The Flour Bluff High School University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academic Team brought home the 30-5A District title during the District Academic contest held March 23 and 24. The group placed 1st or 2nd in nine events. The students competed against nine other high schools in the Corpus Christi area.
According to UIL, academic activities exist to complement the academic curriculum designed to motivate students as they acquire higher levels of knowledge. In addition, they are created to challenge students to confront issues of importance and to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of specific skills. Students are challenged to think critically and creatively, exhibiting much more than knowledge and comprehension.
All of the Flour Bluff HS students who competed and placed at the District competition will move on to compete at the UIL Regional Academic Contest at the University of Texas-San Antonio on April 13 and 14. Below is a listing of team and academic awards:
FBHS Teams Awards
Calculator Applications: 1st Place
Current Issues: 2nd Place
Computer Science: 1st Place
Cross Examination Debate: 2nd Place
Literary Criticism: 1st Place
Mathematics: 2nd Place
Number Sense: 1st Place
Science: 2nd Place
Spelling and Vocabulary: 1st Place
FBHS Individual Awards
Calculator Applications
2nd Place – Joanna Liu
3rd Place – Jacob Lerma
4th Place – Nathan Black
5th Place – Chloe Rodriguez
Current Issues
2nd Place – Daniel Garza
6th Place – Hunter Dobbins
Computer Science
2nd Place – Jesse Huang
3rd Place – Braydon Burns
4th Place – Hallie Trial
5th Place – Ian Kuffel
Informative Speaking
4th Place – Daniel Garza
Lincoln Douglas Debate
4th Place – Madison Sudell
Literary Criticism
1st Place – Hallie Trial
3rd Place – Livia Ungerman
Mathematics
2nd Place – Jacob Lerma
Number Sense
1st Place – Nathan Black
5th Place – Sarah Bervinkle
6th Place – Elizabeth Kemp
Biology
1st Place – Hallie Trial
Chemistry
1st Place – Hallie Trial
Science
2nd Place – Hallie Trial
4th Place – Jacob Lerma
Social Studies
1st Place – Kye Powell
6th Place – Tobias Johnson
Spelling and Vocabulary
1st Place – Chloe Rodriguez