Dateline: December 9, 2004

Clarendon Elementary wins UIL Literary meet

Clarendon Elementary students traveled to Shamrock to compete in the Fall UIL Literary Meet. 

The meet, which is held each fall, provides Clarendon Elementary students the opportunity to compete with the five other elementary schools in the 1A District.  This is the fourth consecutive year that the students in Clarendon have earned first place honors.

The students compete in a wide variety of events including oral reading, creative writing, storytelling, ready writing, number sense, spelling, listening skills, dictionary skills, art smart, music memory, and maps, graphs and charts.  Students from the second through the fifth grade compete in the contests.

The team results were Clarendon Elementary, 1st, 368 points; Wellington Elementary, 2nd, 278 points; Quanah Elementary, 3rd, 211 points; Claude Elementary, 4th, 179 points; Shamrock Elementary, 5th, 157 points; Memphis Elementary, 6th, 82 points.

“It was a tremendous accomplishment for our campus to have won the  meet by 90 points,” said Mike Word, Clarendon Elementary principal.  “It really proved that the hard work our students, coaches, and parents went through really paid off,”

Students who placed during the meet will be awarded medals, ribbons, and certificates at the UI Award Assembly before Christmas break.

Those earning recognition in their events were:

Second Grade: Creative Writing - Zachary LaRoe, 1st; Addison Warren, 3rd; and Kaylee Sciacca, 4th. Storytelling – Zachery Watson, 3rd.

Third Grade: Music Memory – (team) Minnie Buckhaults, Felicia Miller, Jessica Ceniceros, McKayla King, Emberlie Holland, 3rd. Ready Writing – Minnie Buckhaults, 2nd; Zachary Cornell, 5th; Ryan Starnes, 6th. Spelling – Savannah Topper, 4th. Storytelling – Camra Smith, 2nd.

Fourth Grade: Art Smart – (team) Audrey Shelton and Lee Cook, 3rd. Music Memory – (team) Kenzie Perryman, Maritta Brady, Gabby Rodriguez, McKabry Williams, and Jency Burton, 1st. Number Sense – Jentry Shadle, 3rd. Ready Writing: Jentry Shadle, 1st; Jency Burton, 4th. Spelling – Maritta Brady, 1st; Gabby Rodriguez, 3rd; Anna Ceniceros, 4th. Art Smart – (team) Gabby Rodriguez, Jentry Shadle, and Jenci Burton, 2nd.

Fifth grade: Dictionary Skills – Jordan Lune, 2nd; Skyler Greer, 6th tie. Listening Skills – Makayla Shadle, 1st; Skyler Greer, 3rd; Collin Dickinson, 4th. Maps, Graphs, and Charts – Jordan Luna, 1st, Skyler Greer, 6th tie. Music Memory – (team) Jerah Luna, Jordan Luna, Christine Johnson, Brooklyn Bailey, and Amber Keelin, 2nd. Oral Reading – Jordan Luna, 6th. Spelling – Jordan Luna, 4th; Mikayla Shadle, 5th.