Lubbock ISD honors students for UIL, Academic Decathlon, arts, athletics and esports achievements
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Board recognized dozens of students and teams from multiple campuses for UIL state qualifiers, Academic Decathlon medals, art awards and esports and academic all-state recognitions; local donors provided scholarships for decathlon competitors.
The Lubbock ISD board recognized students and teams across the district for academic, artistic and athletic achievements.
Chad Haskins, advanced academics coordinator, introduced students who qualified for UIL academic state meets, including the Lubbock High science team and individual competitors from Coronado High School and Talkington School for Young Women Leaders. Haskins described UIL as offering "30 academic events, including events such as math, science, speech and debate, journalism, and STEM related events." He recognized named students who placed at the regional and state levels.
Haskins also recognized Academic Decathlon teams: four of the district's five high schools qualified for state-level competition. He said Lubbock High School achieved 41 individual medals at the state meet and named four students who finished as top scorers in their divisions: Aubrey Alvarado, Robert Gaines, Michael Herrera, and Madeline Weaver. He credited campus principals, volunteers and parents for contributing to the teams' success.
Haskins announced scholarship support for Academic Decathlon competitors provided by local donors: Sodexo School Services donated $12,500 to the scholarship fund and Dr. Eugene Stallnecker contributed $5,000. He read scholarship amounts awarded to individual students from Coronado, Lubbock, Monterey and Talkington teams (amounts varied by student and were listed during recognitions).
Cesar De Leon, executive director of fine arts, presented the Keep Lubbock Beautiful student-art contest winner: Devin Flores, a fifth grader at Brown Elementary, whose design will be wrapped onto a City of Lubbock sanitation truck. De Leon also acknowledged senior Evan Martin of Lubbock High School and Sophia Penner of Hutchinson Middle School for national Scholastic Art and Writing Awards recognition.
Mike Meeks, executive director of athletics, recognized THSCA academic All-State athletes across district high schools, and noted several baseball and other athletes who earned first- and second-team academic All-State and honorable-mention distinctions.
Carrie Fulgham, digital learning coordinator, recognized esports state qualifiers from multiple campuses; she listed students and coaches and noted some campuses had state champions and scholarship recipients (for example, Lubbock High had a scholarship recipient for esports).
Board members offered collective praise for students, coaches and sponsors. The board record shows a lengthy recognition segment celebrating a wide range of extracurricular accomplishments across the district; the public meeting included photo opportunities for students and campus groups.