42nd Annual Loudoun County Regional Spelling Bee

42 Annual Loudoun County Regional Spelling Bee nd

Briar Woods High School Thursday, March 21, 2024 6:30 p.m.

Friendly Audience Reminders:

Be sure that mobile phones are powered off, or turned to silent.

Refrain from shouting out answers, or holding side conversations during the competition.

Please note that any recording of this Bee, other than that of your child, either through video or photographs, is prohibited.

Welcome Dr. Aaron Spence Superintendent, Loudoun County Public Schools

Introduction of Spelling Bee Team Melissa McQuillan, M.Ed. Loudoun County Regional Spelling Bee Coordinator

Initial Rounds Final Rounds Presentation of Spelling Bee Trophy

Bee Volunteers Pronouncer

Will Waldman Principal, Smart's Mill Middle School

Head Judge

Beth Robinson Executive Principal, Middle School

Judge

Chris Cadwell Principal, Cool Spring Elementary School

Judge

Dr. Christopher Cuozzo Secondary English and Reading Instructional Facilitator

Judge

Wesley Strayer Early Literacy Specialist

Moderator

Heidi Branch English Teacher, Belmont Ridge Middle School

Student Chaperone

Heidi Walsh Secondary English & Reading Instructional Facilitator

Recording Engineer

Dana Bober Assistant Principal John W. Tolbert Elementary School

Greeters

Student Escort

Jessica McCracken, Elementary Instructional Facilitator Hillary Hennessy Reading Specialist Pine Brook Elementary School Melanie Buckley Secondary English & Reading Instructional Facilitator

2024 Top 33 Champions Landon Willett: Banneker Elementary School Jayden King: Belmont Station Elementary School Paul Cochran: Blue Ridge Middle School Neil Yerra: Brambleton Middle School Carter Ballagh: Catoctin Elementary School Madison Gilbert: Cedar Lane Elementary School Kireeti Chanamolu: Discovery Elementary School Landon Dowdy: Dominion Trail Elementary School Falisha Faacy: Eagle Ridge Middle School Alex Luong: Farmwell Station Middle School Miabella Soriano: Frederick Douglass Elementary School Anna Parker: Harper Park Middle School Eli Moody: Hillside Elementary School Oviya Amalraj: J Michael Lunsford Middle School Arjun Patel: John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary School Jia Singhvi: LCPS Virtual Distance Learning School Vaishnavi Parimi: Legacy Elementary School Prarthana Nair: Little River Elementary School Ahalya HadKar: Lowes Island Elementary School Arnav Bharath Kumar: Mercer Middle School Logan Stipa: Middleburg Elementary School Kalister Wilson: Mill Run Elementary School Akshaya Vinodh: Pinebrook Elementary School Adrian Pezzimenti: Potowmack Elementary School Aarna Vasanthan: River Bend Middle School Amrit Sujeet: Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School Margaret Snead: Smart's Mill Middle School Avni Vedi: Steuart W. Weller Elementary School Anvita Gandhari: Stone Hill Middle School Katharine Tellis: Saint Theresa Catholic School Reyansh Bollapalli: Sycolin Creek Elementary School Aram Moslehi: Trailside Middle School Kyle Buffardi: Willard Intermediate School

* Alphabetical by school

2024 School Champions Elementary School Kelsey Dickens, Aldie Elementary School Charlie Drummond, Algonkian Elementary School Varun Warrier, Arcola Elementary School Vihaan Bathula, Ashburn Elementary School AJ Troxell, Balls Bluff Elementary School Landon Willett, Banneker Elementary School Jayden King, Belmont Station Elementary School Lydia Ayele, Buffalo Trail Elementary School Nicolaas Moes, Cardinal Ridge Elementary School Carter Ballagh, Catoctin Elementary School Madison Gilbert, Cedar Lane Elementary School Mitali Thakur, Cool Spring Elementary School Dyron Cabrera, Countryside Elementary School Rana Kamma, Creighton's Corner Elementary School Kireeti Chanamolu, Discovery Elementary School Landon Dowdy, Dominion Trail Elementary School Sahana Tripathi, Elaine Thompson Elementary School Cyrus Rodriguez, Emerick Elementary School Micah Yancoskie, Evergreen Mill Elementary School Nicholas Pogany, Fairfax Christian Academy Sofia Rios, Forest Grove Elementary School Ashton Adair, Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School Miabella Soriano, Frederick Douglass Elementary Lana Buffardi, Goshen Post Elementary School Mehak Sandhu, Guilford Elementary School Clyde Biby, Hamilton Elementary School Anne Vermette, Hillsboro Charter Academy Eli Moody, Hillside Elementary School Adnan Vardag, Horizon Elementary School Oliver Chien, Hovatter Elementary School Thai-Binh Truong, Hutchison Farm Elementary School Arjun Patel, John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary School * Alphabetical by school

2024 School Champions Elementary School Wren Signorelli, Kenneth W. Culbert Elementary School Edward Acuna Paniagua, Leesburg Elementary School Vaishnavi Parimi, Legacy Elementary School Haarika Vegiraju, Liberty Elementary School AnnaRenee Rath, Lincoln Elementary School Prarthana Nair, Little River Elementary School Hannah Gerard, Lovettsville Elementary School Gio Manzo, Loudoun Home School Association Ahalya Hadkar, Lowes Island Elementary School Tori Bowser, Lucketts Elementary School Charlotte Kniskern, Madison's Trust Elementary School Mumin Hamad, Meadowland Elementary School Logan Stipa, Middleburg Community Charter Kalister Wilson, Mill Run Elementary School Shruthi Venba Rajaram, Moorefield Station Elementary School Ethan Getz, Mountain View Elementary School Vishal Swaminathan, Newton Lee Elementary School Akshaya Vinodh, Pinebrook Elementary School Adrian Pezzimenti, Potowmack Elementary School Selah Kim, Rolling Ridge Elementary School Amrit Sujeet, Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School Isaac DenHerder, Round Hill Elementary School Sam Thomas, Sanders Corner Elementary School Hunter Yu, Seldens Landing Elementary School Katharine Tellis, St. Theresa Vyvienne Garcia, Sterling Elementary School Avni Vedi, Steuart W. Weller Elementary School Ariane Sanjines Cruz, Sugarland Elementary School Brian Hernandez Morales, Sully Elementary School Reyansh Bollapalli, Sycolin Creek Elementary School Anna Briggs, Waterford Elementary School Mihir Aduru, Waxpool Elementary School * Alphabetical by school

2024 School Champions Middle School Sriram Gollapudi, Belmont Ridge Middle School Paul Cochran, Blue Ridge Middle School Neil Yerra, Brambleton Middle School Jia Singhvi, Distance Learning Secondary Program (Grades 6-8) Falisha Faacy, Eagle Ridge Middle School Alex Luong, Farmwell Station Middle School Jack Miller, Harmony Middle School Anna Parker, Harper Park Middle School Nila Noorian, J. L. Simpson Middle School Oviya Amalraj, J. M. Lunsford Middle School Arnav Bharath Kumar, Mercer Middle School Aarna Vasanthan, River Bend Middle School Jessica Taylor, Seneca Ridge Middle School Margaret Snead, Smart's Mill Middle School Cassandre Deshagette, Sterling Middle School Anvita Gandhari, Stone Hill Middle School Aram Moslehi, Trailside Middle School Kyle Buffardi, Willard Middle School

* Alphabetical by school

Loudoun Regional Spelling Bee Previous Winners 2023 Oviya Amalraj, 6th grade

2003 Cari Peacock, 6th grade

2022 Harshacardhan Dinesh, 7th grade

2002 Cari Peacock, 5th grade

2021 Ashrita Gandhari, 8th grade

2001 Kristin Hawkins, 8th grade

2020 Spelling Bee Canceled

2000 Kristin Hawkins, 7th grade

2019 Ashrita Gandhari, 6th grade

1999 Kristin Hawkins, 6th grade

2018 Anoushka Upadhye, 8th grade

1998 Nicholas Eberling, 8th grade

2017 Rishbuh Kaushal, 8th grade

1997 Matthew P. Farrell, 6th grade

2016 Rishubh Kaushal, 7th grade

1996 Nicholas Eberling, 6th grade

2015 Shiv Lamba, 8th grade

1995 Molly Gulland, 7th grade

2014 Nicole Seman, 7th grade

1994 Barbara Han, 8th grade

2013 Luke Thornburgh, 7th grade

1993 Hae-Joo Cheon, 8th grade

2012 Luke Thornburgh, 6th grade

1992 Ashley McNamara, 7th grade

2011 Jeremy Nathan, 8th grade

1991 Ryan Chornock, 8th grade

2010 James Forcier, 8th grade

1990 Jack Pan, 8th grade

2009 Santos DeBarros, 8th grade

1989 Laura Nawojchik, 5th grade

2008 Santos DeBarros, 7th grade

1988 John Kratzke, 8th grade

2007 Shreya Juhi Labh, 5th grade

1987 Stacy McMahon, 6th grade

2006 Connie Xie, 8th grade

1986 Odette Bailey, 8th grade

2005 Cari Peacock, 8th grade

1985 John Kratzke, 5th grade

2004 Betsy Woodruff, 8th grade

1984 Daniel Greenblatt, 8th grade 1983 Daniel Greenblatt, 7th grade

Special Thanks Many thanks to the following employees of Loudoun County Public Schools for supporting the 42nd Annual Loudoun County Regional Spelling Bee: Aaron Spence, Ed.D. Superintendent Ashley F. Ellis, Ed.D. Deputy Superintendent Kathryn Neal Supervisor, Early Literacy and Elementary Reading and Writing Michelle Picard, Ed.D. Supervisor, Secondary English and Reading Melissa McQuillan Loudoun County Middle School Spelling Bee Coordinator Wesley Strayer Loudoun County Elementary Spelling Bee Co-coordinator Christina Arpante, Ed.D. Communications Coordinator Sheila Alzate Principal, Briar Woods High School And, thank you to the many administrators and staff who conducted school spelling bees and assisted in the production of this program.

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