On December 12, 2008 the seventh and eighth graders traveled to Van Alstyne for the UIL Academic District Meet.  There were 65 L.H. Rather students that participated in various contests ranging from mathematics, science, and history to speaking and writing events. 

Overall the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade earned 3rd place.  Following is a list of L. H. Rather students that participated in an UIL event and what place they earned individually:

UIL Academic Teams
2008-2009

7th grade 8th grade
ART Katie Barber Taylor Collier - 2nd 
Erin Dona Jacob Olson
Rachel Jones - 3rd Brianna Porter - 5th
Daisy Montano         Talon Wilkerson - 3rd
Anna Pense

CALCULATOR Chrysanna Craig -1st Hayden Murphey
Alex Harrison - 5th Talon Wilkerson - 4th
Taylor Tedder - 3rd


DICTIONARY Tiffany Abbott        Stetson Buckaloo Jordan Speck - 5th        Elise Denson
Kendall Smith - 2nd        Katie Weyrick - 3rd

EDITORIAL Meredith Eppler - 6th Terra Goodfellow
WRITING Kristin Hill Tara Morris
Kala Simpson - 5th Ariane Taylor - 2nd

IMPROMPTU Taylor Tedder - 4th       Sarah Ellis
SPEAKING       Terra Goodfellow - 5th


LISTENING Chase Bardwell       Mikey Dobbels
SKILLS Taylor Montgomery       Taylor Gantt - 5th
Kaysha Wilson       Morgan Richburg - 2nd

MAPS, GRAPHS Cameron Patton       Stetson Buckaloo
& CHARTS Audrey Richardson       Bailee Jordan
Dra Smith       Rebel Peeler - 6th

MATHEMATICS Kristen Herd       Enrique Alvarez
Tevin Rushing - 4th       Taizia Bennett - 6th
Kendall Smith - 2nd       Nat Martinez - 6th

MODERN       Elise Denson - 6th
ORATORY       Morgan Richburg - 5th
      Aesha Sizemore - 1st



NUMBER AJ Dacosta       Jessica Bautista
SENSE Rachel Jones - 4th       Taizia Bennett
Spencer Towler       Jordan Fuller - 3rd
ORAL Matthew Gregory      Taylor Gantt - 3rd
READING Kala Simpson - 4th      Terra Goodfellow - 4th
     Matthew Stephenson - 5th

READY Chrysanna Craig - 5th      Gabe Parker
WRITING Merideth Eppler      Aubranee Robison - 1st
Kristin Hill      Ariane Taylor - 4th

SCIENCE Adam Simpson - 5th      Mikey Dobbels
Garrett Simpson      Stormi Evans
Rachel Wilson      Mohan Lakkum Raju

SOCIAL Matthew Gregory      Qwan Jones
STUDIES Greg Moses - 2nd      Gabe Parker
Jaysa Sulley


SPELLING Hayden Higginbotham     Mohan Lakkum Raju - 3rd
Caleb Springer     PJ Quirk - 6th
Spencer Towler - 4th     Ethan Watson - 1st

OVERALL RESULTS

6th, 7th, & 8th grade

1. VA  712
2. Commerce 588
3. Bonham 444
4. North Lamar 424
5. Anna 119