grapevine high school students with awards at competition

On April 22, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD students competed in the UIL Academics Regional Competition. With more than 30 areas of academic events, GCISD had students competing in 10 different areas, with many of the students placing and moving on to the state competition.

The UIL Academics Competition is meant to complement the academic curriculum and motivate students to gain higher knowledge and demonstrate mastery of specific skills, while thinking critically and creatively.

With their competition season beginning in August and ending in June, these teams practice all year and compete in different tournaments all over the country to prepare them for the UIL competition.

Congratulations to the following students, all from GHS, for their hard work and their accomplishment of advancing to the state competition. The UIL Academics State Competition will be held in Austin on May 17 and 18.

Mathematics
GHS Number Sense Team: Cathy Du, Eric Tong, Jonathan Wang & Piyush Mallick - First Place
Piyush Mallick - Second Place in Number Sense & Third Place in General Mathematics
Eric Tong - Third Place in Number Sense & Third Place in Computer Science

Speech and Debate
GHS Speech and Debate Team: Aadi Patil, Cayenne Sychitkokhong, Ellis Wesley, Jack Hasper, Katy Deml, Peyton Squires, Raghav Ganesa, Roslyn Ackermann, Signy Ackermann - First Place Overall Speech Team Sweepstakes
Ellis Wesley - First Place in Poetry
Roslyn Ackermann - Second Place in Prose
Signy Ackermann - Third Place in Prose

Writing
Akshaya Mohan - Third Place in Ready Writing