Career Fair

Batesville School hosted a Career Fair last week. The event showcased many career options with age appropriate presentations. The presentations were interactive and included information that is sure to leave a lasting impression on students. Thank you to all businesses and organizations that participated.

Students in Ms. Mansfield's class experienced learning in their transformed Sweet Shop classroom. Students modeled multiplication, division, and arrays with sweets. This will be a sweet lasting learning experience.

Uvalde CISD Mariachi Represent!

Mariachi Los Coyotes represented Uvalde CISD at the Southside High School Mariachi Festival. They walked away with a 1st place in the 2C Junior High, 1st place in 4A JV and 1st place in 4A Varsity. As well as winning the best Violin section, best Trumpet section, best Rhythm section and best Vocals. We are proud to get the 3 groups into competition so that they get the experience of performing on a real stage with microphones. All groups were amazing. It’s great to see the growth of our students as they perform. As always, “I Believe in U, Loyal and True, and Always Rep The U!”

BPA State Competition Results in an Advancement to Nationals

Uvalde High School had seven students compete at the Business Professionals of America State Competition this past Thursday - Sunday under the leadership of Coach Torres. Uvalde High School students who represented our high school and district were Ryder Torres, Payton Dodson, Reagan Dodson, Ty Gonzalez, Elizabeth Phillips, Ava Vaughan, and Jack Brock. Each student competed in their own specialty events and did outstanding.

It is with great pride to announce Ava Vaughan competed in Fundamental Spreadsheets, winning first place, and advancing to the National BPA Competition in Anaheim, California. This is an impressive accomplishment. Ava will represent our district at the National BPA Competition on April 26-30, 2023.

Uvalde High School Lobo Powerlifters Advance to State

Uvalde High School senior Andriah Trevino and sophomore Marilyn Olivarez have qualified to advance to the state high school powerlifting meet in Frisco on March 17th. Andriah placed second in the super heavy weight division of the regional meet held Thursday, March 2 at Edinburg. Her total lift for the competition was 1,105 pounds, including 465 pounds in the squat and 230 pounds in the bench press. Andriah broke the regional record in the deadlift with a lift of 410 pounds.

Marilyn totaled 860 pounds to finish fifth in the 165-pound weight class. She had a squat lift of 345 pounds, a bench press lift of 180 pounds, and a deadlift of 335 pounds. A qualifying practice in powerlifting is for the top two lifters in each regional event to advance, along with competitors who achieve the state qualifying total in their weight classification. Marilyn finished fifth, however advances based on hitting the state qualifying total in the 165-pound weight division.

Coach AJ Martinez is the head powerlifting coach and shared this year the program had 14 Lobos in regional lifting competition, this is a school record. "Having this many advance to regional action is a product of their hard work and dedication," shared Coach Martinez.

Uvalde High School Hi-Steppers Performed with Coyote Pride

The Uvalde High School Hi-Steppers competed on February 26th, in League City at the Crowd Pleasers Competition with well over 50 schools participating in the competition. The team competed against other schools that were in the small division. The category the Hi-Steppers competed in was the Classic Small Division. They received a trophy for 4th Runner Up, a plaque stating that they received scores of High Gold for their Open and Hip-Hop Routines and Platinum with Outstanding Choreography for their Jazz Routine. The team also received a plaque for Best in Class Team Routine and Runner Up Team. Hi-Stepper sponsor Ms. Hinojosa shared, "We are extremely proud of the commitment, dedication, and challenging work these beautiful, young ladies have demonstrated this past year. We are already looking forward to bringing home more wins next year!"

Uvalde High School Tennis Program Update

The Uvalde High School Junior Varsity Tennis Team participated in the Kerrville JV tournament. This was a great tournament for our students resulting in 13 out of 16 students place in the top 4 of the tournament. Tennis athletes have been workin hard since August 1st and entering the last month and a half of season.

The Uvalde High School Tennis program has hosted a tournament each weekend of the season. The most recent tournament was this last weekend. Uvalde High School hosted a Junior High tournament with 9 other schools participating. The Uvalde High School Junior High Tennis Team finished 2nd as a team behind Floresville.

Uvalde High School Tennis has two more home tournaments as well as a trip to San Angelo coming this week. The program will finish out the month by hosting the District tournament with the hopes that Uvalde High School Tennis will take the whole Varsity team (16 athletes) to regionals in San Antonio.

Coach Pritchard shared, "We have a big group of seniors and juniors that are working hard to complete the year at the top of the district."

You are invited to the March Uvalde CISD PTO Meeting!

Tuesday, March 21st

6:00 p.m.

Dual Language Academy Cafeteria

This is a closed meeting to media.