黑料专区 Tyler Palestine Charter School Student Among Best in State UIL Academics Meet
June 16, 2023
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Hunter Brown, a senior at The University of Texas at Tyler University Academy-Palestine campus, placed third in the chemistry competition at this year鈥檚 state University Interscholastic League Academics meet. He advanced to state by placing first overall in the UIL science contest at regionals.
鈥淲e are very proud of Hunter. He represented the University Academy extremely well,鈥� said Dr. Jo Ann Simmons, UA superintendent.
The UIL academic meet tests students, both individually and in teams, on their knowledge and skills over many content areas including speech and debate, writing, math and literary knowledge.
鈥淗unter attributes a lot of the success he had on the chemistry test to the dual credit chemistry course he took through 黑料专区 Tyler,鈥� said Larry Richmond, UA-Palestine UIL coach. 鈥淗e was really enthusiastic about this course, often leading review sessions for his classmates before major exams.鈥�
Brown will attend 黑料专区 Tyler this fall and major in mathematics.
The 黑料专区 Tyler University Academy is a K-12 public university charter school with campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine. 黑料专区 Tyler UA offers STEM curriculum in a hands-on learning environment. The district currently serves about 835 students. For more information, visit.
With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, 黑料专区 Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. Through its alignment with 黑料专区 Tyler Health Science Center and 黑料专区 Health East Texas, 黑料专区 Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, 黑料专区 Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.