The mission of the Wylie East High School news site is to inform, educate and entertain readers. Established Jan. 13, 2011. Principal: Mrs. Tiffany Doolan; Adviser: Ms. Kimberly Creel

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The mission of the Wylie East High School news site is to inform, educate and entertain readers. Established Jan. 13, 2011. Principal: Mrs. Tiffany Doolan; Adviser: Ms. Kimberly Creel

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The mission of the Wylie East High School news site is to inform, educate and entertain readers. Established Jan. 13, 2011. Principal: Mrs. Tiffany Doolan; Adviser: Ms. Kimberly Creel

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Academic UIL advances to regionals

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writer: Caitlyn Bogart, Co-Editor In Chief • March 29, 2012
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A celebration of academic studies in a friendly competition, the University Interscholastic League (UIL) district meet was last Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Multiple students placed at district. Amber Kirkpatrick placed third in News Writing, Rey Tran placed second in Calculator Applications, Ana Meraz-Villarreal placed sixth in Prose Interpretation, David Leal placed fourth in Ready Writing and Khristopher Riddall placed sixth also in Ready Writing.

Kirkpatrick and Tran will advance to regionals in April to compete for a place at state in their respective events.

“I was so surprised and excited,” Tran said. “I didn’t believe that I got a chance to go further.”

For the students going to regionals, the preparations continue as they have since day one of competition.

“I know that there are a lot of people better than me,” Tran said. “I will practice more and do the best I can.”

Kirkpatrick has competed in journalism UIL events for three consecutive years.

“It is an honor to place in the top three,” Kirkpatrick said. “I’m excited to see how I do at regionals.”

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Caitlyn Bogart
Caitlyn Bogart, Co-Editor In Chief
Good day, evening, afternoon or whatever time of day it happens to be while you read this, I hope you’re having a great time. I am a senior and Editor in Chief. I look forward to making our team as strong and seamless as possible. I honestly have no idea how to write this. You would think I would be better considering I’ve done this for three years running, but I’m a news writer. I am much better at writing about others. Writing is a huge part of my life. I plan on majoring in Business Marketing and English with a creative writing minor because I also write fiction books, one of which will be published this year for my Texas Performance Study Program (TPSP) project, so watch out! I live inside my head a lot and enjoy long philosophical conversations. I kind of feel like I just wrote an ad for a dating site. Didn’t mean to, but it happened.