UIL EVENTS

By: Dave Entrekin

There are 7 UIL events in elementary school.  UIL helps kids do extra curricular activities  and then compete with the skills they learned.  Eventually in January, elementary schools go East View High School to compete against the other kids in the district.  I think this is good for the students learning good sportsmanship.  I also think that this helps the students do better in school.   Unfortunately there are only academic UIL, and no athletic UIL events.   But in middle school and high school you get more options  for UIL events.   As somebody who is in UIL,I really think it helps kids do better in school.  I think it should be required by school to have students that are old enough to do extra curricular activities.  While I have been in UIL I have participated in chess and spelling. I have enjoyed both of these events and plan on doing them in the future years.  In conclusion, I urge all 3rd graders, 4th graders,and 5th graders to do a UIL  event.   I also urge the second graders who are going into 3rd grade. To all who are doing UIL right now, congratulations.