The Hedley UIL Academic Teams Compete at District

The Hedley Science team, consisting of Iago Alvarez, Austin Adams, Sierra Shelp, Luz Lizararo, Kassie O’Dell, and Raul Carrillo, placed 1^st with the Iago, one of our foreign exchange students, placing1^st high in Individual and 1^st in Chemistry. Kassie placed 2^nd high Individual and 2^nd in Biology, and Luz placed 7^th overall. Iago commented on the contest. “The Science Contest was really challenging for us, but we succeeded on, thanks to all of the hard work during practice. We feel thrilled and excited about going to regional next week. Overall, it was an awesome experience!” Raul had this to say about science, “We practiced long and hard, but we were still anxious, anticipated our scores. However, in the end, the hours of practice paid off, and Hedley was victorious.”

The Social Studies team placed 1^st, also. The team members were David Bell, 3^rd high Individual, Austin Adams, 4^th high Individual, Kristen Liner, and Patricia Valles. David summed up the Social Studies competition this way, “The test was very challenging, but we preserved and brought home the win!”

Cassie Pickle competed in Accounting and received 3^rd place.

The Current Events team consisted of Kristen Liner, Patricia Valles, Laura Ketzer, and Austin Adams; this team placed 4^th.

Cassie Pickle came home with a 1^st place medal in Math. We are very proud of all of our student competitors and wish them much lick in the upcoming competitions.