Tracy Pippins, UIL Coordinator

The UIL academic competition offers the most comprehensive academic competition in the nation with 23 high school events. These activities are designed to motivate students to push themselves to higher levels of knowledge, to encourage students to confront issues of importance, and to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of specific skills. In UIL Academics you may have the opportunity to represent GHS at the district, regional and state levels. It is never too late or too early to join a team!

So here are just some of the options:

Accounting—Learning the language of business

Calculator applications—yes they have a contest completely devoted to the use of calculators

Computer applications—this is for all those people that like to know the short cut buttons for everything

Current issues and events—aka news junkies

Literary criticism—literary terms, classic to contemporary reading selections, on the spot criticism and writing a short essay.

Number sense—this is where you don’t/can’t show your work in math, Ready writing—discuss personal ideas on topics in writing

Science—60 questions on three subjects (bio, chem and physics),

a calculator and you, GO!

Social studies—answer questions and write an essay about a topic, Show what you know about your world.

Spelling and vocab—are you one of those people that are constantly correcting others?

Mathematics— this is for those that enjoy the simplicity and beauty of numbers, graphs, and formulas

One Act—for the drama in all of us.

Debate—a proud tradition at GHS!