Oliver Elementary students participated in the Elementary UIL Academic Meet in Albany on Thursday, December 9. As a school, Oliver finished 2nd behind Haskell. As individuals and teams, the students brought home many medals and ribbons, placing in the top 6 in their event. Those placing are as follows:

5th Grade: Art Smart—1st TEAM, Hannah Stephens & Randa Johnson (perfect scores), 1st (tie with Haskell), Taylor Beeson & Zoey Smart, 5th (tie); Dictionary Skills—1st TEAM, Jena Fee, 2nd, Miranda Gomez, 3rd; Listening—1st TEAM, Zoey Smart, 2nd, Jordan Cook, 3rd; Maps, Graphs, & Charts—1st TEAM, Bry Birdsong, 1st, Taylor Beeson, 3rd; Music Memory—2nd TEAM, Eurtis Downs, 6th; Number Sense—2nd TEAM, Bry Birdsong, 1st (tie with Haskell); Ready Writing—Yessenia Gutierrez, 2nd, Bry Birdsong, 5th, Taylor Beeson, 6th; Social Studies—1st TEAM, Bry Birdsong, 2nd, Jordan Cook, 4th, Yessenia Gutierrez, 5th; Oral Reading—Zoey Smart & Cormac Cook, 1st (tie with Albany).
4th Grade: Art Smart—1st-TEAM; Noah Horn (perfect score), 1st(tie with Hamlin & Haskell), Kaysen Barnett & Rae Rae Cruz, 5th (tie); Music Memory—3rd TEAM, Zenaida Moreno, 4th, Bailey Wiley, 5th; Oral Reading—Cassie King, 1st; Ready Writing—Rae Rae Cruz, 3rd.
3rd Grade: Spelling—3rd TEAM; Music Memory—3rd TEAM; Oral Reading—Peyton Bevel, 6th.
2nd Grade: Creative Writing—Storey Gomez, 4th, Marcus Gonzales, 5th, Brett Patterson, 6th.

Coaches for the events are as follows: Creative Writing—2nd grade-Ms. Michaels, Ready Writing—Mrs. Patterson, 3/4th grades, Mrs. Oakley, 5th grade; Oral Reading—Mrs. Beeson, 2nd/3rd grades, Mrs. Hutchinson, 4th/5th grades; Spelling—Mrs. Musemeche, 3rd/4th grades, Mrs. Trussell, 5th grade; Music Memory—Mrs. Erwin & Mrs. Wendeborn, 3rd/4th/5th grades; Art Smart—Mrs. Hutchinson, 4th/5th grades; Number Sense—Mrs. Anders, 4th/5th grades; Listening Skills—Mrs. Clifton, 5th grade; Maps, Graphs, & Charts—Mrs. Ford, 5th grade; Dictionary Skills—Mrs. Patton, 5th grade; Social Studies—Ms. Eldridge, 5th grade.
Theasa Lefevre served as UIL coordinator, as she has for many years at Oliver. Unfortunately, Ms. Lefevre is leaving at semester, and will be greatly missed next year.

Congratulations students and coaches for a job well done! Mrs. Lefevre you will be missed!