Posted 3-28-11
Last Friday the VVHS UIL academic teams, consisting of over 40 students, traveled to WCJC to compete in District 26AA competition. The following students received medals, and the ones who placed in the top 3* will be moving onto regional competition at San Marcos on April 15-16. The 4th place finishers are the 1st alternates to region and a few of them may be called upon to compete.
Calculator Applications Jessica Koether 6th place
Computer Applications Kelsey Spenneberg 2nd place* Greg Spenneberg 4th place Kendall Meyer 5th place
Feature Writing Mary K Huerta 5th place
Headline Writing Ethan Sliva 5th place
Informative Speaking Brandon Rohan 6th place
LD Debate Sean Keller 3rd place* Samantha Bradley 4th place Brandon Rohan 6th place
Persuasive Speaking Sean Keller 2nd place*
Poetry Interpretation Megan Huerta 2nd place* Kelly McRorey 3rd place* Brandon Garay 5th place
Prose Interpretation Deanna Wallace 3rd place* Mycah Brooker 5th place Bronson McKinney 6th place
Ready Writing David Galvan 6th place
Science Jocelyn Carnicle 4th place Science Team 2nd place (possible Wild Card spot at regionals) Jocelyn Carnicle Mariah Langston Samantha Burton Makayla Hubbard Connor O'Brien Lacy Woods
Submitted by: Gena Smith
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Posted 3-29-10
Last week District 29AA held most of its academic contests beginning with Monday night's LD debate and continuing with Ready Writing at Boling on Thursday and finally all the other written contests & all the speaking events at WCJC on Friday. Van Vleck students made a rather improved showing this year bringing home the following medals and qualifying quite a number of students for the regional meet. Regional competitors are marked with an asterisk**.
LD Debate Jaylon Brinkley 2nd** Shelle Bacon 3rd**
Ready Writing Kelly McRorey 2nd**
Computer Applications Kelsey Spenneberg 3rd** Literary Criticism Shelle Bacon 4th individual**alternate to region Shelle Bacon, Nick Walling, Samantha Wyche, Odis Hawkins & Lacy Johnson - 2nd place Lit Crit team
Informative Speaking Kyrsten Blackmon 1st** Percy Owen 5th
Persuasive Speaking Shelbie Murry 1st** Jaylon Brinkley 6th
Poetry Interp Victoria Rodriguez 3rd** Kelly McRorey 6th
Prose Interp Sean Keller 2nd** Victoria Rutledge 5th Cayla Franks 6th
Science Samantha Burton 1st individual** Samantha Burton 1st Biology** Samantha Burton, Ashley McConnell, Chet Champion, Mitchell Popp, Greg Spenneberg, & Makayla Hubbard 2nd place Science team (very possibly the Wild Card team to region**)
We will be traveling to San Marcos on April 23rd and 24th to compete at the Region IV Academic Meet.
Submitted by: Gena Lea Smith, Theatre Arts Director
Posted 3-23-10
Last night the debate team traveled to Boling for district competition, and we came away with 2 out of 3 regional qualifiers!!! Congratulations to Jaylon Brinkley, 2nd place & regional qualifier & to Shelle Bacon, 3rd place & regional qualifier. Kyrsten Blackmon placed 6th overall.
I am super proud of these students! It was a fantastic night for VV!
Submitted by: Gena Lea Smith, Theatre Arts Director
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