Hawks end their Nats journey today!
Cecilia ends 19th out of 262 in Info
JohnPaul ends 22nd out of 274 in Oratory
World Schools (Maya, Ava, Natalie, and Emerson) end up 17th out of 198 teams
Celebrated with an amazing dinner at Bubba and fun in the sculptures
6 of our 7 competitors break into outrounds!!!
Cecilia Acosta in Informative
Johnpaul Buwule in Oratory
Maya Hay, Natalie Mathews, Ava Lambert, and Emerson Growt in World Schools Debate
Next set of breaks later tonight!
Today was registration and then some downtime at the Iowa Science Center...so much fun!
Ended the day with a team walk in the rose garden. Tomorrow, competition begins!
The Hawks have landed at NSDA Nationals, and look who we found - Cornelius!
Loved visiting the Des Moines Art Center and Brass Armadillo Antique Mall and eating some amazing Ecuadorian food at Mi Patria yesterday!
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Great day to be a Hawk!
Waleed Haider - State Champion in Persuasive
Maya Hay - State silver medalist in Informative
Hendrickson - UIL 5A State Champion Speech Team!!!!
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Both Waleed and Maya advance to day 2 of UIL State - top 6! Ready for finals tomorrow!
Also, shout out to team member Hoan Nguyen, who brought home a silver medal today in Social Studies!
Headed to State!
Region Champion: Waleed Haider, Persuasive
Also advancing: Maya Hay - 3rd in Informative
State Alternates
Natalie Mathews - 4th in Informative
Rin Moore - 5th in Informative
Cecilia Acosta - 6th in Persuasive
Addi Villegas - 6th in Prose
2nd Place Speech Team
Hawks off to a fast start at @uiltexas Regional Academics. Literary Criticism Regional Champions. First place individual - Hannah Saad. First place team - Hannah, JC Haub , Neha Gandra, Simon Alvarez. Coach is Jordan Smith. @pfisd Letโs go!!!!
Hawks had a great showing at the UK TOC!
Waleed Haider- 2nd Place in Extemp
Johnpaul Buwule - Semis in Oratory
The WSD team of Natalie, Maya, and Ava went 4-2 and ended 10th place.
Soar Hawks!!