The Mt. Pleasant High School Calculator Applications team (Carlos Barboza, Daniel Hernandez, Husban Shahid and Sanum Shahid) and Math team (David Barboza, Daniel Hernandez, Jose Liera and Husban Shahid) both took first place at the District 16-5A UIL Academic Meet and have advanced to regional competition at Prosper High School on April 7-8, 2017.

The Spelling and Vocabulary team (Rocio Hernandez, Annie Le, Ilse Vargas and Itzamari Vargas) and the Current Events team (Jacob Baker, Enrique Martinez, Clarissa Santos and Nathon Segovia) both advanced to Regionals as Wild Card teams.

Six students advanced to the Regional Meet in individual categories.

Audrey Courreges advanced in Persuasive Speaking. Caleb Huggins advanced in Computer Science. Nancy Ibarra advanced in Informative Speaking. Allie Norfleet advanced in Editorial Writing. Yaritza Romero advanced in Prose. Nathon Segovia, who advanced as a member of the Current Events team, also advanced in Science.

“I am thrilled that we have 19 students advancing to the Regional Meet,” said MPHS Academic UIL Coordinator Regina Crouch. “They have all worked hard to get to this point. I know that they and their coaches and are working hard to prepare for regional competition.”

Many students earned individual medals in addition to the team medals they won. Individual results in each category are:

Calculator Applications (1st Place Team)
Overall Calculator – Carlos Barboza 2nd place, Daniel Hernandez 5th  place, Husban Shahid 6th place

Computer Science
Caleb Huggins 3rd place

Current Events (Wild Card Team)
Jacob Baker 4th place

Informative Speaking
Nancy Ibarra 3rd place

Journalism
Copy Editing: Eryn Armstrong 2nd t place, Allie Norfleet 6th place
Editorial Writing: Allie Norfleet 3rd place, Eryn Armstrong 4th place
Feature Writing: Eryn Armstrong 5th place
Headlines: Eryn Armstrong 4th place, Allie Norfleet 6th place
News Writing: Reagan Davis 6th place

Math (1st place team)
Overall Math – Jose Liera 1st place, Daniel Hernandez 2nd place

Number Sense
Daniel Hernandez 4th place

Poetry Interpretation
Aslin Barrientos 6th place

Persuasive Speaking
Audrey Courreges 3rd place, Anthony Preciado 4th place

Prose Interpretation
Yaritza Romero 3rd place, Seth Robertson 4th place

Science (2nd Place Team: Jose Liera, Nathon Segovia, Husban Shahid, Eric Vasquez)
Nathon Segovia 1st  place overall
Top Physics Score: Nathon Segovia
Top Chemistry Score: Nathon Segovia

Spelling (Wild Card Team)
Itzamari Vargas 5th place, Ilse Vargas 6th place

Pictured: Members of the MPHS Academic UIL team who advanced to regionals with their coaches.

Members of the MPHS Academic UIL Team