UT Tyler Charter School Announces 2024 UIL District Winners

May 6, 2024 | Hannah Buchanan

The University of Texas at Tyler University Academy-Palestine campus announced results of this year’s University Interscholastic League Academics district meet.

“We are so proud of all of our students and celebrate their success, as well as all the UIL teachers
who are truly dedicated in helping students become academically competitive,” said Dr. Jo Ann
Simmons, UA superintendent.

UT Tyler UA-Palestine UIL 2024 district winners are Ava Chaladpru, first place in calculator
applications; Genesis Garcia, second place in literacy criticism; Emma Kelly, fourth place in literacy
criticism; Jaiden Hardin, fifth place in literacy criticism; and Colton Hart, sixth place in number
sense.

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 laboratory 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 1,000 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 nearly 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.