WOS students participate in UIL practice meets

Emma Dorantes shows off her medals from the Nederland UIL Practice Meet are attached. Dorantes placed first in news writing and editorial writing, as well as second in feature writing.

West Orange – Stark High School students participated in two UIL Academic Practice Meets recently. In early January, students competed at the Hamshire-Fannett Meet.

Tyffani Hinson placed second in poetry and Donquinesha Harris placed second in news writing; David Jones placed third in editorial writing; Demaric Judge placed fourth in news writing; Emma Dorantes placed fifth in editorial writing and Brandon Roy placed sixth in current issues and events. In team competition, the WO-S journalism team placed second.

Last weekend, Emma Dorantes also placed in competition at the Nederland UIL Practice Meet. At the event, she placed first in news writing and editorial writing. She also placed second in feature writing.