NSES, Jr. high UIL winners named
By Donnie A. Lucas
A number of students in grades two through eight competed in the district UIL Academic Meet over the last few weeks, with the second through fifth grade elementary students earning third place overall and the grade six through eighth competitors taking fourth place.
The meets, which were hosted by Albany schools, were conducted virtually for the most part again this year due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
The writing portions of the competition were conducted in November among all the schools and emailed to Albany to be judged locally by a group of English teachers.
Stamford hosted the speaking events for the elementary students only, while the junior high speaking events for the district were recorded and judged locally.
Team Totals
The elementary division of grades 2-5 was won by Anson with 418 points, followed by Haskell with 330 points. Albany was third with 318 points, with Stamford in fourth with 316 points. Cisco was fifth with 296 points,, followed by Hamlin with 104 points and Hawley with 39 points.
At the junior high or middle school level, Stamford won the meet with 863 points, followed by Haskell in second with 696 points. Cisco was third with 532 points, and Albany placed fourth with 506 points. Anson finished in fifth place with 387, followed by Hawley in sixth with 239, and Hamlin had 51 points for seventh.
Susie Beard was the coordinator of the elementary meet, and Melanie Anderson headed the middle school meet.
Most of the other testing was completed by Dec. 7, with results announced on Tuesday.
Elementary Results
Second Grade:
Music memory - 1st place team - Lainey O’Dell, Reese Nitschke, Maggie Spraberry, Mary Anna Musselman, Dally Bezner. Individual - 1. Lainey O’Dell, 1. Reese Nitschke, 1. Maggie Spraberry. (Perfect scores- three-way tie).
Oral reading - 3. Ayers Bezner.
Creative writing - 1. Reese Nitschke, 4. Kiana Richardson.
Third Grade:
Ready writing - 1. Mia Smith, 3. Maya Rosales.
Music memory - 1st place team - Mia Smith, Kamilla Martinez, Keelan McCandles, Romie Hinshaw, Rainy Nitschke. Indivdual - 1. Mia Smith, 4. Kamilla Martinez.
Chess - 3rd place team - Jason Shack, Travis Hill, Sutton Shoaf. Individual - 3. Jason Shack, 4. Travis Hill.
Fourth Grade:
Ready writing - 2. Presley Rosales.
Oral rreading - 3. Willa Early, 6. Corrie Ceder.
Number sense - 3rd place team - Carly Kreitler, Kaden Smith, Cooper Carrion. Individual - 5. Carly Kreitler.
Music memory - 2nd place team - Artie Bell, Kamilla Martinez, Kalison Oliver, Carly Kreitler, Corrie Ceder. Individual - 2. Artie Bell (perfect score), 5. Kalison Oliver, 6. Carly Kreitler.
Art - 1st place team - Corrie Ceder, Kaden Smith, Artie Bell, Kalison Oliver. Individual - 4. Corrie Ceder, 5. Kayden Smith, 6. Artie Bell.
Fifth Grade:
Social studies - 3rd place team - Hattie Fikes, Hailey Gleitz, Ben Russell. Individual - 4. Hattie Fikes.
Ready Writing - 2. Trevor Bellah.
Number sense - 3rd place team - Carter Carrion, Kynlee Milligan, Hailey Gleitz.
Listening - 3rd place team - Kynlee Milligan, Avery Gleitz, Mackenzee Roysden.Individual - 2. Avery Gleitz.
Dictionary skills - 3rd place team - Kynlee Milligan, Hailey Gleitz, Avery Gleitz. Individual - 4. Kynlee Milligan.
Chess - 2nd place team - Carter Carrion, Landon Edwards, Ryan Naylor. Individual - 4. Carter Carrion.
Middle School Results
Sixth Grade:
Calculator applications - 3rd place team - Loghan Moon, Jordan Knight, Tara Cauble.
Chess - 3rd place team - Graham Ceder, Ryder Smith, Aiden Vickers. Individual - 5. Ryder Smith, 6. Graham Ceder.
Dictionary Skills - 3. Tara Cauble.
Impromptu speaking - 2. Slayten Kelly, 5. Aiden Vickers.
Listening - 3rd place team - Jakobi Word, Slayten Kelly, Kooper Lowther.
Maps, graphs, & charts - 3rd place team - Charli Trail, Carsyn Clegg, Kamryn Graham. Individuals - 4. Kamryn Graham, 5. Charli Trail.
Mathematics - 1st place team - Graham Ceder, Ryder Smith, Carsyn Clegg. Individual - 1. Graham Ceder.
Modern oratory - 2. Graham Ceder, 3. Charli Trail.
Music Memory - 2nd place team - Karlea Sanchez, Madeline Stapp, Charlee Patterson. Individual - 1. Karlea Sanchez.
Number sense - 3rd place team - Aubrey White, Jordan Knight, Slayten Kelly.
Science - 1. Charli Trail, 2. Jordan Knight.
Social Studies - 1st place team - Graham Ceder, Hunter Sutton, Bennett Neece. Individuals - 1. Graham Ceder, 2. Hunter Sutton.
Spelling - 1st place team - Graham Ceder, Kamryn Graham, Rush Kidd. Individuals - 1. Graham Ceder, 3. Kamryn Graham.
Editorial writing - 2. Aiden Vickers, 3. Kamryn Graham, 4. Jordan Knight.
Seventh Grade:
Dictionary skills - 1. (tie) Adrian Wren.
Listening - 6. Connor Smith.
Mathematics - 1st place team - Adrian Wren, Rowdy New, Levi New. Individuals - 2. Adrian Wren, 4. Rowdy New.
Modern oratory - 3. Leah Glick.
Number sense - 3. Adrian Wren.
Social studies - 3rd place team - Adrian Wren, Jacob Knight, Nicholas Gjerpe. Individual - 5. (tie) Adrian Wren.
Spelling - 4. Colter Edgar.
Editorial writing - 2. Judson Rogers.
Eighth Grade:
Chess - 3rd place team Woods Peterson, Dalton Harris, Cade Fairchild. Individual - 3. Woods Peterson.
Number sense - 3rd place team - Alli McDaniel, Woods Peterson, Lane Helle. Individual - 5. Alli McDaniel.
Listening - 3. Ryan Turner.
Maps, graphs, & charts - 3rd place team - Lane Helle, Ryan Turner, Landon Picquet.
Mathematics - 2nd place team - Cheyenne Hebel, Alli McDaniel, Lane Helle. Individual - 3. Cheyenne Hebel.
Oral reading - 4. Ryan Turner.
Science - 1. Ryan Turner.
Social studies - 2nd place team - Robert Castro, Kaisley Bartee, Trey Snyder. Individuls - 3. (tie) Robert Castro, 3. (tie) Kaisley Bartee.
Spelling - 3rd place team - Alli McDaniel, Kaisley Bartee, Landon Picquet. Individual - 4. Alli McDaniel.
Editorial writing - 4. Cheyenne Hebel.
