Through the month of January and the beginning of February each of Carbon School District’s elementaries 4th and 5th grades and the middle schools held school spelling bees. Each of the seven schools hosted a school-wide spelling bee to determine their top three spellers who would go on to participate at the District level spelling bee on February 16.
School Spelling Bee Winners:
Bruin Point | Castle Heights: Top 3 | Creekview |
Uriah Trostle 1st Isaiah Trostle 2nd Kiira Dickerson 3rd | Evie Bates-Wood Aviya Krum Sophie Francis | Payton Simkins 1st Brynnli Jensen 2nd Andrew Woodard 3rd |
Sally Mauro: Top 3 | Wellington | Helper |
Cayde Richardson Crew Stubbs Anthony Pierce | Jared Bunn 1st Alexi Palmer 2nd Jaxson Marvidakis 3rd | Ireland Keil 1st Jordan Olsen 2nd Olivia Rondinelli 3rd |
Mont Harmon | ||
Cadi Heaton 1st Everett Ellsworth 2nd Matthew Blackburn 3rd |
At the district bee, these 21 spellers competed against each other to earn a top three spot. The results of the district bee were:
1st place Everett Ellsworth 7th grade at MHMS
2nd place Cadi Heaton 7th grade at MHMS (right side of picture)
3rd place Elvie Bates-Wood 5th grade at Castle Heights (left side of picture)
These top three spellers will advance to the Region Spelling Bee on March 9th at Grand County High School. The Region Bee consists of the top three spellers from San Juan, Emery, Grand, and Carbon school districts. The first place winner there will advance to the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.
Congratulations to all of the school bee winners and district bee competitors and winners.