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Middle School UIL

Middle School UIL. What is UIL? What are the Benefits of UIL?. What is UIL? U niversity I nterscholastic L eague. UIL offers the most comprehensive program of academic competition in the Nation UIL Academics offers more activities than any other UIL Division

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Middle School UIL

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  1. Middle School UIL What is UIL? What are the Benefits of UIL?

  2. What is UIL?University Interscholastic League • UIL offers the most comprehensive program of academic competition in the Nation • UIL Academics offers more activities than any other UIL Division • With 29 contests at the High School Level • 20 A+ Academic Contest for Grades 2-8 • Locally developed events including Spanish Speaking Students • More than half a million students participate in UIL academic contests each year.

  3. What is UIL? • The University Interscholastic League was created by the University of Texas at Austin to provide leadership and guidance to public school debate and athletic teachers. Since 1910 the UIL has grown into the largest inter-school organization of its kind in the world. • The UIL exists to provide educational extracurricular academic, athletic, and music contests. The initials UIL have come to represent quality educational competition administered by school people on an equitable basis.

  4. Benefits of UIL Participation • TEAMWORK. Participation teaches that it is a privilege and an honor to represent one's school. • Students learn to win and to lose; to take as well as to give. • Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity are essential to the best academic participants. • Interscholastic competition is a fine way to encourage youngsters to enrich their education and expand their horizons. • Leadership and citizenship experiences through interschool activities help prepare students for a more useful and wholesome life. • And it's fun!

  5. ACADEMIC EVENTS • Calculator Applications (6-8) • Dictionary Skills (6-8) • Duet Acting* (6-8) • Impromptu Speaking* (6-8) • Listening Skills (6-8) • Maps, Charts, & Graphs (6-8) • Mathematics (6-8) • Modern Oratory* (6-8) • Number Sense (6-8) • One Act Play* (6-8) • Poetry* (6-8) • Prose* (6-8) • Ready Writing* (6-8) • Science (6-8) • Solo Acting* (6-8) • Social Studies (6-8) • Spanish Poetry* (6-8) • Spelling (6-8) *Speaking Events – Limit 2. 3 allowed if competing in Spanish Poetry. Note: A student may not do more than 4 contests. One Act Play does not count as one of the 4.

  6. ACADEMIC EVENTS • Participants will have the opportunity to choose events that demonstrate their strengths with the continued support of their sponsors/teachers. • Participants will compete in an invitational meet against other middle schools in our district to prepare for our district meet. • The district meet includes SBCISD, Los Fresnos CISD, and Harlingen CISD schools to give participants a competitive edge. • Awards will be distributed for each grade level ranking from 1st-6th place.

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