From the Schoolhouse
Elementary Students Excel at UIL Meet
Garden City Elementary School placed second at the UIL District Meet in November, narrowly missing first place. The local team scored 552 points, while Wink scored 555 1/2 points to win first place. Iraan scored 329 1/2; Rankin133.
Students who placed were: Sixth Grade Wade Jansa, 1st place Maps, Graphs, and Charts, 1st place Mathematics, 1st place Number Sense, 1st place Calculator, 1st place Dictionary Skills; Whitney Kellermeier, 1st place Impromptu Speaking, 2nd place Mathematics, 4th place Ready Writing; Mikela Barton, 1st place Spelling, 3rd place Listening Skills, 5th place Ready Writing; Eric Hirt, 2nd place Calculator, 3rd place Number Sense, 5th place Mathematics, 6th place Maps, Graphs, and Charts; Lyza-Ann Lopez, 2nd place Maps, Graphs and Charts, 4th place Dictionary Skills; Spencer Plagens, 2nd place Impromptu Speaking; R. C. Leitgeb, 2nd place Music Memory, 6th place Spelling; Michelle Gonzales, 2nd place Music Memory; Amy Multer, 3rd place Dictionary Skills, 5th place Number Skills; Halie Schaefer, 3rd place Impromptu Speaking; Kevin Hillger, 3rd place Oral Reading; Brittney Chudej, 4th place Listening Skills.
Fifth Grade Michael Clarke, 1st place Maps, Graphs, and Charts, 1st place Art, 1st place Dictionary Skills, 2nd place Music Memory; Jake Schwartz, 1st place Art, 3rd place Maps, Graphs, and Charts, 4th place Number Sense; Eve Dyck, 1st place Oral Reading, 4th place Ready Writing; Brooke Halfmann, 1st place Number Sense, 5th place Listening Skills, 6th place Dictionary Skills; Levi Schaefer, 1st place Art, 3rd place Spelling, 4th place Dictionary Skills; Jacob Schmitz, 1st place Art, 6th place Listening Skills; Lauren Wheeler 1st place Spelling; Kaci Coats, 2nd place Music Memory; Britton Avery, 2nd place Music Memory; Melissa Hirt, 6th place Ready Writing.
Fourth Grade Laura Halfmann, 1st place Art; Landon Wesley, 2nd place Number Sense; Kelsey Jones, 3rd place Music Memory; Adriana Ramirez, 3rd place Music Memory; Marcus Dalton, 3rd place Music Memory; Kate Halfmann, 4th place Ready Writing, 6th place Spelling; Paige Niehues, 4th place Oral Reading, 4th place Number Sense, 6th place Ready Writing; Marcus Cook, 6th place Oral Reading.
Third Grade Heather Havlak, 1st place Storytelling; Samantha Kellermeier, 1st place Ready Writing; Leticia Ramirez, 3rd place Music Memory; Rachel Hirt, 3rd place Music Memory; Katelyn Hoelscher, 4th place Ready Writing; MCall Schaefer, 6th place Storytelling; Jordan Jost, 6th place Spelling.
Second Grade Michael Lopez, 2nd place Creative Writing; Jacob Dalton, 5th place Creative Writing; Katy Multer, 5th place Storytelling.
Other students who participated in the meet were: Shelby Schwartz, Jessi Jones, Shanna Halfmann, Cassie Hirt, Sarah Avery, Hayden Halfmann, Aaron Long, Brian Hirt, Dylan Lowery, Joshua Colunga, Brittany Schniers, Lane Halfmann, Amber Halfmann, Johnathan Gutierrez, Morgan Schwartz, Diana Cansino, Sydney Halfmann, Edgar Najera, Samantha Pitts, Analisa Gonzalez, and Nick Sanchez.
Coaches for the event were: Theresa Eoff, Vicki Kight, Kim Halfmann, Dana Cook, Brad Jones, Jean Ann Kujawski, Carla Hirt, Micki Wesley, Phyllis Byrne, Tanya Multer, Ken Chandler, Kristi Long, Darla Burks, Karen Rasco, Judy Webb, Robin Gray, and Lynda Frysak.