Private Schools Interscholastic Association (PSIA)

St. Theresa students participate in the Private Schools Interscholastic Association’s academic competition. Rooted in virtue and academic excellence, students exercise their God-given gifts and talents through hard work and healthy competition. Our children grow in leadership by engaging with the community throughout the 59 academic contests which cover math, science, language arts, speech, social studies, and fine arts.

School-wide competitions, in these subject areas, are held for 1^st through 8^th grade students. Leading students advance to an Austin-area district competition in March. Top-placing students then advance to the state competition in April at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth.

We are excited to have another year of PSIA (Private Schools Interscholastic Association) at St. Theresa! PSIA is an academic competition for grades 1 through 8. Learn more about PSIA here on their website.
 

• Sign up today: 2020-21 Sign up form* 
• Check schedules:  PSIA Conflict Sheet 
• $35 per student
• Top 3 students per grade will go to District competition held at Regents on March 6, 2021.

See the special notes where accommodations may be arranged for speaking event conflicts. Per PSIA Guidelines, all students must be in the same environment during the test. Due to this rule, online students who wish to participate in PSIA will be required to come to campus for testing.  Students may participate in as many events as they desire for their grade level. One parent per student attending Districts is required to volunteer at the District Competition. 
 
Parent Leads:
PSIA Campus Director-Allison Urrutia, aaurrutia@yahoo.com
Elementary Division- Liz Merkel, lizmerkel@outlook.com
Middle School Division-Jeff Ridgeway, jeffridgeway@hotmail.com 
We apologize for the late start, but hope we can make this a successful year. 
 
The firm deadline to sign up your children for PSIA is Friday October 30, 2020. 
*Please note: Number Sense (2-3) and On-site Drawing (4-5) is tentatively planned for the March 6th District Competition. The decision will be made at the Directors' District meeting.
Please e-mail with any questions.
God bless,
Allison Urrutia, Jeff Ridgeway and Liz Merkel

The time has finally arrived to start the school events. Below is an UPDATED list of the Events with Date and Location. Please watch for a reminder email before the event. It is important students present to test locations promptly as well as parents arrive promptly to pick up you student from the test. If your student will NOT participate, please let the PSIA tema know immediately.

Congratulations to all who participated at PSIA District 8AA Meet on March 5th and 6th. Our school took 1st Place Overall. Middle School finished 1st and Elementary School finished 4th. 
We have 23 students who have qualified for the PSIA Championship Meet on April 24th. This event is being held in place the the canceld State competition. The event will be at Regents School. Please continue to pray and support the following students as the continue to represent our school:

Evangaline Addison
Josephine Addison
Syndey Archer
Aiden Berkowitz
Brendan Bils
Caroline Castaldi
Jack Coloyandro
Nash Dahl
Logan Gonzalez
Nathan Haratinada
James Irion
Luke Irion
Jemma Marlow
Ryan McDonald
Grayson Moles
Wyatt Moles
Kate Price
Julia Ridgeway
Andrew Rosen
Jackson Shilling
Amanda Tavares
Joe Terry
Emma Urrutia