1. UIL Academic Competitions: Let Your Student SHINE! UIL is an extracurricular academic program that allows high achieving students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a competitive setting! Teams are available for students in grades 2-5.

2. UIL Facts WHAT: University Interscholastic League WHO: Elementary students from NISD WHERE: Thompson Elementary, Haslet (NISD). Students will take the bus to this location on the date of the competition. WHEN: Competition dates are still being determined for the 2015-2016 school year. HOW: - Students try out for a team - If selected for a team, attend after school practices/study at home - Attend and compete at the competition.

3. UIL Facts continued… WHY: - UIL helps to prepare students for future academic excellence in middle school, high school, and beyond. - UIL competitions celebrate ACADEMIC excellence, and allow students to let their “smarts” shine!! - UIL is FUN. Students build a community of learners with others on their team. - Students feel honored to represent their school and pride in their success.

4. Try Outs Tryouts will take place this fall (date TBD). Students will stay after school and must have a SIGNED PERMISSION FORM to try out. Students may try out for as many teams as they would like. UIL coaches will meet and create teams. Results of try outs will be announced at school by the following week (it takes several days to form teams).

5. UIL Coaches Teachers from various grade levels may be UIL coaches. Your child’s coach may be a teacher from a different grade level. I am still working on finalizing coaches for the 2015- 2016 school year.

6. Teams- 2 nd Grade Creative Writing Storytelling *Students may only participate on one team*

7. Teams- 3 rd Grade Storytelling Oral Reading Ready Writing Music Memory Spelling *Students may only participate on one team*

8. Teams- 4 th Grade Music Memory Art Oral Reading Spelling Number Sense Maps, Graphs, and Charts Chess Puzzle Ready Writing *Students may only participate on one team*

9. Teams- 5 th Grade Music Memory Art Oral Reading Spelling Number Sense Maps, Graphs, and Charts Chess Puzzle Listening Dictionary Ready Writing *Students may only participate on one team*

10. For more information… Visit the UIL A+ Academics Website at : http://www.uiltexas.org/aplus For more information about individual competitions, select the “events” tab. (All study materials and resources will be provided to your student if they make a team). Visit the UIL website on the Beck Elementary Page Beck- Extra Curricular- UIL