Forty two students will be competing in the ninth Annual County Wide Spelling Bee on Thursday, February 2 at 6:00 p.m. at DeKalb County High School.
The 2011 County Spelling Bee Champion is Chase Bryant
Earlier students from DeKalb Middle School, DeKalb West School and Northside Elementary School competed at the school level to become eligible for the county competition. WJLE will broadcast the Spelling Bee LIVE. Along with thirty-nine counties, the first and second place winners in the DeKalb County Spelling Bee will compete in the Middle Tennessee Regional Spelling Bee sponsored by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz and Belmont University. The regional bee will take place on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The winner of the Regional Spelling Bee will compete in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.
The purpose in sponsoring the County Wide Spelling Bee is to “help students improve Spelling skills, increase vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives”.
Participants in this year’s County Wide Spelling Bee are:
DeKalb West:
4th Grade: Lexy Gammons, Christian Trail, Kelsey Wade
5th Grade: Callie Mulloy, Harley Sloan, Thomas Tippin
6th Grade: Jacob Frazier, Mark Mace
7th Grade: Jayra Plattenburg, Brandy Rock, Casey Vickers
8th Grade: Madison Hayes, Mary Mofield, Kirkland Smallwood, Morgan Vickers
Northside Elementary:
4th Grade: Chantz Bowling, Anna Chew, Isaac Cross, Braxton Hutchings, Katherine Malone, Raiden Martin, Logan Speaks, Malia Stanley
5th Grade: Madi Cantrell, Malone Fletcher, Molly Hall, Dulce Marcel, Ashley Phillips, Christian Sisk, Isaac Walker, Derek Young
DeKalb Middle School:
6th Grade: Kayla Belk, Olivia Fuson, Haley Martin, Allison Maynard, Shauna Pedroza, Hunter Speaks, and Justin Stanick
7th Grade: Alexis Cantrell, Timothy Cassinera, Reagan Patton, Skylar Pease, Alyssa Sewell
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