PSIA (Academic Team)

The 2023 PSIA District meet was held at SAS in March. It was an exciting and busy day!

Private School Interscholastic Association (PSIA) is an extracurricular academic program for elementary and middle school students. Participating in PSIA provides an exciting opportunity for private school students to engage in academic competition with their peers throughout the state of Texas.
PSIA is the most comprehensive academic extracurricular programs in the nation for students in grades 1 -8. Students who participate in PSIA will:

• Refine mental aptitudes
• Affirm self-worth
• Find new excitement in learning
• Develop teamwork and a sense of fair play
• Experience a sense of pride and dignity
• Appreciate that rules, consistently applied, create order and discipline
• Experience the joy of achieving in a wholesome environment
• Foster self-discipline and perseverance
• Achieve recognition for academic excellence
• Make better choices of after-school activities
• Enjoy camaraderie with students from other schools
• Receive tangible awards for his/her academic ability
• HAVE FUN!

• Creative Writing
• Dictionary Skills
• Impromptu Speaking
• Listening Skills
• Maps, Graphs, & Charts
• Mathematics
• Number Sense
• On-Site Drawing
• Ready Writing
• Spelling
• Storytelling
• Vocabulary

Students who participate in PSIA meet to practice with their “coaches” for 45 minutes, after school every other week or weekly leading up to the District Meet, which takes place on a Saturday the end of March. Students who qualify in their category/categories at the District Meet will go on to compete at the State Meet in April, which is typically held at TCU.

Photos from the 2023 PSIA State Meet held at TCU in late April.