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FANTASTIC SCHOLATIC
She Put a Spell On Us
After competing for 12 rounds, Jennie Bensley won 1st place at the annual spelling bee in the auditorium on January 16.
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This year’s annual Spelling Bee was held on Thursday, January 16. The Spelling Bee was available for all students in grades 1-8. The winner of the Spelling Bee will move on to the Regional Spelling Bee on March 28 in Corning, New York. Afterwards the winner of the Regional Spelling Bee will move on to the National Spelling Bee in Washington DC. This year’s winner was Jennie Bensley, an 8th grader. Leon Beaudry, a 4th grader, won 2nd place and Aryanna Khodorkovskaya, a 5th grader, won 3rd place. The event started with 15 spellers in the preliminary rounds. These rounds are non-elimination: the students over the course of the round tally up points. The top 12 spellers then continued onto the next round and they competed until there was a clear 1st and 2nd place. In March, Jennie and Leon will be moving onto the Regional Spelling Bee. Story and layout by Emily Campbell; photos by Mrs. Chambliss.
