Highland Park High School's UIL Academic team wins district championship

The Highland Park UIL Academic team won the District 5A-13 Academic Championship March 26 at North Forney High School. The following teams and individuals will advance to the 5A Region II Academic meet April 23. Student’s placement in the event is shown in parenthesis:

Calculator Applications Team:

Justin Li (1)
Michelle Xing (2)
Spencer Luu (3)
Lakshmi Vemula (4)

Current Issues and Event Team:

Spencer Dalton (1)
William Wirskye (2)
Charlotte Webb (4)
Kieley Stallings (6)

Copy Editing:

Jenetatifeatu Nwosu (1)

Feature Writing:

Lucy Gomez (1)
Kimberly Johansen (3)

Headline Writing:

Elle Polychronis (2)

LD Debate:

Evan Wang (1)
Peyton Bono (2)

Literary Criticism:

Meg McCutchen (2)

Mathematics Team:

Justin Li (1)
Andrew Li (2)
Michelle Xing (3)
Luke Ting (4)

Number Sense Team:

Justin Li (1)
Spencer Luu (2)
Lakshmi Vemula (3)
Michelle Xing (4)

News Writing:

Lucy Gomez (1)
Yael Levy (3)

Persuasive Speaking:

Evan Wang (1)
Elijah Townsend (3)

Poetry Interpretation:

Lyla Meece (1)
Carter Moreland (2)
Kieley Stallings (3)

Prose Interpretation:

Zach Anderson (1)
Gunter Ben Stalnaker (2)

Science Team:

Luke Ting (1)
Justin Li (2)
Michelle Xing (3)
Joyce Jiang (4)

Social Studies Team:

Dalton Burford (1)
Keyes Sumner (2)
Adam Leybovich-Glikin (3)
Spencer Dalton (4)

Spelling and Vocabulary Team:

Spencer Dalton (2)
Francesca Carrillo (3)
Paige Hogan (5)

The UIL Academic Teams are coached by:
Anne Balden, Dana Caron, Wenzen Chuang, Jennifer Hampton, Meagan Meredith, Lisa Seaman, Andy Spier, Temple Truax and Toby Whisenhunt

HPHS UIL Academic Team Members 2022