Carnegie Vanguard HS wins top prize at UIL academics meet

More than 400 students from 14 Houston ISD schools participated in a UIL academics meet, the first of the 2014-2015 season, at Lee High School on Oct. 18.

Academics meets are held throughout the school year. They include character-building educational activities and emphasize good sportsmanship and fair play.

Here are the winners:

School Sweepstakes Champions
First Place: Carnegie Vanguard High School
Second Place: Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men
Third Place: Reagan High School 

School Team Champions
Accounting: Reagan High School
Computer Science: Bellaire High School
Current Issues and Events: Reagan High School
Journalism: Lee High School
Mathematics: Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men
Number Sense: Carnegie Vanguard High School
Robotics: Lamar High School and Fonville Middle School
Science: Carnegie Vanguard
Social Studies: Carnegie Vanguard
Speech: Westbury High School
Spelling and Vocabulary: Carnegie Vanguard
Calculator Applications: Leland College Prep Academy for Young Men