Students at Santa Anna High School are busy preparing for Academic Competition in March. Fourteen Mountaineers traveled to Bangs on Saturday, January 21st to compete in the Dragon Academic Classic in the following events: Computer Applications, Accounting, Calculator Applications, Number Sense, Mathematics, Current Events, and Spelling.
They returned with several ribbons and medals. Amber Musick placed 6th in Accounting and 3rd in Computer Applications. Jessica Smith earned 5th place in Computer Applications. Calculator Applications earned 3rd place team with Genia Jones placing 6th. The Current Events team placed 3rd with Shayne Jennings placing 6th.
Students that participated are pictured left to right: Lauren Denis, Shayne Jennings, Jessica Smith, Dustin Walker-Palmour, Dylan Sellers, Nate Salazar, Heather Wetsel, Courtlyn Lishka, Hannah Hartman, Dakota Enriquez, Genia Jones, and Amber Musick. Not pictured are Coaches Phyllis Morris, Betsy Jones, and Christina Rosenbusch.
Santa Anna 7th and 8th grade students traveled to Panther Creek recently to compete in UIL Academic Contests. They returned home with many medals and ribbons after competing in the following events: Art, Maps Graphs and Charts, Listening, Mathematics, Science, Modern Oratory, Calculator, Dictionary Skills, Spelling, Social Studies, Number Sense, Oral Reading, Impromptu Speaking, Ready Writing, Chess, and Editorial Writing.
Coaches of the 7th and 8th Grade UIL students were Phyllis Morris, Kristi Herrod, Ginger Vinson, Robert Adams, Betsy Jones, Jennifer Cozart, and Christina Rosenbusch.
Pictured above, 7th grade participants left to right are: (back row) Breanna Michon, Lindsey Marks, Jaylie Jones, Shelbie Murray, Taylor Guerrero, Delaynee Absher, and Alexis Washington; (front row) Kayden Isbell, Kolbi Escobar, Noah Garza, and Jacob Herrod.
8th grade participants pictured below, left to right are: Maria Juarez, Priscilla Smith, Colton Enriquez, Zack Clements, Remington Hernandez, Kynedi Bradley, and Jacob Gibson.
Final results are as follows:
8th grade Art: 2nd place Team
Priscilla Smith 5th
Maria Juarez 6th
7th grade Listening
5th Jaylie Jones
7th grade Mathematics
Jaylie Jones 5th
8th grade Listening: 2nd place team
Kynedi Bradley 4th
8th grade Mathematics: 1st place team
Colton Enriquez 3rd
Maria Juarez 6th
8th grade Modern Oratory
Remington Hernandez 5th
7th grade Calculator: 1st place team
Jaylie Jones 4th
7th grade Dictionary Skills
Jaylie Jones 5th place
7th grade Number Sense: 1st place team
Jacob Herrod 3rd
Jaylie Jones 4th
7th grade Spelling: 3rd Place team
8th grade Calculator
Jacob Gibson 3rd
Colton Enriquez 4th
8th grade Number Sense
Jacob Gibson 6th
8th grade Spelling
Abrianna Enriquez 3rd
8th grade Oral Reading
Kynedi Bradley 1st
8th grade Social Studies: 2nd place team
Colton Enriquez 2nd
7th grade Ready Writing
Delaynee Absher 3rd
Taylor Guerrero 4th
8th grade Impromptu Speaking
Kynedi Bradley 2nd
8th grade Ready Writing
Kynedi Bradley 3rd
7th grade Editorial
Jaylie Jones 5th
8th grade Chess: 1st place team
Colton Enriquez 2nd
Remington Hernandez and Jacob Gibson 4th place tie