By AccessWDUN staff
Brekelle Wilkes and Ivan Saunders (photo on the left) were the top spellers in the 2021 Hall County School District Spelling Bee; Saunders, a 5th grader, won the Jan. 27 competition among 34 spellers. Andrew Mady (photo on the right) from Gainesville Middle School won the Gainesville City School System Spelling Bee on Jan. 29.
Both the Hall County School District and the Gainesville City School System held their annual spelling bees this past week, and the top spellers in the two districts will now advance to the district competition.
Hall County s top speller for 2021 was Ivan Saunders, a 5th grader from World Language Academy Elementary School. After second place finisher Brekelle Wilkes stumbled on the word copse, Saunders correctly spelled the words scabbard and litany to take the competition. The Hall County bee, held on Jan. 27 at East Hall High School s Performing Arts Center, featured 34 students from 24 schools in the district. This year s