Plains Junior High Students Capture Second in District 3-A Literary Competition
The Plains Junior High student body was well-represented at the 2009-2010 District 3-A held Tuesday, December 8th at Sundown Junior High. The University Interscholastic League (UIL) competition is composed of the 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. Overall the Junior High students finished in second place behind Sundown Junior High.
Mr. John Starcher, principal of Plains Middle School, was happy with the results of the day. “We finished higher than last year and we also had more local participants from last year going from 64 in 2008 to 81 in 2009! That will hopefully grow for next year’s contest!” Although many students placed for Plains during the day long competition, the following were the first-place winners for Plains:
Brock McWhirter – 7th Social Studies
Alexus Flores – 6th Calculator
Plains 6th Grade Calculating Team – Alexus Flores, Kyla McCutcheon, Aaron Ramos, and Yazmin Hernandez
Kristian Cueto – 7th Calculator
6th Grade Maps, Graphs, and Charts Team – Kyla McCutcheon, Brittany Michaleson, Tori Barbour, and Alexus Flores
Kasidee Taylor – 7th Oral Reading
Colby Bearden – 8th Oral Reading
6th Grade Social Studies Team – Dantz DeBusk, Jezebel Guerra, Kyla McCutcheon, and Kate Mann
Clayton Gass – 7th Grade Science
Analyssa Vasquez – 6th Grade Music Memory
6th Grade Music Memory Team – Analyssa Vasquez, Yazmin Flores, Kyla McCutcheon, and Jezebel Guerra
William Boyles – 7th Grade Number Sense
8th Grade Number Sense Team – Chasity Chavez, Jaston Brink, Zack Wilkins, and Lucas Hernandez
8th Grade Mathematics Team – Jaston Brink, Chasity Chavez, Lucas Hernandez, and Zack Wilkins
Congratulations to all the Plains winners from the 2009 UIL Literary Contest! What a great accomplishment and growth, and more will come next year!
Click here to see complete 2009 Jr. High Fall Meet Results.
