In 5th grade, Angel Valles of Glass was first, Cerna's Jesus Villarreal was second and Ramon Salinas of Pete Gallego was tied for second. In the 6th grade Leopoldo Campos of Graves came in first, San Luis' Alex Jimenez was second and Mia Uriegas of Liberty placed third.
In Oral Reading 4th Grade it was Elicia Acosta of Robert E. Lee bringing home the gold for Blanca Musquiz, Mariano Flores of Benavides Heights was second and Adan Melchor of HBG placed third. In 5th grade it was Benavides' Regina Ramirez was first, HBG's Stephanie Ferguson was second and Shayla Knapp of Cerna was third. In 6th grade it was Liberty's Kimberly Vasquez in first, Ana Laura Soto of Graves second and Rosita Valley's Christina Diaz coming in third for Annette Lazarski's Roadrunners.
In another Gram favorite, the Ready Writing competition, it was Almagaly Gouldburn winning the third grade contest out of Cerna Elementary, Glass' Ayden Caballero came in second and Graves' Mariana Sanchez was third at the 3rd grade level.
In 4th grade, Alisa Zamora of Graves was first, Zenaida Rodriguez came in second out of Cerna and Liberty's Alexis Noe was third. In the 5th grade contest it was Aliza Ramon of Cerna in first, Glass' Monica Garza second and Liberty's Maryam Sharafeldin third.
The 6th graders had Graves' Ana Laura Soto place first, Ray Darr's Ingrid Rodriguez carrying the Ready Writing torch for the Mavs in second and Rosita Valley's Christina Diaz placing third.
Ray Darr's Cesar Picazo won the 5th grade Science contest while Benavides' Emily Diaz placed second and Liberty's Alton Dodd coming in third. HBG's Alan Vidaurri won first at the 6th grade level, Glass' Valerie Muñoz was second and Sam Houston's Ivan Molina was third for the Cougars.
Anthony Vences of Mancha won the eloquent Spanish Poetry competition at the 4th grade level while HBG's Ashley Estrada placed second. Liberty's Camila Garcia placed third. Mancha's Analucia Hernandez won the 5th grade event, Sofia Soto came in second out of Graves and Andrea Gonzalez was third from Liberty. In 6th grade Ximena Moran of Pete Gallego was first preventing a Mancha sweep of the event, Mancha's Fernando Villarreal placed second and Angelica Perales of Cerna placed third.
In 4th grade spelling, Mancha's Anthony Vences placed first at the 4th grade level, HBG's Ashley Estrada was second and Liberty's Camila Garcia placed third. In 5th grade, Analucia Hernandez of Mancha was first, Graves' Sofia Soto was second and Liberty's Andrea Gonzalez was third. In the 6th grade contest it was Gallego's Ximena Moran taking first, Mancha's Fernando Villarreal placed second and Cerna's Angelica Perales was third.
Last, but certainly not least are our Shakespearian actors who play out their talents in the much heralded Storytelling competition which is specifically for 2nd and 3rd graders. At the 2nd grade level it was Cerna's Ashley Garza taking first place, Glass Elementary's very own Anali Carrillo came in second and Mancha's Erika De Leon was third.
At the 3rd grade level, it was Cerna's Sarah Mendoza placing first, Seco Mines' Isabella De La garza second and ray Darr's Jose L. Martinez coming in third.