UT Tyler Charter School Students Among Best in State UIL Academics Meet
June 16, 2023
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UT Tyler Charter School Students Among Best in State UIL Academics Meet
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Students from The University of Texas at Tyler University Academy-Tyler campus were among the best at this year’s state University Interscholastic League Academics meet.
UA-Tyler senior Grace Dudley placed first in the ready writing competition. UA-Tyler junior Ian Orr placed second in Lincoln Douglas debate, and UA-Tyler junior Hayden Burns placed second in informative speech. All three advanced to state by placing among the top three in their respective UIL contests at the regional level.
“We’re very proud of Grace, Ian and Hayden. They represented the University Academy extremely well,” said Dr. Jo Ann Simmons, UA superintendent.
Dudley will attend UT Tyler this fall and major in psychology.
“Grace will apply her self-reflective nature to a field that will benefit from her compassionate generosity of spirit,” said En-Tze Chong, UA-Tyler UIL speech and debate coach. “Ian and Hayden have every intention of returning to state next year with an eye on that first-place prize and the glory and scholarships that go with it.”
The UIL academic meet tests students, both individually and in teams, on their knowledge and skills over many content areas including speech and debate, writing, math and literary knowledge.
The UT Tyler University Academy is a K-12 public university charter school with campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine. UT Tyler UA offers STEM curriculum in a hands-on learning environment. The district currently serves about 835 students. For more information, visit uttua.org/.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.