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Newark students competing in Regional Spelling Bee
Wayne Post
Two seventh graders from Newark Middle School will compete in the regional leg of the annual Scripps Spelling Bee on March 20 at the Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES Conference Center in Newark.
Braydan Sherman won first place in the local Bee, followed by Olivia Demer in second. The school’s alternate representative, seventh grader Caleb Coleman, finished in third place. Also competing in the NMS Spelling Bee were sixth graders Ridley Chandler, Alexis Huntington and Jonathan Mayzak.
English language arts teacher Mel Hager, who coordinates the local Bee, said this year’s process involved attending national webinars through Scripps, regional meetings and frequent communication with Scripps and the regional director.
Three WMS students took part in regional competition
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Isaac Kinser (from left), Alex Reum and Austin Kinser competed last week in the Regional Spelling Bee, which was sponsored by the Southwest West Central (SWWC) Service Cooperative. (Submitted photo)
MARSHALL Twenty-five students participated in the Feb. 1-5 virtual Regional Spelling Bee sponsored by the Southwest West Central (SWWC) Service Cooperative.
SWWC used an online testing platform created by the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The top four place winners have advanced to the Multi-Region State Spelling Bee, which will take place on Tuesday. The winner from the Multi-Region State Bee will then go on to the National Spelling Bee, which will take place June 1-3.
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REGIONAL SPELLING BEE WRITTEN TEST: All Participating School Champions will then receive an instruction email AND a packet of goodies by mail prior to the Regional Spelling Bee Written Test, set to take place on Monday, March 15
th – Tuesday, March 16
th, 2021.
REGIONAL SPELLING BEE ZOOM SPELL-OFF: The top 5 performing school champions from the written test will move on to the final round…The Zoom Spell-Off on Monday, March 22
nd, 2021 at 6pm. This event will be recorded and available to view on Facebook beginning Wednesday, March 24
th, 2021.
SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE: The winner from our Spell-Off will move on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee (date tbd).
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