Elementary award recipients listed
Ira ISD hosted a UIL competition before the Christmas break. The following elementary students competed and/or received awards.
Kindergarten
Storytelling: (first place team) Mason Whetsel (fifth) and Tess Campbell.
Oral reading: Blake Williamson (second), Presley Smith (fourth), and Chloe Doan (sixth).
First grade
Storytelling: Brailee Bennett (sixth place), Tyson Jones and Anna Rosson.
Oral reading: Keegan Bufkin, Makali Pechacek and Laramie Winkler.
Second grade
Storytelling: Charlie Clark, Brandt Cox and Oscar Martinez.
Oral reading: Miller Cash (sixth place), Landon Tyler and Brinson Martin.
Third grade
Storytelling: Sebastian Sosa (first), Heather Spires (third), and Seth Sanford.
Oral reading: Heather Spires (fifth place) and Raylee Smith.
Ready writing: Heather Spires (first place) and Avery Partain (third place).
Music: Grayson Barbee, Kyler Bennett, Avery Partain, Heather Spires and Ramsi Wall.
Spelling: (third place team) Avery Partain (sixth place), Lane Palmer and Heather Spires.
Fourth grade
Art: (third place team) Ashlynn Derryberry (fifth place), Allie Beck, Cooper Caswell, Demitri Juarez and Kimberly Kellner.
Spelling: (first place team) Madison Flanagan (first place), Lauren Calloway (fifth place), Emma Billingsley (sixth place)
Oral reading: Ashlynn Derryberry (fifth place), Emma Billingsley and Swayde Campbell.
Music: Kimberly Kellner (fifth place), Rhys Grant and Lauren Whetsel.
Ready writing: Wynter Espinoza, Madisyn Flanagan and Kimberly Kellner.
Number sense: Lauren Calloway, Madisyn Flanagan and Rhys Grant.
Fifth grade
Dictionary skills: (third place team), Brayson Cox (fourth place), Rykin McCown, Zane Allen and Bryton Partain (alternate).
Number sense: Zane Allen, Anzlee Hale and Jaylee Poole.
Spelling: Zane Allen, Samantha Briseno and Anzlee Hale.
Ready writing: Bryton Partain (fifth place), Samantha Briseno and Anzlee Hale.
Maps, graphs and charts: (first place team) Bryton Partain (third place) (Damon Chavez (alternate).
Listening skills: (first place team) Rykin McCown (second place) Candice Clark, Bryton Partain and Savannah Poe.
Music: Jaret Cabrera, Kandice Clark, Rykin McCown and Jaylee Pool.
Oral reading: Anzlee Hale (third place) and Jaylee Poole.
Social studies: (third place team) Rykin McCown (fifth place), Kandice Clark, Bryton Partain.