Friday, May 17, 2024
Jonesboro ISD recently had 19 students who competed in the district academic UIL meet, and 11 of them advanced to the regional competition.
Luke Maxwell once again won number sense and the team advanced to the regional level. Truett Foote placed fifth and completing the team were DeMarcus Acoff and Chase Janke.
Leonella Rodriguez placed first in copy editing, advancing to regionals. Hunter Beaty also competed in the event and is an alternate.
The literary criticism team consisting of Pate Foote, Sierra Chapman, Peyton Williamson, and Truett Foote won the event to qualify for regionals. Pate Foote won first place, while Sierra Chapman placed third, Peyton Williamson placed fifth and Truett Foote placed seventh.
Emma Rodriguez advanced in poetry interpretation. Jaycee Redden won the prose interpretation category.
Leonella Rodriguez advanced in ready writing, while Reanna Fincher and Peyton Williamson are alternates.
Leonella Rodriguez also won the social studies contest and the team consisting of Luke Stephenson, Michella Martinez, and Jaycee Redden are alternates.
Reanna Fincher won the spelling contest and Layden Nichols is an alternate. The team also consisting of Hunter Beaty and Luke Stephenson are the alternates to compete at regionals.
Luke Maxwell, Kyson Smith, Pate Foote, Truett Foote, Chase Janke and Maggie Gillis competed in the science competition. Pate is an alternate for the physics scores.
Jacyee Redden is an alternate for accounting the account team and is also an alternate for accounting. The team consisted of Jaycee Redden, DeMarcus Acoff, Emma Rodriguez and Brayden Ashby.
Sierra Chapman is an alternate for feature writing. Emma Rodriguez is an alternate for headline writing.
The mathematics team is an alternate to regionals. Luke Maxwell placed first and Chase Janke placed fourth. Completing the team were Truett and Pate Foote.
Brayden Ashby, Pate Foote, Truett Foote, and Hunter Beaty competed in calculator applications.
