UIL Academics
Two Advance to State Meet
ABILENE-On April 14, PHS students Hailey Holt (news writing) and Logan Waggoner (number sense and mathematics) qualified for the State UIL Academic Meet.
Mathematics and Number Sense |
News Writing |
Tres Pennington finished in sixth place in Current Issues and Events
Heather Karg had the 8th highest score for Calculator Applications and had a personal best score.
Tryston Webb and Megan Aldape placed in the top half of the scores for Computer Applications and Science, respectively.
Others that competed: Hadleigh Anthony in News Writing, Lucy Ruiz in Editorial Writing, and Brodie Paschall in Science. Tryston Webb, Seth Rodriguez, Mia Caddell, and Tres Pennington were alternates for other events (Computer Science, Persuasive Speaking, Feature Writing, and Social Studies, respectively) but did not get to compete because 1st - 3rd places were present and able to compete in those events.
PHS Attends UIL Regional Event
Over the weekend of April 14, Paradise High School competed in the Regional UIL Academic competition in Abilene.
Hadleigh Anthony and Hailey Holt prepare to compete in news writing.
Seth Rodriguez poses with his giraffe, "Hubert."
The coaches pose for a selfie at the zoo.
PHS Wins Awards at District
WICHITA FALLS-On March 22-23, Paradise High School competed at the district UIL meet held at Midwestern State University. Paradise finished in third place overall and had 12 students qualify for the April 13-14 regional meet. Here are the results:
Number Sense
Logan Waggoner – 2nd place **
Siclaly Delgadillo – 5th place
(2nd place team: Logan Waggoner, Siclaly Delgadillo, Nick Licea, Riley Penny)
Calculator Apps
Heather Karg – 4th place*
Riley Penny – 5th place
(2nd place team: Heather Karg, Riley Penny, Hailey Holt, Katie Davis)
Computer Apps
Tryston Webb – 3rd place**
Tanner Forsyth – 4th place*
Clayton Smith – 5th place
Computer Science
Tryston Webb – 4th place*
(3rd place team; Tryston Webb, Drew Hedgecoke, Ray Fultz)
Current Issues/Events
Tres Pennington – 3rd place**
(2nd place team: Tres Pennington, Megan Aldape, Nash Ingram, Krista Richey)
Mathematics
Logan Waggoner – 2nd place**
Tryston Webb – 6th place
(2nd place team: Logan Waggoner, Tryston Webb, Siclaly Delgadillo, Megan Prindle)
Science
Brodie Paschall – 2nd place/Top score Chemistry (tie)**
Megan Aldape - Top Score Chemistry (tie)**
Persuasive Speaking
Seth Rodriguez – 4th place*
Reighlee Carbajal – 6th place
Editorial Writing
Lucy Ruiz – 3rd place**
Emersen Adams – 5th place
Headline Writing
Brodie Paschall – 6th place
Feature Writing
Mia Caddell – 4th place*
Hadleigh Anthony – 6th place
News Writing
Hailey Holt – 1st place**
Hadleigh Anthony – 3rd place**
Lucy Ruiz – 6th place
Copy Editing (a pilot event)
Hadleigh Anthony - 1st place
Lucy Ruiz - 6th place
Overall Journalism (Editorial, Feature, Headline, News): 2nd place team
Social Studies
Tres Pennington – 4th place*
Accounting
Heather Karg – 5th place
(2nd Place Team: Heather, Siclaly Delgadillo, Rose Powers, Matthew Eisen)
** Qualified for Regionals
*Regional Alternate
PHS Makes Strong Showing at Home Meet
On February 24, Paradise High School hosted a UIL academic meet that was attended by several schools. Here is a summary of our students placed:
Accounting - 1st Place Team
Rose Powers - 1st Place
Heather Karg - 2nd Place
Siclaly Delgadillo - 4th Place
Calculator Applications - 2nd Place Team
Heather Karg, Riley Penny, Hailey Holt, Katie Davis
Computer Applications
Tryston Webb - 1st Place
Current Issues and Events
Megan Aldape - 5th Place
Editorial Writing
Mia Caddell - 1st Place
Emersen Adams - 2nd Place
Krista Richey - 6th Place
Feature Writing
Hadleigh Anthony - 1st Place
Mia Caddell - 5th Place
Krista Richey - 6th Place
Headline Writing
Brodie Paschall - 4th Place
Informative Speaking
Destiny Brock - 3rd Place
Literary Criticism - 1st Place Team
Elise Cobb - 2nd Place
Tres Pennington - 5th Place
Mathematics
Logan Waggoner - 4th Place
News Writing
Hadleigh Anthony - 2nd Place
Lucy Ruiz - 4th Place
Number Sense
Logan Waggoner - 4th Place
Persuasive Speaking
Parker Burross - 2nd Place
Bonner Brackeen - 3rd Place
Poetry
Lynsey Medlin - 4th Place
Prose
Nevan Graves - 2nd Place
Rose Powers - 4th Place
Spelling/Vocabulary
Galadriel Smith - 4th Place
UIL Academic Team Does Well at Burkburnett
On February 10, a group of PHS students competed at the Burkburnett UIL Invitational meet. Paradise brought home 36 individual awards, four 1st place team awards and four 2nd place team awards. Here are the results:
Number Sense - 1st Place Team (small school)
Logan Waggoner (12) - 1st Place
Siclaly Delgadillo (12) - 3rd Place
Tryston Webb (12) - 6th Place
Calculator Applications - 1st Place Team (small school)
Heather Karg (11) - 1st Place
Hailey Holt (9) - 3rd Place
Riley Penny (10) - 4th Place
Computer Applications
Tryston Webb (12) - 1st Place
Current Issues and Events- 2nd Place Team (small school)
Tres Pennington (9) - 4th Place
Krista Richey (9) - 6th place
Feature Writing
Hadleigh Anthony (11) - 1st Place
Laura Livesay (9) - 3rd Place
Krista Richey (9) - 4th Place
Mia Caddell (9) - 6th Place
Accounting - 2nd Place Team (overall)
Heather Karg (11) - 6th Place
News Writing
Lucy Ruiz (9) - 3rd Place
Hadleigh Anthony (11) - 4th Place
Science - 2nd Place Team (small school)
Brodie Paschall (12) - 2nd Place
Megan Aldape (10) - 4th Place
Computer Science
Tryston Webb (12) - 5th place
Editorial Writing
Lucy Ruiz (9) - 2nd Place
Emersen Adams (11) - 4th Place
Laura Livesay (9) - 5th Place
Hailey Holt (9) - 6th Place
Mathematics - 1st Place Team (small school)
Logan Waggoner (12) - 1st Place
Tryston Webb (12) - 2nd Place
Siclaly Delgadillo (12) - 3rd Place
Megan Prindle (10) - 4th Place
Austin Stephens (9) - 5th Place
Katie Davis (10) - 6th Place
Social Studies - 2nd Place Team (small school)
Nash Ingram (11) - 5th Place
Tres Pennington (9) - 6th Place
Headline Writing
Emersen Adams (11) - 3rd Place
Krista Richey (9) - 4th Place
Copy Editing
Mia Caddell (9) - 6th Place
Persuasive Speaking
Seth Rodriguez (12) - 4th Place
Poetry Interpretation
Lynsey Medlin (10) - 5th Place
Our fourth 1st Place Team Award goes to our Journalism team. Their combined awards earned them this award - they had 13 individual awards overall!
Paradise Hosts Invitational Meet
On November 11, we saw a packed cafeteria as 8 schools sent students from 2A to 6A in enrollment to compete at our fall invitational. It was a busy, productive day. Our students had a lot of competition, but as usual represented our school well.
These are our results (1st through 6th place individual, 1st/2nd place team if applicable):
Accounting (1st Place Team)
Heather Karg - 1st place
Matthew Eisen - 3rd place
Siclaly Delgadillo - 4th place
Rose Powers - 6th place
Computer Applications
Jenna Huitt - 3rd place
Tryston Webb - 5th place
Editorial Writing
Emersen Adams - 5th place
Feature Writing
Hadleigh Anthony - 2nd place
Headline Writing
Grant Caddell - 3rd place
Literary Criticism (1st Place Team)
Alondra Loza - 1st place
Megan Prindle - 4th place
David Benson - 6th place
Mathematics
Logan Waggoner - 5th place
News Writing
Hadleigh Anthony - 2nd place
Number Sense
Logan Waggoner - 3rd place
Social Studies (2nd Place Team)
Nash Ingram - 4th place
Blake Cummings - 6th place
Spelling and Vocabulary
Megan Prindle - 6th place
Students Travel to Lubbock for Camp
In July, a group of PHS students traveled to Texas Tech University for a Speech/Debate camp. Thanks to Mrs. O'Rear for the photo.
PHS Holds UIL Academic Workshop
On June 24, PHS graduates Faith Blankenship and Avery Caddell led a three-hour workshop for incoming freshmen who had expressed interest in joining the UIL academic team. Thanks to Mrs. Bohmfalk for the photos.
