UIL Academics

UIL Academics is a district wide competition where students get to pursue academic excellence through a variety of events. Students at Bear Branch Junior High compete in 16 different events outline below. Students place 1st through 6th and points are awarded to each school for every student that places in an event. These points are tallied up and one school walks away a champion!

Schedule for Spring 2023
List of Events

Schedule for Spring 2023

Competition Date 1 (Date: April 4, 2023 @ 4pm)

Wave 1	Wave 2
Calculator (30)	Dictionary Skills (20)
Science (45)	Chess (30ish)
Maps, Graphs, and Charts (45)	Social Studies (30)
Listening Skills (35)	Art (30ish)
Editorial Writing (45)	Spelling (30ish)
Ready Writing (2 hours)

Note: Due to the scheduling of these events, if you are competing in Ready Writing, you will not be allowed to enter any other events being held on this day. Same for events inside of each wave.

Competition Date 2 (Date: April 13, 2023 @ 4pm)

Speaking Events
Prose (7th/8th)
Poetry (7th/8th)
Impromptu Speaking (7th/8th)
Wave 1	Wave 2
Number Sense (10)	Mathematic (30)

Note: Due to the scheduling of these events, students competing in a speaking event will not be able to compete in Number Sense or Mathematics.

More information about each event can be found on the University Interscholastic league website under A+ Academics. (https://www.uiltexas.org/aplus)

Please understand that not all events are held exactly as stated on this website so students must meet with their coaches.

List of Events

Event	Coach	Room	Email
Art	Mrs. Nguyen	D115	snguyen@magnoliaisd.org
Spelling	Mrs. Nelson	F314	cnelson@magnoliaisd.org
Impromptu Speaking	Mr. Holcomb	C207	gholcomb@magnoliaisd.org
Ready Writing	Mrs. Roy	C215	aroy@magnoliaisd.org
Editorial Writing	Mrs. Wells	F308	vwells@magnoliaisd.org
Poetry	Mr. Holcomb	C207	gholcomb@magnoliaisd.org
Prose	Mrs. Ebbeler	C102	cebbeler@magnoliaisd.org
Calculator Apps	Mrs. Kaiser	D203	skaiser@magnoliaisd.org
Science	Dr. Kuehn	D108	tkuehn@magnoliaisd.org
Maps, Graphs, & Charts	Ms. Erdody	C108	eerdody@magnoliaisd.org
Number Sense	Mr. Armilla	D201	jarmilla@magnoliaisd.org
Mathematics	Ms. Santos	F302	tsantos@magnoliaisd.org
Dictionary Skills	Mr. Rhody	F312	mrhody@magnoliaisd.org
Chess	Mr. Armilla	D201	jarmilla@magnoliaisd.org
Listening Skills	Ms. VanPutten	F307	kvanputten@magnoliaisd.org
Social Studies	Ms. Erdody	C108	eerdody@magnoliaisd.org

Most of the coaches will be meeting with students before or after school. Either option may require special arrangements for dropping off or picking up students. Please be flexible and let your coach know what works best for you. Coaches will try to work with you to allow as many students the opportunity to compete as possible.