Academic Events

  • UIL Academics believes:

    "Academic competition for younger students was a part of the UIL program almost from the beginning, with the first junior division Declamation contest for students aged 10-14 in 1913. The first competition for students under age 10 was Spelling, which began a sub-junior division in 1921. A+ Academics includes 20 different events for grades 2-8. These events span the curriculum - they are designed to complement and expand upon what students learn in the classroom, both through learning specific subject knowledge, and through learning skills that are valuable in many disciplines."

    Events are as follows for elementary school: 

    • Art
    • Chess Puzzles
    • Creative Writing
    • Dictionary Skills
    • Listening
    • Maps, Graphs, and Charts
    • Music Memory
    • Number Sense
    • Oral Reading
    • Ready Writing
    • Spelling
    • Storytelling