April 3, 2025 - Joaquin ISD is pleased to announce the achievements of its UIL Academic Team at the District 23-AA competition held last Wednesday at the SFASU Student Center. Students from Joaquin High School secured numerous top placements.
Regionals will be held on April 25th at Panola College. We congratulate the following students who have qualified:
Individual Competition:
- Calculator Applications: Everett Groeling (2nd Place), Hunter Toney (3rd Place)
- Poetry Interpretation: Lucinda David (1st Place)
- Science: Hunter Toney (1st Place), Joshua Nelson (2nd Place)
- Top Biology Scorer: Hunter Toney
- Top Chemistry Scorer: Peter Lian
- Top Physics Scorer: Joshua Nelson - Science: 1st Place Team, Hunter Toney, Joshua Nelson,Peter Lian,Tristan Groeling, and Elijah Baird(Regional Qualifiers)
The following students also earned top placements as Regional Alternates:
- Calculator Applications: Kolton Scruggs (4th Place), Sean Fry (5th Place), Brennan Kilpatrick (6th Place)
- Copy Editing: Kinsey Bryant (6th Place)
- Headline Writing: Kinsey Bryant (6th Place)
- Number Sense: Everett Groeling (6th Place)
- Poetry Interpretation: Stormie Meyers (5th Place)
- Ready Writing: Abigail Burkhalter (4th Place), Summer Hughes (5th Place)
- Science: Elijah Baird (4th Place), Tristen Groeling (6th Place)
- Social Studies: Landry Balkcom (5th Place), Elijah Baird (5th Place)
Team Competition:
- Calculator Applications: 2nd Place Team (Regional Alternate)
- Number Sense: 2nd Place Team (Regional Alternate)
Congratulations to all Joaquin ISD students who participated and placed at the District 23-AA UIL Competition!
