Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008

Annual Spelling Bee held at Scotia-Glenville Middle School

With words ranging from stomach and kangaroo to spherical and dungarees, 14 students in grades 4-8 competed in the annual Speling Bee at the Scotia-Glenville Middle School today.

The students represented the four elementary schools and middle school. Each had competed at the school level in order to represent their schools in today's bee.

Representing Scotia-Glenville at the Regional Spelling Bee at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 10 at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady will be Kayla Griffin, grade 5, Glendaal and Benjamin Taubner, grade 5, Lincoln. The alternate representative is Alexis Yagielski, grade 8.

"Be proud of what you've done; it takes a lot of courage to get up on this stage," Lincoln Principal Ann Comley told the students.

The Building Level Champions who competed Tuesday were:

Glendaal School
Sage Latimer, grade 4
Joie Prentice, grade 4
Kayla Griffin, grade 5

Glen-Worden School
Emily Littlejohn, grade 4
John Pierce, grade 4
Sophia Leitzman, grade 5

Lincoln School
Danielle Gagnon, gradee 4
Benjamin Taubner, grade 5
Jacob Sanboeuf, grade 5

Sacandaga School
Anthony Kittle, grade 4
Jacob Hardy, grade 4
Benjamin Radom, grade 5

Middle School
Kerry Lewis, grade 8
Alexis Yagielski, grade 8

Comley read and pronounced the words during the bee. Principals James Dunham, Glen-Worden, Thomas Eagan, Glendaal; and Shari Keller, Middle School, were the judges for the contest.