by Shaheen Matuni, KHS UIL Academic Coordinator, edited by Kennedale News
Kennedale High School did some serious work this past Saturday at the UIL Academic District Meet held at Benbrook Middle High School on Saturday, March 25th. {{more:CONTINUE …}}
The Academic Beasts from KHS took the Big Trophy with a 1st Place finish along with 14 individual gold and silver awards, 5 gold team finishes and 4 special honors.
District standings …
- 1st Place ? Kennedale High School ? 439.50 points.
- 2nd Place ? Mineral Wells ? 366 points.
- 3rd Place ? Springtown ? 269
- 4th Place ? Diamond Hill ? 161.33
The most decorated Kennedale student was senior Carson Ham who won 2nd in Computer Science, 1st in Science, Top Chemistry Student, Top Physics Student (shared with another Kennedale student Jay Acosta) and was a member of two 1st place teams (Computer Science and Science).
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| The KHS Science Team captured the top 6 places. Team members were (l-r) Leanne Blind, Olivia Ham, James Stratton, Carson Ham, Jay Acosta and Emmaline
Prinz (not pictured) |
All students who won a first or second place and teams that won 1st place will advance to region competition. Kennedale will be taking 20 students next week to the regional meet at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, April 6-8.
The KHS Computer Science Team swept the top 4 places. Team members along with CS teacher Shaheen Matuni (far left) were (l-r) Olivia Ham, Carson Ham, Long Nguyen and Chris Chen.
students …
Thirty-seven (37) KHS students made up the team that recaptured the district title this year after losing it last year. The winning team included:Jay Acosta, Amer Al-Sadi, William Badger, Leanne Blind, Alissa
Boubel, Joel Cervantes, Chris Chen, John Corder, Jimmy Crisp, Tommy Crisp, Karrington
Davis, Andrew Flanagan, Brooke Floyd, Alex Groff, Carson Ham, Olivia Ham,
Courtney Hines, Brandon Isensee, Derek Isensee, Courtney Johnson, Braxton
Lediaev, Joseph Little, Quincy Martin, Madison Mills, Ban Nguyen, Dan
Nguyen, Long Nguyen, Emmaline Prinz, Katie Randolph, Jordan Saunders, Haley
Smith, Devon Stapleton, James Stratton, Nic Stroud, Claudia Vilchez, Seric
Warner and Noah Wykoff.
teachers …Teachers/educators who were sponsors and coaches for this year’s academic team were:
Tracy Hadaway, Brittany Batzlaff, Alison Boubel, Wendy
Thacker, Elizabeth Brooke, Julie Naughton, Clint Funderburk, Shaheen Matuni, Charles
Creasy and Gia Bowens.
Results for KHS individuals/teams …
Accounting
1st Place ? Brandon Isensee
2nd Place ? Courtney Hines
6th Place ? John Corder
7th Place ? Ban Nguyen1st Place Team! All advance to Regionals!
Computer Applications
1st Place ? Derek Isensee
2nd Place ? Jay AcostaBoth advance to Regionals!
Computer Science
1st Place ? Chris Chen
2nd Place ? Carson Ham
3rd Place ? Olivia Ham
4th Place ? Long Nguyen1st Place Team ? Perfect Sweep! All Advance to Regionals
Mathematics
4th Place ? Brandon Isensee (Alternate)
2nd Place TeamSocial Studies
4th Place ? Carrington Matthews (Alternate)
6th Place ? William Badger
2nd Place Team – Alternate
Science
1st Place ? Carson Ham
2nd Place ? Jay Acosta
3rd Place ? Leanne Blind
4th Place ? Olivia Ham
5th Place ? James Stratton
6th Place ? Emmaline Prinz
Top Biology ? Olivia Ham
Top Chemistry ? Carson Ham
Top Physics ? Jay Acosta & Carson Ham
1st Place Team ? Perfect Sweep! All Advance to Regionals.
1st Place Journalism Team!
Editorial Writing
4th Place ? Claudia Vilchez
6th Place ? Dan Nguyen
Feature Writing
2nd Place ? Dan Nguyen (Advances)
3rd Place ? Claudia Vilchez (Advances)
4th Place ? Madison Mills (Alternate)
Headline Writing
2nd Place ? Nic Stroud (Advances)
4th Place ? Seric Warner (Alternate)
Informative Speaking
4th Place ? Joseph Little (Alternate)
6th Place ? Andrew Flanagan (Alternate)Literary Criticism
6th Place ? Madison Mills (Alternate)
News Writing
1st Place ? Chris Chen (Advances)
5th Place ? Claudia Vilchez (Alternate)
Persuasive Speaking
5th Place ? Devon Stapleton (Alternate)
Poetry Interpretation
1st Place ? Karrington Davis (Advances)
Prose Interpretation
2nd Place ? Alissa Boubel (Advances)
Ready Writing
1st Place ? Haley Smith (Advances)
Spelling and Vocabulary
3rd Place ? Alissa Boubel & Carrington Matthews
5th Place ? Leland Murphy
1st Place Team ? All Advance
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