Tomball ISD Students Shine at 2025 District Academic UIL Competition

TOMBALL - Tomball ISD students, grades second through eighth, were challenged on both their academic knowledge and skills, as they participated in the annual District UIL Academic Competition.

The District contest includes an Elementary Division (2nd-4th), a 5th Grade Intermediate Division, a 6th Grade Intermediate Division, and a Junior High Division (7th-8th). 

In the Elementary Division, students once again took part in creative writing, story telling, chess puzzles, spelling, ready writing, oral reading, and number sense. In the Intermediate Division, students participated in spelling, ready writing, oral reading, number sense, math, maps, graphs, and charts, social studies, and chess puzzles. In the Junior High Division, students took part in spelling, ready writing, oral reading, number sense, calculator, math, maps, graphs, and charts, social studies, and science.

The top six to eight places were awarded in each category and each place was awarded a designated number of points. Judges then tallied the scores throughout all events in the grade bands represented and the schools are ranked by those points, which awards the Sweepstakes Award (1st-3rd) to campuses in each Division. 

DISTRICT CHAMPIONS

ELEMENTARY

• 1st - Creekside Forest Elementary 
• 2nd - Wildwood Elementary
• 3rd - Willow Creek Elementary

INTERMEDIATE - 5TH GRADE

• 1st - Creekside Forest Elementary
• 2nd - Oakcrest Intermediate
• 3rd - Northpointe Intermediate

INTERMEDIATE - 6TH GRADE

• 1st - Oakcrest Intermediate
• 2nd - Northpoint Intermediate 
• 3rd - Creekside Park Junior High

JUNIOR HIGH

• 1st - Grand Lakes Junior High
• 2nd - Willow Wood Junior High
• 3rd - Creekside Park Junior High

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

 
ELEMENTARY

2nd Grade - Chess Puzzles
1st - Steven Trinh (WEST)
2nd - Vivaan Panchal (WES)
3rd - Ishanvi Sadasivuni (WES)
4th - Arya Rathi (CFES)
5th - Daniel Busch (CFES)
6th - Varnika Jakka (WEST)

2nd Grade - Creative Writing
1st - Arya Rathi (CFES)
2nd - Gavin Li (TCES)
3rd - Meera Jori (WES)
4th - Opehlia Stevener (WEST)
5th - Jiya Chandila (WES)
6th - Liam Smith (LES)

2nd Grade - Storytelling
1st - Harper Reilly (CFES)
2nd - Arya Rathi (CFES)
3rd - Ameyaa Urs (CFES)
T4th - Ava Galendez (WES)
T4th - Thea Nichols (TES)
T6th - Varnika Jakka (WEST)
T6th - Ginika Emehelu (TCES)
8th - Aubrey Colton (WEST)

3rd Grade - Chess Puzzles
1st - Bryce Chen (CFES)
2nd - Zachary Su (WES)
3rd - Hayden Patterson (TCES)
4th - Krrish Shewale (WCES)
5th - Max Weiss (WEST)
6th - Jayden Zhao (CFES)

3rd Grade - Ready Writing
1st - Sara Skeik (CFES)
2nd - Clara Qiu (CFES)
3rd - Richard Nguyen (WCES)
4th - Paula Campos (CFES)
5th - Charlotte Bridges (TCES)
6th - Dylan Kate Bradley (WEST)

3rd Grade - Spelling
1st - Lincoln Hopkins (CFES)
T2nd - Juan Kim (WCES)
T2nd - Nironti Hasib (CFES)
T2nd -  Mishka Jain (WES)
T2nd - Ellis Unser (TCES)
T2nd - Leanne Lee (CFES)

3rd Grade - Storytelling
1st - Isha Kunderu (TCES)
2nd - Maya Hishenbaum (TCES)
3rd - Will Kunderu (TCES)
4th - Eden Morse (WEST)
5th - Prasanna Bhamidipaati (CFES)
6th - Mishka Jain (WES)
7th - Sophia Angulo (CPES)
8th - Grey Giambi (RES)

4th Grade - Chess Puzzles
1st - Niya Joshi (CFES)
2nd - Sujith Sakthivel (WEST)
3rd - Andrew Walker (CES)
4th - Krishay Tapar (WES)
5th - Shourya Dodlety (WEST)
6th - Julian Pugh (CFES)

4th Grade - Number Sense
1st - Phu Luu (WCES)
2nd - Vihaan Kancharla (WCES)
3rd - Elliot Tran (WCES)
4th - Andrew Walker (CES)
5th - Leo Sam (LES)
6th - Jack Stein (WEST)

4th Grade - Oral Reading
1st - Violet Hurcadi (WES)
2nd - Elaina St. Pierre (DPES)
3rd - Batool Hussain (WES)
4th - Caroline Varnell (CPES)
5th - Hazel Hill (CFES)
6th - Alyza Dretke (CES)
7th - Sammy Stone (WCES)
8th - Olivia Tarsi (WCES)

4th Grade - Ready Writing
1st - Hadley Stevens (CFES)
2nd - Sophie Szalai (WES)
3rd - Oceane Minamota (WCES)
4th - Yunling Xue (TCES)
5th - Colette Crowell (WEST)
6th - Brooklyn Labrada (WCES)

4th Grade - Spelling
T1st - Phu Luu (WCES)
T1st - Vivaan Shah (CFES)
T1st - Vihaan Kancharla (WCES)
T4th - Yunlung Xue (TCES)
T4th - Lexi East (TCES)
6th - Krishay Tapar

INTERMEDIATE - 5TH GRADE

5th Grade - Chess Puzzles
1st - Aadhrit Rathi (CFES)
2nd - James Ma (NIS)
T3rd - Kavya Balamurugesh (OIS)
T3rd - Egan Lee (CFES)
5th - Henry Heidrich (CES)
6th - Nathan Purba (OIS)

5th Grade - Maps, Graphs, and Charts
1st - Arda Demartin (CFES)
2nd - Andrew Seelhoefer (CFES)
3rd - Oliver Danberry (CFES)
4th - Tanush Ellendula (NIS)
5th - Idhika Sadasivuni (OIS)
6th - Kai Hong (OIS)

5th Grade - Number Sense
1st - Karthick Sivakumar (OIS)
2nd - Diego Velazquez (CES)
3rd - Aadhrit Rathi (CFES)
4th - Lydia Chang (NIS)
5th - Daniel Ding (CFES)
6th - Krish Chivukula (CES)

5th Grade - Oral Reading
1st - Evelyn Ames (CFES)
2nd - Veeranjani Singh (OIS)
3rd - Prabhav Anand (NIS)
4th - Addison Conley (CES)
5th - Lydia Chang (NIS)
6th - Presley Drevojanek (TIS)

5th Grade - Ready Writing
1st - Pla Valdya (OIS)
2nd - Jackson Bowling (NIS)
3rd - Bailey Zhao (CFES)
4th - Alessa Truitt (CES)
5th - Clara Mann (TIS)
T6th - TCES
T6th - Andrew Tabue (CES)

5th Grade - Social Studies
T1st - Nithya Kunderu (TCES)
T1st - Kavya Balamurugesh (OIS)
3rd - Matia Garduno (TCES)
4th - Colton Miller (TIS)
5th - Lucas Van Rossum (CES)
6th - David Tomov (TCES)

5th Grade - Spelling
T1st - Pla Vaidya (OIS)
T1st - Prabhav Anand (NIS)
3rd - Daniel Ding (CFES)
4th - Idhika Sadasivuni (OIS)
5th - Suri Kasumova (CFES)
6th - Prisha Gupta (NIS)

INTERMEDIATE - 6TH GRADE

6th Grade - Calculator
1st - Luke Siduguen (OIS)
2nd - Prathit Vora (NIS)
3rd- Jayden Liu (CPJHS)
4th - Reyanish Chouksey (OIS)
5th - Bhargava Jai Mallesh (NIS)

6th Grade - Chess Puzzles
1st - Prathit Vora (NIS)
2nd - Karthick Sivakumar (OIS)
3rd - Abraham Qaiser (OIS)
4th - Dhyuvan Ashok (NIS)
5th - Levi Manning (TIS)
6th - Christian Silvera (OIS)

6th Grade - Math
1st - Gavin Hall (NIS)
2nd - Anthony Vo (OIS)
3rd - Reyansh Chouksey (OIS)
4th - Bhargava Jai Mallesh (NIS)
5th - Abraham Qaiser (OIS)
6th - Sahasra Katamaneni (NIS)

6th Grade - Number Sense
1st - Nhung Luu (NIS)
2nd - Prathit Vora (NIS)
3rd - Jayden Liu (CPJHS)
4th - Sarah Tran (TIS)
5th - Grant Wicker (TIS)
6th - Gavin Hall (NIS)

6th Grade - Oral Reading
1st - Veronica Chaney (NIS)
2nd - Reagan Dudik (NIS)
3rd - Sadie Warnasch (OIS)
4th - Evelyn Kao (OIS)
5th - Michael Flores (CPJHS)
6th - Lydia Grafton (CPJHS)

6th Grade - Ready Writing
1st - Evelyn Kao (OIS)
2nd - Josephine Williams (OIS)
3rd - Quince Thambanchacheep (OIS)
4th - Jackson Gandre (TIS)
5th - Christopher Parr (NIS)
6th - Sanjana Patil (NIS)

6th Grade - Social Studies
1st - Rowan Unser (CPJHS)
2nd - Parker Anderson (OIS)
3rd - Camden Rose (OIS)
4th - Veronica Chaney (NIS)
5th - Arhan Seth (NIS)
6th - Arhan Jain (NIS)

6th Grade - Spelling
1st - Grant Wicker (TIS)
2nd - Micah Ogbunuju (TIS)
3rd - Quince Thambanchacheep (OIS)
T4th - Jayden Liu (CPJHS)
T4th - Amelia Lemzikova (OIS)
6th - Aisha Mohammed (NIS)

JUNIOR HIGH - 7TH & 8TH

7th Grade - Calculator
1st - Calyx Millano (GLJHS)
2nd - Dheeraj Kumar (WWJHS)
3rd - Manthan Panchal (GLJHS)
4th - Bhargava Kothuru (GLJHS)
5th - Rishik Sharma (CPJHS)
6th - Aneesh Mohankumar (WWJHS)

7th Grade - Maps, Graphs, and Charts
1st - Kiara Chandila (GLJHS)
2nd - Aaryaman Tyagi (GLJHS)
T3rd - Dheeraj Kumar (WWJHS)
T3rd - Reyansh Gupta (WWJHS)
5th - Samuel Kelley (CPJHS)
6th - Anay Srinath (WWJHS)

7th Grade - Math
1st - Adwaith Guddeti (GLJHS)
2nd - Reyansh Gupta (WWJHS)
3rd - Roman Tutino (CPJHS)
4th - Calyx Millano (GLJHS)
5th - Bhargava Kothuru (GLJHS)
6th - Amy Nguyen (WWJHS)

7th Grade - Number Sense
1st - Calyx Millano (GLJHS)
2nd - Amy Nguyen (WWJHS)
3rd - Adwaith Guddeti (GLJHS)
4th - Reyansh Gupta (WWJHS)
5th - Aaryaman Tyagi (GLJHS)
6th - Roman Tutino (CPJHS)

7th Grade - Oral Reading
1st - Aaishi Saggar (WWJHS)
2nd - Ishanvi Gawade (WWJHS)
3rd - Zunaira Sakhawat (GLJHS)
4th - Hibah Atif (WWJHS)
5th - Maryam Hussein (GLJHS)
6th - Aarohee Phatak (GLJHS)

7th Grade - Ready Writing
1st - Maryam Hussein (GLJHS)
2nd - Emma Alleweireldt (TJHS)
3rd - Julia De Faria (CPJHS)
4th - Hibah Atif (WWJHS)
5th - Bhargava Kothuru (GLJHS)
6th - Zunaira Sakhawat (GLJHS)

7th Grade - Science
T1st - Vihaan Shah (CPJHS)
T1st - Charles Wang (GLJHS)
3rd - Anay Srinath (WWJHS)
T4th - Kiara CHandila (GLJHS)
T4th - Adan Mai (WWJHS)
6th - Emily Yang (GLJHS)

7th Grade - Social Studies
1st - Tri Tran (WWJHS)
2nd - Kyle Tongco (WWJHS)
3rd - Luke Ure (TJHS)
4th - David Trullio (CPJHS)
5th - Adam Golden (TJHS)
6th - Manthan Panchal (GLJHS)

7th Grade - Spelling
1st - Bhargava Kothuru (GLJHS)
2nd - Manthan Panchal (GLJHS)
3rd - Ishanvi Gawade (WWJHS)
4th - Dheeraji Kumar (WWJHS)
5th -Aaryam Tyagi (GLJHS)
6th - Roman Tutino (CPJHS)

8th Grade - Calculator
1st - Ayaanish Mahendra (GLJHS)
2nd - Arianna Shen (WWJHS)
3rd - Sahen Tapar (GLJHS)
4th - Kyle Havelka (TJHS)
5th - Riya Singhal (GLJHS)
6th - Kaitlyn Hsieh (WWJHS)

8th Grade - Maps, Graphs, and Charts
1st - Roman Tutino (CPJHS)
2nd - Ethan Lin (WWJHS)
3rd - Kyle Havelka (TJHS)
4th - Riya Singhal (GLJHS)
5th - Vihaan Shah (CPJHS)
6th - Samuel Mitchell (GLJHS)

8th Grade - Math
1st - Vihaan Shah (CPJHS)
2nd - Sahen Taper (GLJHS)
3rd - NIthin Dev (GLJHS)
4th - Kyle Havelka (TJHS)
5th - Rishik Sharma (CPJHS)
6th - Tamasi Ellendula (WWJHS)

8th Grade - Number Sense
1st - Sahen Taper (GLJHS)
2nd - Vihaan Shah (CPJHS)
3rd - Ahil Qazi (GLJHS)
4th - Nithin Dev (GLJHS)
5th - Kyle Havelka (TJHS)
6th - Ethan Bardin (TJHS)

8th Grade - Oral Reading
1st - Myra Yasin (CPJHS)
T2nd - Amalee McGee (CPJHS)
T2nd - Grace Ledford (WWJHS)
4th - Vedha Kotta (WWJHS)
5th - Riya Singhal (GLJHS)
6th - Rosie Jordan (CPJHS)
7th - Cathlyn Ok (TJHS)

8th Grade - Ready Writing
1st - Ella Varlioglu (CPJHS)
2nd - Sahen Tapar (GLJHS)
3rd - Grace Ledford (WWJHS)
4th - Ore Akinyemiju (CPJHS)
5th - Tamasi Ellendula (WWJHS)
6th - Riya Singhal (GLJHS)

8th Grade - Science
1st - Kyle Havelka (TJHS)
2nd - Ayaansh Mahenda (GLJHS)
3rd - Armando Perez (TJHS)
4th - Sahen Tapar (GLJHS)
5th - Kaitlyn Hsieh (WWJHS)
T6th - Riya Singhal (GLJHS)
T6th - Haylee Sinha (WWJHS)

8th Grade - Social Studies
1st - Arianna Shen (WWJHS)
2nd - Kyle Havelka (TJHS)
3rd - Ethan Lin (WWJHS)
T4th - Samuel Mitchell (GLJHS)
T4th - Kaden Long (GLJHS)
6th - Darren Chin (GLJHS)

8th Grade - Spelling
1st - Vihaan Shah (CPJHS)
2nd - Ahil Qazi (GLJHS)
3rd - Sahen Tapar (GLJHS)
4th - Rohan Lanka (GLJHS)
5th - Tamasi Ellendula (WWJHS)
6th - Grace Ledford (WWJHS)

ABOUT TOMBALL ISD
Tomball ISD educates students to become responsible, productive citizens by providing innovative, individually rigorous, and personally valuable educational experiences. Founded in 1908, Tomball ISD now encompasses 83 square miles in northwest Harris County and southwest Montgomery County, and is located approximately 30 miles from downtown Houston. The district currently educates over 23,000 students across 24 campuses.