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Contests in the Academic Rodeo were presented by the East Texas State Fair during November, January and February. The annual academic event is in its 18th year. The awards presented include:

Results of the Academic Challenge and the Art Contest were published in Friday's Tyler Paper. All results can be found online at TylerPaper.com.

COMPUTER SCIENCE FAIR

Elementary

Desktop Publishing: First place, Jarrett Bonner, Arp Elementary School, Arp; second place, Alison Casper, Casper Home School, Tyler; third place, Annie Mercer, Caldwell Elementary Arts Academy, Tyler

Multimedia: First place, Samantha Marshall, Arp Elementary School, Arp; and Ethan Elkins, Caldwell Elementary Arts Academy, Tyler; second place, Will Arnold, Caldwell Elementary Arts Academy, Tyler; third place, Stoker Williams, Arp Elementary School, Arp; and Joseph Spellman, Caldwell Elementary Arts Academy, Tyler

Middle School

Desktop Publishing: First place, Justin Seitz, J.S. Hogg Middle School, Tyler; and Nicklaus Dobbins, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler; second place, Jazmyne Johnson, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler; third place, Jessie Clements, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler; and Kailey Sullivan, East Texas Christian Academy, Tyler

Multimedia: First place, Abby Jameson, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler; second place, Mary Jamison, Arp Junior High School, Arp; third place, Robert Hawk, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler

Web Page Design: First place, Sheyenne Atchley, Arp Junior High School, Arp; second place, Brittani Carlile, Arp Junior High School, Arp

Digital Video: First place, Mary Jamison, Arp Junior High School, Arp; second place, Zach Maynard, Arp Junior High School, Arp; third place, Robert Walker and Trevin Tucker, Arp Junior High School, Arp

Technical Innovation: Honor to Robert Hawk, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler for his Multimedia entry based on a Wheel of Fortune Game with more than 500 PowerPoint slides and use of a technique that was not used by any other entry

High School

Web Page Design: First place, Charlye Hebert, Hemphill High School, Hemphill; second place, Ashley Craft, Hemphill High School, Hemphill

AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS

IDENTIFICATION CONTEST

Elementary

First place, Araceli Ornelas, Murchison ISD, Murchison; second place, Cheyenne Krumnow, Murchison ISD, Murchison; third place, Will Bailey, Murchison ISD, Murchison and Arely Mata, Murchison ISD, Murchison

Middle School

First place, Alexis Sparkman, East Texas Christian Academy, Tyler; second place, Jennifer Munoz, East Texas Christian Academy, Tyler; third place, Blake Sparkman, East Texas Christian Academy, Tyler

High School

First place, Miranda Adams, Palestine High School, Palestine; second place, Kristen Norris, Palestine High School, Palestine; third place, Gretchen Scoggin, Palestine High School

KINDER CRITTERS

First place, Brett Sebastian, Arp Elementary School, Arp; Second place, Kelsey Bettencourt, Athens Christian Academy, Athens; third place, Jared Millar, Athens Christian Academy, Athens; Honorable Mention Weston Sanford, Arp Elementary School, Arp; Christopher Dawson, Arp Elementary School, Arp; Talon Winings, Arp Elementary School, Arp

MATHLETIC TEAM

Top Ten Teams

Andy Woods Elementary School Team A, Tyler; Bullard Elementary School Team A, Bullard; Caldwell Elementary Arts Academy Team A, Tyler; East Texas Christian Academy, Tyler; Murchison School, Murchison; Rice IB World School Team A and Team B, Tyler; Sabine Elementary School Team A, Gladewater; St. Gregory Catholic School Team B, Tyler; W.L. Kissam Intermediate School Team B, Tyler

Top Scoring Individuals

First place, Joshua Bice, Rice IB World School, Tyler; second place, Tie Daniel Shumate, Bullard Elementary School, Bullard; Will Vickery, Rice IB World School, Tyler

Winning Teams

First place, Rice IB World School, Tyler, Team A Team consisting of Joshua Bice, MacKenzie Doke, Bethany Garcia, Hunter Snyder, and Will Vickery; Second place, Sabine Elementary School, Gladewater, Team A consisting of Jessica Calvit, Mary Kate Feaster, Solomon Harris, Dalton Haynes, Grant Key, and Justin Ray; third place, Bullard Elementary School, Bullard, Team A consisting of Kirby Bickerstaff, Lane Marsh, Daimen Moody, Daniel Shumate, Ben Stewart and Lindsey Wheeler.

MINDSET BREAKING

EXPERIENCE

Elementary

First place, W.L. Kissam Intermediate School, Tyler; second place, Athens Christian Academy, Athens; third place, Eustace Intermediate School, Eustace

Middle School

First place, Malakoff Middle School, Malakoff; second place, Athens Christian Academy, Athens; third place, Palestine Middle School, Palestine

ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL

Play Ratings

Superior Rating Athens Middle School, Athens presenting "In Sam's Head," a locally written play by R.G. Haynie and Sam Haynie

Outstanding Rating East Texas Christian Academy, Tyler presenting "Big Bad" by Alec Sturm; Trinidad Middle School, Trinidad presenting "The Actor's Nightmare" by Christopher Durang

Individual Awards

Outstanding Performer Blane Skiles, Trinidad Middle School, Trinidad

All Star Cast Mason Bogavitz, Athens Middle School, Athens; Halei Gabbert, Athens Middle School, Athens; Megan Huckabay, Athens Middle School, Athens; Haley Mayfield, Athens Middle School, Athens; Althea Popchoke, East Texas Christian Academy, Tyler; Kelsey Wells, East Texas Christian Academy, Tyler

SCIENCE FAIR

Biological and Life Sciences

Elementary

First place, Stoker Williams, Arp Elementary School, Arp; second place, Alison Casper, Casper Home School, Tyler; third place, K.O. Ray, Trinidad Elementary School, Trinidad

Middle School

First place, Marina Martinez, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler; second place, Racquel Pettigrew, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler; third place, Caleb Tomlinson, E.J. Moss Intermediate School, Lindale

Earth and Space Sciences

Elementary

First place, Thomas Henderson, Eustace Intermediate School, Eustace

Middle School

First place, Kim Sims, Trinidad Jr. High School, Trinidad

Engineering

Elementary

First place, Caden Svoboda, Arp Elementary School, Arp; second place, Zach Stanfield, Trinidad Elementary School, Trinidad

Middle School

First place, Allen Poteet, Arp Jr. High School, Arp; second place, Sheyenne Atchley, Arp Jr. High School, Arp; third place, Jordan Dowell, Trinidad Jr. High School, Trinidad

Environmental Sciences

Middle School

First place, Emily Airheart, Trinidad Jr. High School, Trinidad; second place, Logan Glover, Trinidad Jr. High School, Trinidad; third place, Cody Wood, Arp Jr. High School, Arp

Physical Science/Chemistry

Elementary

First place, Madelaine Walker, Malakoff Elementary School, Malakoff; second place, Haley Stanfield, Trinidad Elementary School, Trinidad; third place, Jack Bernhart, Arp Elementary School, Arp

Middle School

First place, Zachary Lawson, Moore MST Magnet School, Tylerl; second place, Brandon Majors, Moore MST Magnet School, Tyler; third place, Meredith Huse, Arp Jr. High School, Arp

High School

Second place, Kyle Price, Trinidad High School, Trinidad

SPELLING BEE

Second Grade

First place, Carson Mayo, Rice IB World School, Tyler; second place, Bodey Bonnette, Trinidad Elementary School, Trinidad; third place, Dutch Whitt, Arp Elementary School, Arp

Third Grade

First place, Sariah Joblin, Athens Christian Academy, Athens; second place, Javorian Warren, W.L. Kissam Intermediate School, Tyler; third place, Keylan Warren, Eustace Intermediate School, Eustace

More contests will be featured in Friday's Youthful Living section.