Students spell their way to victory in Port Angeles bee
Published 12:01 am Friday, May 31, 2013
PORT ANGELES — Correct spellings of “c-o-u-n-c-i-l” and “i-n-s-t-e-a-d” won the All-City Spelling Bee last week when 47 students from public and private schools in Port Angeles competed at the Vern Burton Community Center.
Students from Port Angeles School District elementary and middle schools — Franklin, Jefferson, Dry Creek, Hamilton and Roosevelt elementary schools, and Stevens Middle School — and Queen of Angels and Olympic Christian schools participated in the citywide bee May 21.
This year, the annual bee — which is sponsored by Soroptimist International of Port Angeles-Jet Set and the Friends of the North Olympic Library System — was expanded to include seventh- and eighth-grade students.
The elementary-level competition continued as in the past with fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students.
Winners
Mary Shore, Hamilton Elementary fifth-grade student, placed first in the elementary-level bee by spelling the word “council” correctly.
Jordan Nicolas, Roosevelt Elementary sixth-grade student, placed second; Emily Bundy, a sixth grade Queen of Angels student, was third.
At the middle level, Lexie Peabody, eighth-grade student at Stevens, tied with seventh-grader Marian Amaranto of Queen of Angels.
Both spelled the word “instead” correctly, and the contest between the two was declared a tie because of time.
Third place was awarded to Stevens seventh-grader Kiara Amundson.
Each of the top three winners in both divisions received a trophy and a bookbag filled with prizes donated by the Friends of the North Olympic Library System.
All finalists had won the “spell downs” in their respective class bees to advance to the annual all-city bee.
Bee finalists
Bee finalists, their schools and teachers are:
■ Dry Creek — Maxine Waddell, fourth grade, teacher Gunnar Thomason; Alyssa Mills, fifth grade, teacher Becky Gunderson; Madison Hiser, fifth grade, teacher Sarah Schaefermeyer; Madison Dunning, fifth grade, teacher Patricia Schromen; Linus Waddell, sixth grade, teacher Matthew Gochnour; Bonnie Peters, sixth grade, teacher Jennifer Soule.
■ Franklin Elementary — Wyatt Hall, fourth grade, teacher Terri Longin; Anna Gentry, fifth grade, teacher Claire Rausch; Preetha Patel, fifth grade, teacher Nancy McCaleb; Adrian Howard, fifth grade, teacher Nancy McCaleb.
■ Hamilton Elementary — Isaiah Martinez, fourth grade, teacher Trent Pomeroy; Kiera Woodward, fourth grade, teacher Helen Bunch; ElizaMarie Smith, fifth grade, teacher Brook Anderson; Mary Shore, fifth grade, teacher George Kheriaty; Harmony Johnson, sixth grade, teacher Brook Anderson; Lauren Paup-Byrnes, sixth grade, teacher Jeff Lunt.
■ Jefferson Elementary — Isaiah Jones, fourth grade, teacher Sue-Ellen Kraft; Carma Langmack, fourth grade, teacher Jeanne Wolfley; Garrett Latimer, fifth grade, teacher Sandra Biasell; Nacia Bohman, fifth grade, teacher Theresa Schmid; Rylee Lawrence-Chang, sixth grade, teacher Leah Bauman; Skyler Sullivan, sixth grade, teacher Dean Lancaster.
■ Roosevelt Elementary — Chase Roberts, fourth grade, teacher Teresa Haller; Daniel Hornack, fourth grade, teacher Mary O’Kief; Milo Whitman, fifth grade, teacher Geff Cobb; Keith Wilwert, fifth grade, teacher Mark Mitrovich; Malachi Rhymer, sixth grade, teacher William Prorok; Jordan Nicolas, sixth grade, teacher Kelly Sanders; Kolby Greul, sixth grade, teacher Bob Withrow.
■ Stevens Middle School — Easton Joslin, seventh grade, language arts teachers Donette Hope and Katherine Sikes; Kiara Amundson, seventh grade, language arts teachers Donette Hope and Katherine Sikes; Colby Boe, seventh grade, language arts teachers Donette Hope and Katherine Sikes; Chloee Adams, seventh grade, language arts teachers Donette Hope and Katherine Sikes; Billy Sommers, eighth grade, language arts teachers Stacey Sanders and Darren Mills; Lexie Peabody, eighth grade, language arts teachers Stacey Sanders and Darren Mills; Olivia Due, eighth grade, language arts teacher Laurie Day; Ben Basden, eighth grade, language arts teacher Melissa Withrow.
■ Olympic Christian — Thomas Shea, fourth grade, teacher Brian Clark; Ethan Flodstrom, fifth grade, teacher Tiffany Manning; Holland Bailey, sixth grade, teacher Louann Short; Lily Robertson, seventh grade, teacher Carol Peterson; Kelsey Brown, eighth grade, teacher Carol Peterson.
■ Queen of Angels — Aidan Braaten, fourth grade, teacher Patricia Frenette; Emma Weller, fifth grade, teacher Ceci Kimball; Emily Bundy, sixth grade, teacher Liz Allen; Marian Amaranto, seventh grade, teacher Jean Hays; Molly Braaten, eighth grade, teacher Jean Hays.
