Fall UIL Competition Elementary - December 3rd, 2022

SUDIE TAG BRAGS 2022-23

ACTIVITY

ITEMS

OTHER NOTES

TIER 1

Debate

Winter Top Speakers

Alex Blaydes - Silver medal

Miriam Camp - Gold medal

Lucas Rodriguez - Gold medal

Daniel Sims - Silver medal

Spring Top Speakers

Alex Blaydes - Gold medal

Vivian Bailey - Silver medal

Angela Correia Blanco - Gold medal

Miriam Camp - Silver medal

Lucas Rodriguez - Silver medal

Daniel Sims - Gold medal

Elementary Debate

All 6 participants placed and received medals at the DISD Spring Tournament at Adamson H.S.

Gold: Angela B., Alex B., Daniel, S.

Silver: Vivian B., Miriam C. Lucas R.

Destination Imagination

The 5th grade team of Sudie $criptor$ won 2nd at Regionals, 6th at State, and became the first Sudie team to qualify for the D.I. Global competition in May.

The Sudie $criptor$ placed 23rd overall out of 51 teams at Globals, participated in an Olympic-styled opening ceremony with a parade of states, and two workshops led by D.I. alumnus Daniel Schneiner, Oscar winner for writing and directing Everything Everywhere All at Once.

 Cowifornia Cows place 2nd at Regionals

FLL Robotics (Middle School)

Electric Spuds – 1st place in innovation project and presentation, advanced to Regionals

3 of 4 Challenge-level teams advanced to Regionals*

*get names of other teams from Ms. Garnica

FLL Robotics Explore (4th)

The Tin Min – winner robot design, advanced to Regionals

Lithium Ions – 2nd place overall, advanced to Regionals

Lemon and Limes – High Five Award; Amazing Movement Award

Sudie Pickles – Solid as a Rock Award; Picasso Award

Raion Builders – Solid as a Rock Award

Energy Lions – Cooperation Rocks Award

TIER 2

Chess

Sudie sent 31 students to the US Chess Federation’s National Middle School Chess Championship Tournament and won big in every division entered:

1st place team – Unrated

Will Kemp (5th grade)* (3rd overall individual)

Jung-Hwa Tutt (8th grade)* (10th overall individual)

Bryson Bennett (4th grade)*

Adelai Meyer (5th grade)

Meera Bajpai (6th grade)

Thomas Corcoran (5th grade)

Matthew Furness (6th grade)

Murphy Shortal (5th grade)

Olivia Tatum (5th grade)

3rd place team – U700

Rheeden Fuentes (8th grade)* (9th overall individual)

Ford Feller (8th grade)* (10th overall individual)

Liam Dixon (7th grade)* (16th overall individual)

Lake Bennett (7th grade)* (25th overall individual)

Declan Shopoff (8th grade)

Bohdi Fuentes (5th grade)

Sutton Wall (8th grade)

James Moore (8th grade)

Andrew Strong (7th grade)

Andrew Hodge (4th grade)

3rd place team – U900

Tonal Aguinaga (7th grade)*

Ashton Villalovos (8th grade)*

Archer Watt (7th grade)*

Rian Schmidt (7th grade)*

Sean Gorden (6th grade)

Guy Hudgins (7th grade)

Nikte Aguinaga (8th grade)

5th place team – U1400

Ben Gorden (8th grade)*

Charles Jones (8th grade)*

Rocky Lancaster (8th grade)*

Nygel Chitrathorn (8th grade)*

*Top 4 scores applied to team score

6th place individual finisher – U1100 Eli Camp (7th grade)

A team of four 8th graders competed in the Texas State Chess Championships in McAllen Texas: Rocky Lancaster, Nygel Chitrathorn, Sutton Wall, and Ashton Villalovos.

Region III Chess Championship

Sean Gorden – 2nd place in his division

Ben Gorden – 5th place in his division

Sudie hosted its first-ever Sudie Invitational Chess Tournament in March. The 4-5th grade team won 2nd place. The 6-12th grade team won 1st place.

Fall DISD Middle School Tournament

20 students (max) allowed to participate. 17 Gold, 2 Silver

M.S. team took the championship prize

Fall DISD Elementary Tournament

13 students won either Gold, Silver, or Bronze

Elementary team took the championship prize

Spring DISD Middle School Tournament

20 students (max) allowed to participate. 

1st place 8th grade team had a perfect 16/16 points

1st place 7th grade team had 15/16 points

Spring DISD Elementary Tournament

1st place 5th grade team had a perfect 12/12 points

Bilhartz Chess Tournament

1st place secondary school team with 10 of the top 11-place finishes at the tournament (including students who played up in the high school division)

2nd place tie for elementary team 

Return of the Sudie Family Chess Tournament and Potluck in February with 76 players.

Games Club/ ESports

Dallas ISD ESports Tournament

2 students advanced to the final round of Fortnite – 7th graders Myles Richey and Lincoln Guild

Separately, newly-started Games Club with D&D players/ enthusiasts meet with Ms. Garnica in the Library

GEMUN (Global U.N.)

Students served as delegates representing Mexico and Ireland at a two-day Global Model U.N. Conference

Student delegates presented resolutions on Security Council reform, protecting the rights of children in armed conflict, workers’ rights, eliminating gender barriers in education, scarcity of drinking water, and more. This work is the culmination of a year’s worth of research on the U.N., their countries, and world concerns.

1st prize display for Ireland

Declan Shopoff and Manha Raza received honorable mentions for their work in committee

Savannah Bell recognized as an outstanding delegate for the Human Rights Council

Sam McAnear received the prestigious Peace Prize Nomination

All resolutions passed that were not in Security Council, and those resolutions will be sent to the actual United Nations in New York  City.

In December, GEMUN held its annual Winter Party celebrated Security Council Countries Mexico and Ireland with food, decorations, and games from these countries.

House Council

Learned Roberts Rules of Order for running meetings, introducing motions, and voting on resolutions.

Worked with United to learn in campus beautification projects, including creating calming corners in 7 classrooms, painting the set for Footloose, installing new bulletin board displays, creating garden signs, and tidying up the garden

Led the annual Sudie Serves house competition to collect donations for nonprofit organizations chosen by each house, including Toys for Tots and animal shelters in the region.

Helped organize the Middle School Winter ball with the PTA.

House competition winner: Sankofa (11,539 points)

OFFICERS FOR 2022-23

ESEMPIO

4th – Books Richey

5th – Bluma Hemenway

6th – N/A

7TH – N/A

8th – N/A

President – Kelly Saba 

SANKOFA

4th – Bellamy Klotz

5th – Olivia Lim

6th – N/A

7th – Sargent Wolff

8th – N/A

President – Harrison Yaklin

LOGRA

4th – Josephine Carlos Benitez

5th – Jasper Gooden

6th – Leah Mora

7th – Michal Moss

8th – N/A

President – Miles Richey

DUMA

4th – William Bloom

5th Bailey Guinee

6th Wesley Bowen

7th – Rojin Farzad & Manha Raza

8th – N/A 

President – Audrey Carlos Benitez

TMSCA

Statewide kickoff competition

97 Students participated (out of 115)

Across 4 events, Sudie students had 45% of the top 10-places

Science Team took 9 of the top 10 finishes

Math Team took 5 of the top 10 finishes

Fall competition in Azel

5/6th grades: 1st place Science Team; 3rd place Number Sense Team;  4th place Math Team; 5th place Calculator Team; 3rd place Sweepstakes Team (overall)

7th/8th grades: 2nd place Science Team; 6th place Number Sense Team; 6th place Math Team; 9th place Calculator Team; 7th place Sweepstakes Team (overall)

Q1 Qualifier competition (Springtown)

Science Team – 2nd place

Math Team – 4th place

Ford Feller (8th grade) qualified in all 4 events

Q2 Qualifier competition (Highland Park)

Science Team – 1st place

Math Team – 2nd place

Number Sense Team – 3rd place

Calculator Team – 4th place

Guy Hudgins (7th grade) qualified in all 4 events

Q3 Qualifier Competition (Tioga)

Science Team – 1st place

Math Team – 1st place

Calculator Team – 1st place

Number Sense Team -2nd place

Ford Feller, Declan Shopoff, Meera Bajpai, Guy Hudgins, Eli Camp, and Francesco Montillo qualified in all 4 events.

52 middle school students qualified for State Competition in San Antonio

State Secondary Schools Competition (Sudie competes at the 6A level, the highest level in the state)

Sudie placed 4th in the State for Science

Top-10 individual placements included Ian Arana and Luke Dahm (7th grade Science), and Sean Yan and Francesco Montillo (6th grade Science)

13th place Sweepstakes (overall)

State Elementary Online Competition top 20-place finishers

Addie Meyer – 13th place Science (5th grade)

Feraas Danuser – 16th place Math (4th grade)

Feraas Danuser – 17th place Number Sense (4th grade)

Miles Do – 17th place Math (5th grade)

August Goldapp – 18th place Science (5th grade)

Radha Bajpai – 20th place Calculator (4th grade)

Elementary State Online Championship Results

Yearbook

TIER 3

Coding

1st place at STEM Expo 2022 in Elementary category

LoneStar Challenge

1st place Overall Champions (Leadership A)

Overall Top 5

Richard Haayen - 1st place (Red Team)

Madeleine Wang - 5th place (Red Team)

Gillian Dreher - 1st place (White Team)

Evelina DiCarlo - 1st place (Blue Team)

Literature & Social Studies

Griffin Moore - 2nd place (Red Team)

Richard Haayen - 3rd place (Red Team)

Madeleine Wang - 3rd place (Red Team)

Avery Walker - 3rd place (White Team)

Gillian Dreher - 4th place (White Team)

Evelina DiCarlo - 1st place (Blue Team)

Margaret Feller - 5th place (Blue Team)

Math & Science

Richard Haayen - 1st place (Red Team)

Griffin Moore - 1st place (Red Team)

Madeleine Wang - 3rd place (Red Team)

Gillian Dreher - 1st place (White Team)

Evelina DiCarlo - 1st place (Blue Team)

Margaret Feller - 5th place (Blue Team)

Essay

Richard Haayen - 2nd place (Red Team)

Avery Walker - 1st place (White Team)

Essie Turner - 2nd place (White Team)

Gillian Dreher - 3rd place (White Team)

National Jr. Honor Society

First-ever induction ceremony held in September. NJHS is currently limited to 8th graders. Unlike at many schools where admittance into NJHS is driven by academic achievement, at Sudie, students who apply must demonstrate their commitment to each of the NJSH pillars: Scholarship, Leadership, Citizenship, and Character. 

*get number inducted from Ms. Abrams

Spanish Club

Participants in a Spanish competition won prizes in poetry memorization, art, speaking, cooking, reading, and spelling

Spelling Bee

Sudie sent two students to the District competition:

Rheeden Fuentes – placed in the top 14 and was a Round 2 District-level winner 

Lexi Perrin - Round 1 district-level winner

UIL Middle School (Academic)

Fall UIL

60 Ribbons for placing in the top 10

Out of 10 total events, Sudie had multiple students place in the top 3 in 9 out of the 10 events.

Spring UIL

57 Ribbons for placing in the top 10

Sudie had students place in the top 3 in 11 out of 12 events.

Spring Middle School UIL Results

UIL Elementary (Academic)

Fall UIL

35 Ribbons for placing in the top 10

Sudie had students place in the top 3 in 7 out of 7 events.

Spring UIL

31 Ribbons for placing in the top 10

Sudie had students place in the top 3 in 7 out of 8 events.

Fall Elementary UIL Results

Spring Elementary UIL Results

IN-SCHOOL SPECIALS / OTHER

Choir

All 5 Sudie students competing in their first UIL Solo & Ensemble contest earned 1st Division ratings, the highest level possible.

On their first try, 3 Sudie students auditioned for and made the All-Region Choir in January.

Sudie Show Choir was invited to perform at the Galleria’s Holiday Extravaganza December.

Sudie Choir was invited for the second year in a row to sing the National Anthem at a televised SMU basketball game.

Honor Treble Choir earned 1st and 2nd Division ratings (outstanding & excellent) at its first UIL Choir Contest March.

6th grade Choir member Sophia Reyes was selected (based on her singing audition) for the prestigious Honors Performance Series, a national middle school choir program in New York City. Participation in the Honors Ensemble is limited to the highest-rated young performers from across the world. Sophia attended the summer workshop and performed with the choir at Carnegie Hall in June 2023.

Elementary Music

Sudie’s 4th grade Music Memory Team won 1st place at their first DISD Music Memory Contest at the Meyerson Symphony Center

Orchestra

15 students selected for the All City Orchestra program

17 Students selected for All Region Orchestra

Entire Sudie Orchestra performed in the Su-Chella Fine Arts showcase in December—including 4th and 5th grade students new to playing an instrument

Performed in concert at W.T. White High School with strings students from 13 schools, the largest instrumental performance of its kind in DISD.

Su-Chella Night 1 video

Su-Chella Night 2 video

Modern Band

Su-Chella Fine Arts Showcase in December

Modern Band schoolwide spring concert in April

Su-Chella Night 1 video

Su-Chella Night 2 video

Theatre

The Trial of Goldilocks in January

Footloose Musical in May

North Texas Teen Book Festival

In March 2023, librarian Amy Garnica took a group of students to the first North Texas Teen Book Festival to convene since Covid (2020). Students met favorite authors, picked up autographs for their books, and celebrated their love for reading.

Academic Pentathlon

Did not happen for 2022-23 (not enough students with C-grade average)

Cheer

NEW activity/Sport for Sudie this year