Congrats to the following winners from the UIL Competition last week in Marble Falls! Parents are invited to come and celebrate all Academic UIL participants and award winners! We are hosting an award ceremony held at Lago Vista high school PAC on March 9, 2026 at 6:30pm. Ribbons will be distributed during this time and there will be a small treat of appreciation for all of our participants.

Art Smart

• 6th graders: 4th Savannah Mohler, 5th Estafani Morales

Calculator Applications

• 6th graders: 4th Zoe Hyde, 5th Ava Empson
• 7th graders: 4th Artsiom Shut

Chess Puzzles

• 6th graders: 2nd (tied) Levi Jackson and Lincoln Mers, 5th Bristin Standage (1st place team)
• Alternate - Gregory Hughes
• 7th graders: 2nd Jack Haralson
• 8th graders: 1st Roman Ognev, 2nd Desert Danelley (1st team with Silas Gambrel)

Editorial Writing

• 6th graders: 1st Norah Joshua, 2nd Ava Empson
• 7th graders: 6th Brooklyn Groves
• 8th graders: 3rd Cora Larkin

Impromptu Speaking

• 6th graders: 1st Bailey Montag, 2nd Amaya “Joy” Dambach
• 7th graders: 1st Ellie Cox
• 8th graders: 1st Summer Nied, 2nd Cora Larkin, 3rd Aria Gallagher
• Best Alternate - Brooke Viruette

Listening

• 6th graders: 3rd Cathlene Zellner
• 7th graders: 4th Ava Byrd
• 8th graders: 2nd Cora Larkin

Maps, Charts, and Graphs

• 6th grader: 4th Henry Workman
• 8th grader: 6th Cora Larkin

Mathematics

• 6th graders: 1st place Gregory Hughes, 4th Levi Jackson (2nd team with Bristin Standage)
• 7th graders: 1st Ryan Charbonneau, 2nd Lazarus Smith, 3rd Artsiom Shut (1st place team)
• 8th graders: 1st, Roman Ognev, 2nd Nakona Goodnight, 3rd Emanuel Salas (1st place team)

Modern Oratory

• 6th graders: 1st Zoe Hyde, 3rd Keelye Kudrna
• 7th graders: 1st Scout Henderson, 3rd Nate Carroll
• 8th graders: 1st Brooke Viruette, 2nd Aria Gallagher

Music Memory

• 6th graders: 2nd Henry Workman, 6th (tied) Evelyn Mason and Oliver Lee (2nd place team)
• 7th graders: 4th Gabriel Stewart

Number Sense

• 6th graders: 6th Bristin Standage
• 7th graders: 1st Ryan Charbonneau, 3rd Lazarus Smith, 5th Artsiom Shut (1st team)
• 8th graders: 5th Nakona Goodnight, 6th Ryan Cavanagh

Oral Reading

• 7th graders: 1st Scout Henderson
• 8th graders: 2nd Brooke Viruette, 6th Cora Larkin

Science

• 6th graders: 3rd Norah Joshua
• 7th graders: 1st Lazarus Smith, 2nd Gabriel Stewart, 3rd Artsiom Shut (1st place team)
• 8th graders: 3rd Nakona Goodnight, 4th Cora Larkin

Social Studies

• 6th graders: 1st Henry Workman
• 7th graders: 4th Tommy Burlew
• 8th graders: 3rd Cora Larkin

Spelling

• 6th graders: 1st Norah Joshua, 2nd Nia Gorman
• 7th graders: 1st Artsiom Shut, 2nd Lily Villarreal

CREATIVE ARTS

3D Art

• 6th graders: 1st Zoe Hyde, 4th Josie Louw, 5th Harper Gray
• 7th graders: 1st Gabriel Stewart, 2nd Brightyn Stamos, 3rd Skylynn Tarr
• 8th graders: 1st Starry Dannelley, 2nd Cora Larkin, 3rd Ian Rodriguez-Villela

Drawing

• 6th graders: 2nd Bailey Montag, 3rd Keelye Kudrna
• 7th graders: 1st Skylynn Tarr
• 8th graders: 1st Starry Dannelley

Painting

• 6th graders: 2nd Victoria Chmielewski, 4th Zoe Hyde, 6th Bailey Montag
• 7th graders: 2nd Skylynn Tarr, 4th Brightyn Stamos
• 8th graders: 1st Ian Rodriguez-Villela, 2nd Cora Larkin

Peace!November 2025

The Lago Vista and Point Venture Lions Clubs asked our art students to compete in a poster competition, where students were asked to create a poster about what "Peace: Together as One" means to them. The Lions Clubs come in to judge the competition, award cash prizes and the winning posters continue on to compete in the National competition. We are pleased to announce the following winners from LVMS:

From Point Venture Lions Club:

• 1st place: Starry Dannelley
• 2nd place: Hillary Vazquez
• 3rd place: Sadie Blakely
• Honorable Mention: Lesly Perez-Rodriquez  

Lago Vista Lions Club:

• 1st Place: Christopher Henry
• 2nd place: Bailey Montag
• 3rd place: Brightyn Stamos
• Honorable Mention: Brookley Janson

Congratulations to all for their effort and creative thinking on the peace poster prompt this year.

2025-2026 Middle School Virtual Challenge

We had many students participate in the 2025-2026 Middle School Virtual Challenge Meets. This branch of the A+ UIL Academic Competition hosts around 4,100 students to compete in three fall events virtually. Each event has 200 to more than 500 participants and awards are given as follows:

Individual Awards in each Event

• Overall Top 50
• Grade Level Top 40
• Classification Top 40

Team Awards in each Event

• Overall Top 20
• Classification Top 20

Vikings competed in Calculator, Listening, Mathematics, Number Sense, Science, and Spelling events. Our award winners from the 2nd Virtual Meet are as follows:

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Footballers of the weekSmithville - October 17, 2025

Super Team Atson Arredondo Cameron Austin	8th Grade Jax Dill

Cross Country Finishes With District Championships! October 7, 2025

Our Cross-Country teams competed at their district race in Lampasas on Tuesday, October 7th. We are so incredibly proud of the hard work and effort these athletes put in every day to get better! Below are the highlights from the meet.

8th grade girls raced against 68 runners and 8 teams. Our top 5 scoring runners were Camila Berrios, Bennett Buster, Summer Nied, Liata Keehl, and Maylee Leatham. Also competing for our 8th grade girls were Lillian Kamenzind, Cora Larkin, and Tatiana Mata. Our 8th-grade girls placed 4th as a team.

7th grade girls raced against 76 runners and 8 teams. They earned 2nd place overall. Congratulations to Isabel Currey, the 7th-grade girls’ DISTRICT CHAMPION. Completing the top 5 were Adisyn Luedeman in 8th place, Penny Chadis in 9th place, Scout Henderson in 13th place, and Adalina Drake in 18th place. Also competing for the Lady Vikings were Vivian Berrios, Ava Byrd, Presley Crouch, Alice Karoukina, Maddie Mathes, Ava Manley, Stella Potvin, Lara Sund, Delia Tabor, and Panya Vahedi.

8th grade boys competed against 80 runners and 8 total teams. Congratulations to Tyler Tarlton, the 8th grade boys’ DISTRICT CHAMPION! Completing the top 5 runners for the meet were Carter Brannen, Ethan Munoz, Ozzie Darling, Nicholas Cordaway, and Cadeyn Beeson. Also completing for the team were Nicholas Cordaway, Silas Gambrell, Cirilo Haynes, Liam O’Bryant, and Jasper Wright.

Congratulations to the 7th grade boys team, they are this year’s TEAM DISTRICT CHAMPIONS! They scored a total of 27 points by putting all 5 scoring runners in the top 10! Tucker Tarlton in 2nd place, Myer Tullis in 4th place, Sam Roberts in 6th place, Alexi Martinez in 7th place, and Simon Engler in 8th place. Also competing with the team were Walker Bostic, Tommy Burlew, Brendyn Crabb, Ezekiel Finch, Beckham Gold, Sullivan Ham, Chance Haynes, Lucas O’Bryant, Gage Ramirez, Lazarus Smith, and Matthew Tomaszewski.

Congratulations again on an incredible season!

Footballers of the weekJarrell - October 4, 2025

Super Team Mason Allen	8A Hudson Smith

Footballers of the weekSalado - September 27, 2025

Saxon Ackley & Tate Phillips	Kayson Rupprecht

Footballers of the weekMarion - September 23, 2025

Joseph Kurinsky Cain Bell	Ashton Houston Aiden Street

Footballers of the weekSeptember 15, 2025

7th Grade Kingston Calvin Blaine Kenyon	8th Grade Kooper Kudrna Tyler Tarlton