42nd Annual Loudoun County Regional Spelling Bee

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.

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

Pronouncer

Bee Volunteers

Will Waldman Principal, Smart's Mill Middle School

Head Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Moderator

Student Chaperone

Recording Engineer

Greeters

Student Escort

Beth Robinson Executive Principal, Middle School

Chris Cadwell Principal, Cool Spring Elementary School

Dr. Christopher Cuozzo Secondary English and Reading Instructional Facilitator

Wesley Strayer Early Literacy Specialist

Heidi Branch English Teacher, Belmont Ridge Middle School

Heidi Walsh

Secondary English & Reading Instructional Facilitator

Dana Bober Assistant Principal

John W. Tolbert Elementary School

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

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 *

2024 School Champions

Middle School

Sriram Gollapudi, Belmont Ridge Middle School

Paul Cochran, Blue Ridge Middle School

Loudoun Regional Spelling Bee

Previous Winners

2023 Oviya Amalraj, 6th grade

2022 Harshacardhan Dinesh, 7th grade

2021 Ashrita Gandhari, 8th grade

2020 Spelling Bee Canceled

2019 Ashrita Gandhari, 6th grade

2018 Anoushka Upadhye, 8th grade

2017 Rishbuh Kaushal, 8th grade

2016 Rishubh Kaushal, 7th grade

2015 Shiv Lamba, 8th grade

2014 Nicole Seman, 7th grade

2013 Luke Thornburgh, 7th grade

2012 Luke Thornburgh, 6th grade

2011 Jeremy Nathan, 8th grade

2010 James Forcier, 8th grade

2009 Santos DeBarros, 8th grade

2008 Santos DeBarros, 7th grade

2007 Shreya Juhi Labh, 5th grade

2006 Connie Xie, 8th grade

2005 Cari Peacock, 8th grade

2004 Betsy Woodruff, 8th grade

2003 Cari Peacock, 6th grade

2002 Cari Peacock, 5th grade

2001 Kristin Hawkins, 8th grade

2000 Kristin Hawkins, 7th grade

1999 Kristin Hawkins, 6th grade

1998 Nicholas Eberling, 8th grade

1997 Matthew P. Farrell, 6th grade

1996 Nicholas Eberling, 6th grade

1995 Molly Gulland, 7th grade

1994 Barbara Han, 8th grade

1993 Hae-Joo Cheon, 8th grade

1992 Ashley McNamara, 7th grade

1991 Ryan Chornock, 8th grade

1990 Jack Pan, 8th grade

1989 Laura Nawojchik, 5th grade

1988 John Kratzke, 8th grade

1987 Stacy McMahon, 6th grade

1986 Odette Bailey, 8th grade

1985 John Kratzke, 5th 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.