Last week we featured the elementary UIL results, and this week we will share our junior high results. In 6th grade Dictionary Skills, Robert Sawyer placed 1st, Lawson Anderson placed 4th, Lily Graves placed 6th, and the team placed 2nd. In 6th grade Listening Skills, Lily Graves placed 3rd. In 6th grade Maps, Graphs, and Charts, Lawson Anderson placed 3rd, Ricky Jones placed 5th, Robert Sawyer placed 6th, and the team placed 2nd. In 6th grade Number Sense, Robert Sawyer placed 1st. In 6th grade Social Studies, Lawson Anderson placed 2nd, and Ricky Jones placed 4th. In 6th grade Spelling, Robert Sawyer placed 1st, Lily Graves placed 2nd, Franky Penney placed 4th, and the team placed 1st. In 6th grade Ready Writing, Robert Sawyer placed 2nd, and Franky Penney placed 5th. In 7th grade Calculator, Tatum Shanklin placed 5th, and Tilar Turman placed 6th. In 7th grade Chess Puzzle, Robert Bench placed 2nd, Tatum Shanklin tied for 3rd, Case Koerner placed 5th, and the team placed 1st. In 7th grade Dictionary Skills, Tatum Shanklin placed 2nd, Tilar Turman placed 3rd, another Cherokee student placed 5th, and the team placed 2nd. In Editorial Writing, Tatum Shanklin placed 2nd, Tilar Turman placed 4th, and another Cherokee student placed 5th. In 7th grade Listening Skills, Tatum Shanklin placed 2nd, Tilar Turman and another Cherokee student tied for 6th, and the team placed 2nd. One of our Cherokee Indians also placed 3rd in 7th grade Maps, Graphs, and Charts and 5th in Social Studies. In 7th grade Number Sense, Tatum Shanklin placed 1st, Robert Bench placed 2nd, Tilar Turman placed 3rd, and the team placed 1st. In 7th grade Science, Tatum Shanklin placed 5th, another Cherokee student placed 6th, and the team placed 2nd. In 7th grade Spelling, Tatum Shanklin placed 1st, another student placed 2nd, Tilar Turman placed 3rd, and the team placed 1st. In 7th grade Ready Writing, a student from Cherokee placed 3rd, Tilar Turman placed 4th, Tatum Shanklin placed 5th, and Max Williams placed 6th. In 8th grade, Joel Valdez placed 5th in Calculator, 3rd in Chess Puzzle, and 3rd in Number Sense. Cherokee Junior High placed 2nd as a school. Congrats to our scholars!
In basketball news, the junior high girls lost to Brookesmith, but the boys pulled out a win. Our varsity boys team traveled to Brookesmith Tuesday night and won 63-24. They have two games left to play at the district level, but they have already clenched the district championship for the second year in a row! The varsity girls beat Brookesmith on Tuesday as well and then Lohn on Friday. They are finishing out district in 3rd place. They will play a bi-district game that is to be determined by the game between Gustine and Zephyr this week. We are excited to see what the playoffs will hold for our Indians!
Benchmarking for most students will occur over the next two weeks. These tests are very helpful in showing students’ strengths and weaknesses. We use the results to address educational needs. We hope that all students will be present and try their absolute best to ensure accurate data.