Thursday, Dec. 6.
However last week’s middle school meet, scheduled to take place in Gordon on Thursday, Dec. 13 was delayed because of the weather, and results from that meet were not available as of press time.
“I am very proud of how hard the students studied and practiced over the last several weeks,” said MISD elementary UIL coordinator Jo Hise. “They represented Moran ISD very well. I am very thankful for the great staff that we have here, that gave of their time to help the students be successful.”
Middle School
Several Moran students were entered in the district middle school UIL A+Academic meet, including sixth grade students Electra McGough, Reagan Ethridge, Ayden Moreno, Ellis Hise, Blake Boykin, AJ Hebel, and Cotten Campbell.
Also representing MISD are seventh graders Zech Henderson, Jaylen Ethridge, Brooke Orsak, Terra Thompson, Caleb York, and Joshua Lorenzana.
Eighth grade Moran competitors are Chloe Hendricks, Braxton Ethridge, Daphani Crews, Emily Murk, and Memphis McGough.
Elementary Results
Teams that placed in the top six at the meet included third grade Spelling – third place, and fifth grade Maps, Graphs & Charts – second place team.
Students that placed in the top six as individual were Ezekiel Henson, Dylan Kinman, Dustin Sanders, LeAnna Sikes, Chase Murk, and Charity Boyd.
The complete list of Moran competitors is listed below.
SECOND GRADE
Creative Writing – Athena Sanders, Alex Monje, Rob Williams.
THIRD GRADE
Chess Puzzles – Gavin Medina, Ezekiel Henson.
Music Memory – 3. Ezekiel Henson, Miguel Rodriguez.
Oral Reading – Miguel Rodriguez.
Spelling – 3rd place team, Miguel Rodriguez, Dylan Kinman, Gavin Medina, 3. Dylan Kinman.
FOURTH GRADE
Art – Cohen Ethridge.
Chess Puzzles – Cohen Ethridge, Landon Moreno.
Music Memory – Cohen Ethridge.
Number Sense – Cohen Ethridge, Landon Moreno.
Oral Reading – Cutter Campbell, Cohen Ethridge.
Ready Writing – John Beaty, Cohen Ethridge, Landon Moreno.
Spelling – Cohen Ethridge, Landon Moreno, John Beaty.
FIFTH GRADE
Chess Puzzles – LeAnna Sikes.
Dictionary Skills – Charity Boyd, Dustin Sanders, Cassandra Mendez.
Maps, Graphs, and Charts – 2nd place team, Jayla Bussell, Dustin Sanders, LeAnna Sikes, 2. Dustin Sanders, 4. LeAnna Sikes.
Number Sense – Charity Boyd, Jayla Bussell, Dustin Sanders.
Oral Reading – 1. Chase Murk, 6. Charity Boyd, Kacenda Thompkins.
Ready Writing – 4. Chase Murk, Kacenda Thompkins, Charity Boyd.
Spelling – Chase Murk, Charity Boyd, Jayla Bussell.
