Last weekend in New Waverly, many Wildkats represented our school at a UIL invitational meet and won numerous awards in a variety of speech and journalism events.
“At the meet, we placed in every event we entered,” journalism teacher Emily Meachen said. “That is very impressive “I knew our journalism team did very well. We had over 100 points over the 2nd palace team. Then after the meet, I found out the team tied for second place and our speech team placed second.”
Despite these Wildkats being involved in many other extracurriculars and even outside of school activities, they still managed to give it their all this past weekend and establish themselves as winners.
“The UIL students are all involved with other clubs, sports and outside jobs,” Meachen said. “They work on their events on their own time. With all their other commitments, I am so proud that they show up early on a Saturday, participate and win“Our district competition is in April, so we are working to get better every day for that competition.”
Though academic competition may sound unappealing to some, there’s more to UIL meets than writing essays and taking quizzes.
“Whenever we go to UIL, a lot of it is just us getting to hang out until competitions start, especially at invitationals,” junior Kaitlyn Burns said. “You get to know the people around you and learn more about the competitions you’re in while you wait. UIL not only gives you skills that you can use in your education, but it also builds your social skills.”
Though many Wildkats that participated in UIL have graduated since last season, our teams this year are still going strong, and are especially motivated this year.
“It was nice to see people filling in the spots of seniors from last year,” junior Danica Sundquist said. “The people that participate in UIL are so fun and they’re all devoted to doing well. It’s a very encouraging environment to be in.”
