Lytle Elementary Participates at UIL Festival
by Kenneth O. Dykes
April 11, 2008
On April 5th, 2008, Lytle elementary students participated in the annual UIL festival along with four other schools; Veterans, Somerset. This year’s hosting site was Veterans elementary in Somerset. I am very proud to announce that our students acquired more places than any of the other schools competing in the festival’s 21 events. We had a total of 68 students place with 18 first place, 14 second place, 9 third place, 13 fourth place, 6 fifth place, and 8 sixth place finishes. These totals surpass the total of 62 places from last year. The coaches and students sacrificed time before and after school to practice. I would like to thank parents for their dedication in bringing their children up to school for the practices. Your support helped the children succeed. Below is a list of the events and how our students did.
2ND GRADE STORY TELLING 4TH GRADE ORAL READING
Coach: Susie Humphrey Coach: Alice Tomlinson
Patrick Garcia 1st Matthew Koehl 1st
Blazie Botello 2nd Dallin Hack 5th
Matthew Swinney 4th Macy Smith 6th
Madison Van Hecke 5th
2ND GRADE CREATIVE WRITING 4TH GRADE READY WRITING
Coach: Debbi Gouard Coach: Jessica Mask
Sadie Bippert 4th Brianna McDonald 4th
Jalyn Aguinaga 6th
Blazie Botello
3RD GRADE MUSIC MEMORY 4TH GRADE MUSIC MEMORY
Coach: Mary Bales Coach: Stephanie Japort
Steven Tomlinson 1st Hailey Hughes 1st
Marissa Caballero 2nd Nicholas Amesquita 2nd
Austin Klinger 2nd
Macy Smith 4th
Cheyenne Weitzel 4th
3RD GRADE SPELLING 4TH GRADE SPELLING
Coach: Wendy Conover Coach: Wendy Conover
Kayla Dudley 1st Matthew Koehl 1st
Matthew Spain 1st Brianna McDonald 2nd
Christopher Lacy 2nd Faith Soto 3rd
Tristian Woods 4th
3RD GRADE STORYTELLING 4TH GRADE NUMBER SENSE
Coach: Belinda Hughes Coach: Elizabeth Hyatt
Tatianna Flores 1st Aaron Reilly 4th
Leah Smith 3rd Carli Diver 6th
Emma Mask 4th Matthew Koehl 6th
3RD GRADE READY WRITING 4TH GRADE PICTURE MEMORY
Coach: Debbi Gouard Coach: Minnie Soto
Camryn Lentz 4th Matthew Koehl 1st
Cheyenne Weitzel 3rd
Macy Smith 4th
5TH GRADE NUMBER SENSE 5TH GRADE DICTIONARY
Coach: Elizabeth Hyatt Coach: Jessica Mask
Kristen Villareal 2nd Brittany Miller 1st
Jacob Rupe 3rd Connor Hoffman 2nd
Brittany Miller 4th Clarissa Rios 5th
Jerremy Fender 6th
5TH GRADE ORAL READING 5TH GRADE MAPS, GRAPHS, CHARTS
Coach: Elizabeth Hyatt Coach: Jana Beth Parker
Hayley Carter 1st Kristen Villareal 1st
Edweena Ytuarte 2nd Onofre Vasquez 2nd
Clarissa Rios 3rd Belen Garcia 3rd
Kristen Villareal 4th Brandi Perkins 5th
5TH GRADE MUSIC MEMORY 5TH GRADE PICTURE MEMORY
Coach: Steven Huntsucker Coach: Minnie Soto
Travis Woods 1st Melyssa Renteria 1st
Jerremy Fender 2nd Marisela Rios 1st
Clarissa Rios 3rd Kristen Villareal 2nd
Daniel Cochran 6th Edweena Ytuarte 3rd
Desiree Martinez 6th
5TH GRADE READY WRITING 5TH GRADE LISTENING SKILLS
Coach: Jessica Mask Coach: Jana Beth Parker
Edweena Ytuarte 1st Travis Woods 1st
Connor Hoffman 2nd Ashlea Ralph 5th
Leslie DeLaCerda 4th Rayna Soto 6th
5TH GRADE SPELLING
Coach: Natalie Lopez
Meagan Trimmer 1st
Brittany Miller 2nd
Jerremy Fender 3rd
Onofre Vasquez 5th
There will be changes for next year’s UIL academic meet. It will be a meet not a festival, which means places will be officially counted and an overall winner will be announced. The meet will also be held in the fall, most likely December, not in the spring because of the administration of state assessments. Our district has been realigned for the 2008-2009 school year. As a result, we will be competing with elementary schools from the following districts: Bandera, Carrizo Springs, Devine, Hondo, and Pearsall. These districts compete very well in UIL academics, we are looking forward to the challenge.
