SCE Students participate in UIL A+ Competition

students from spring creek elementary

In the second year of the UIL A+ competition for RISD elementary schools, Spring Creek saw an increase in the number of student participants. Both staff members and parent volunteers spent time after school coaching teams in preparation for the various academic events. Congratulations to the SCE students who placed in their events!

Chess Puzzles Coahes: Angie Alford, Justin Ward and Jana Fulbright

Chess Puzzle 2nd Grade

1st Place – Ben Schubnell 

6th Place – Scarlett Alexander 

Chess Puzzle 3rd Grade

4th Place – 2 way TIE (after tiebreaker) Landon Clair Spring Creek and Eva Nelson WRE

6th Place – 2 way TIE (after tiebreaker) James Wallaert Spring Creek and Patrick Neal -Prairie Creek 

Chess Puzzle 4th Grade

1st Place – Mabel Fields 

3rd Place – Mika Tzivoni 

6th Place – Zach Bruzonne

Chess Puzzle 6th Grade

2nd Place – 2 way TIE (after tiebreaker) Toby Borne and Brayden Evans 

5th Place – Nikolas Bacarella 

Creative Writing and Storytelling Coach: Sara Aguirre

Storytelling for 2nd grade

2nd Place- Bella Ma 

3rd Place- Olivia Davis

4th Place TIE- Talia Borne and Meher Dabral 

Storytelling 3rd grade

6th Place TIE- Cason Branum, Spring Creek and James Wikoff, Canyon Creek & Tessa Goldberg, Mohawk AND Jasper Harrison, O.Henry 

Creative Writing (For 2nd graders only)

3rd Place – Debral Meher 

4th Place – Amelie Aguirre 

Mathematics Coach: Pulkit Dabral

For 6th grade students only:

1st Place- Luke Clair

2nd Place- Toby Borne

Number Sense Coaches: Matthew Ballard and Lisa Leyendecker

4th-6th Grade Event

Number Sense 5th Grade

4th Place- Idhant Malhotra

Number Sense 6th Grade

2nd Place- Luke Clair

Number Sense Acknowledged the Top Teams for their overall scores as a team:

4th Grade 3rd Place Team: Jack Leyendecker, Ness Plant, Deacon Clem. Some of these boys competed up a level.

5th Grade 3rd Place Team: Idhant Malhorta, Matilda Harville, and Alexander High. Some of these kiddos competed up a grade level.

6th Grade 3rd Place Team: Luke Clair, Walker Clem, Grace Ballard, and Neev Dabral

TOP Student Overall in Number Sense: Luke Clair

Science Coach: Jessi Schattle

5th Place- Idhant Malhotra

6th Place- Walker Clem

Social Studies Coach: Aimee Bacarella

4th Place- Toby Borne

5th Place- Donovan Cahn

6th Place- Idhant Malhotra

Oral Reading and Modern Oratory Coach: Danielle Maxfield

Oral Reading 5th Grade

3rd Place Tie- Laura Fleetwood (SCE) and Sabrina Laves (Brentfield)

Oral Reading 6th Grade

1st Place Tie- Lillian Healey (SCE) and Bella Hoang-Terrace (Terrace)

Overall 1st Place Winner- Lilian Healey

Modern Oratory (6th grade only)

6th Place- Lillian Healey

Ready Writing Coaches: Brittany Stevens and Kate Gillespie
Ready Writing 6th Grade
2nd place-Jocelyn Carroll 

3rd place- Grace Ballard

5th place- Savannah Clayton

Overall Campus Winner-Jocelyn Carroll

Reading Under the Stars Photo

Reading Under the Stars

Spring Creek Elementary recently hosted its enchanting “Reading Under the Stars” event, bringing together students, teachers, and families for an evening of literary fun.