Next meet is for Region Saturday April 8 at UTSA- Good Luck!
The UIL Academic team competed at Southside on Saturday at the District meet. The following students placed at District:
Accounting – Coach Samantha Felder
4th Place – Avery Ortiz
Current Issues & Events – Coach Priscilla Mota
4th Place – Osvaldo Herrera
2nd Place Current Issues Team – Osvaldo Herrera, Marco Rivera, Angelika Dayrit
Computer Applications – Coach Jonathan Otto
3rd Place – Melanie Zuniga *Advancing to Region
4th Place – Avery Ortiz
5th Place – Christopher Rodriguez
Computer Science – Coach Jonathan Otto
4th Place – Gilberto Leija
3rd Place Computer Science Team – Gilberto Leija, Michael Trujillo, Avery Ortiz
Editorial Writing – Coach David Kohlmann
3rd Place – Alejandra Pena *Advancing to Region
Feature Writing – Coach David Kohlmann
2nd Place – Alejandra Pena *Advancing to Region
6th Place – Abigail Rodriguez
Headline Writing – Coach David Kohlmann
2nd Place – Alejandra Pena *Advancing to Region
5th Place – Larice Norris
6th Place – Abigail Rodriguez
News Writing – Coach David Kohlmann
2nd Place – Alejandra Pena *Advancing to Region
Informative Speaking – Coach Gilbert Rodriguez
6th Place – Christian Rodriguez
Persuasive Speaking – Coach Gilbert Rodriguez
6th Place – Kailan Pena
Lincoln Douglas Debate – Coach Gilbert Rodriguez
6th Place – Natalie Diaz
Mathematics – Coach Winton Teter
6th Place – Isaac Oviedo
Ready Writing – Coach Donna Martinez
5th Place – Alejandra Pena
Science – Coach Richard Casillas
6th Place – Ruby Salazar *Top Scorer in Chemistry *Advancing to Region
Social Studies – Coach Priscilla Mota
1st Place – Marco Rivera *Advancing to Region
2nd Place – Natalie Diaz *Advancing to Region
1st Place Social Studies Team – Marco Rivera, Natalie Diaz, Angelika Dayrit, Osvaldo Herrera *Advancing to Region
Spelling & Vocabulary – Coach Priscilla Mota
6th Place – Alejandra Pena
When the points are totaled for all academic events, Southside’s entire Academic Team took 3rd place overall at District. All of the students who are advancing to Region will compete on Saturday April 8 at UTSA.
All of our students who competed performed excellent and represented Southside well. A HUGE thank you to all the coaches and everyone who helped make our District meet a success. Especially Chef and his students for catering breakfast and lunch for the contest staff and coaches from all the schools. All the UIL Coordinators and Coaches from the other schools in our district complemented us on our hospitality, facilities and the smoothness of the meet.