UIL Academic Competitions Let Your Student SHINE UIL

UIL Academic Competitions: Let Your Student SHINE! UIL is an extracurricular academic program that allows high achieving students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a competitive setting! Teams are available for students in grades 2 -5.

UIL Facts • WHAT: University Interscholastic League • WHO: Elementary students from NISD • WHERE: Thompson Elementary, Haslet (NISD). Students will take the bus to this location on the date of the competition. • WHEN: Competition dates are still being determined for the 2015 -2016 school year. • HOW: - Students try out for a team - If selected for a team, attend after school practices/study at home - Attend and compete at the competition.

UIL Facts continued… • WHY: - UIL helps to prepare students for future academic excellence in middle school, high school, and beyond. - UIL competitions celebrate ACADEMIC excellence, and allow students to let their “smarts” shine!! - UIL is FUN. Students build a community of learners with others on their team. - Students feel honored to represent their school and pride in their success.

Try Outs • Tryouts will take place this fall (date TBD). • Students will stay after school and must have a SIGNED PERMISSION FORM to try out. • Students may try out for as many teams as they would like. • UIL coaches will meet and create teams. • Results of try outs will be announced at school by the following week (it takes several days to form teams).

UIL Coaches • Teachers from various grade levels may be UIL coaches. • Your child’s coach may be a teacher from a different grade level. • I am still working on finalizing coaches for the 2015 -2016 school year.

Teams- nd 2 Grade • Creative Writing • Storytelling *Students may only participate on one team*

Teams • • • rd 3 Grade Storytelling Oral Reading Ready Writing Music Memory Spelling *Students may only participate on one team*

Teams • • th 4 Grade Music Memory Art Oral Reading Spelling Number Sense Maps, Graphs, and Charts Chess Puzzle Ready Writing *Students may only participate on one team*

Teams • • • th 5 Grade Music Memory Art Oral Reading Spelling Number Sense Maps, Graphs, and Charts Chess Puzzle Listening Dictionary Ready Writing *Students may only participate on one team*

For more information… • Visit the UIL A+ Academics Website at: http: //www. uiltexas. org/aplus For more information about individual competitions, select the “events” tab. (All study materials and resources will be provided to your student if they make a team). • Visit the UIL website on the Beck Elementary Page Beck- Extra Curricular- UIL