Montgomery High School Inaugural Invitational A Meet

The Montgomery High School’s academic teams invite you to our inaugural UIL invitational meet on January 20 at Montgomery High School.     

Location

• 22825 Hwy105 W., Montgomery, TX 77356

Events 

• We will offer all UIL academic events.
• Speech and Debate events will not be held this year.

Awards.

• Individual Medals will be awarded for 1^st-6^th places.
• Team awards will receive a plaque and medals in accordance with UIL District meets.
• Overall Team Sweepstakes will be awarded as well.
• We will announce results throughout the day.  Please make certain a representative from your school is present until results from ALL of your students’ events have been announced. Students' papers and a clean copy of each test will be available in the tab room, which is in the ASC Library.  Any unclaimed materials will be discarded after the tournament.  We will NOT mail any unclaimed papers or awards.

Materials.  

• UIL Invitational A materials for all events except Spelling, which will use HEXCO.

Entry Fees.

•  $10 per entry.
• ALL ENTRIES ARE DUE BY 4 P.M. ON Friday, January 5, 2024. Once your school is entered and the deadline has passed, you are obligated for all fees. 
• Entries for Ready Writing and Journalism are limited to 4 per school per event. Limit 4 per school unless space permits. Copy editing & headline have no entry limit. Students will be pulled from the waiting list if the event does not max out by final registration deadline. We will attempt to seat everyone at a computer. In the case that news, feature, and editorial writing are filled to the computer capacity, students on the waitlist may be added beyond the limit of four if they are willing to hand write their entry. If there are enough people on the waitlist and additional judges can be procured, then we will open up registration for the writing events again.
• Schools participating in Ready Writing and/or Journalism events will pay a $150 judging fee as well.
• Schools should bring a check payable to Montgomery Independent School District to cover all fees.  If you are not able to have a check prepared in time, please have a proof of payment leave a copy with the registration table.  All accounts must be paid in full within 30 days.  All delinquent accounts are subject to a $100 fee.

Judging and Grading 

• Academic coaches are EXPECTED to grade. Schools that do not provide a coach to assist in grading may be disqualified for that event.
• Judges will be provided for Ready Writing and Journalism. In the event that there are more than 30 entries for these events, coaches may be asked to assist in judging these events.

Food

• Hospitality will be provided for coaches, judges and bus drivers, included is breakfast, lunch, and a snack on Saturday.
• Concessions for students will be sold in the cafeteria. 
• Schools are free to bring their own food or (if time permits) leave campus for lunch.
• Please make sure your school’s area is cleaned and all trash in the trash cans before your school leaves. If your school has a spill or needs something cleaned up, please report to a Montgomery HS representative asap.
• There are several nearby restaurants that can deliver or picked up. Here are just a few.

• Chick-fil-A
• Chipotle
• Jersey Mikes
• Subway
• Papa Johns
• Mod Pizza