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Boundary County sending five spelling champions
to Regional Spelling Bee, winner goes to
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March 2, 2016 |
 Five Boundary County champion spellers will be
competing with 43 other North Idaho students,
with an all-expense paid trip to Washington,
D.C. on the line for the winner.
Valley View students Damon Madson (fourth grade)
and Morgan Moon (fifth grade) and Boundary
County Middle School students Tyler Stockdale
(sixth grade), Regina Chaphan (seventh grade),
and Adrianne Brown (eighth grade) were winners
in our local spelling bees earlier in the year,
and will spell competitively next at the North
Idaho Regional Spelling Bee in Coeur d'Alene.
A total of 48 fourth- through eighth-graders
from the five northern counties of Idaho will
participate in the 12th annual North Idaho
Regional Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 19, at
North Idaho College, the winner of which will
receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington,
D.C. to participate in the Scripps National
Spelling Bee the end of May.
Each contestant was the winner of his or her
respective grade level in district qualifying
bees held in public school districts as well as
a home school and private school district
throughout North Idaho.
“A total of 48 schools are involved in this
year’s spelling bee from 11 districts across
North Idaho, including home school associations
and private schools,” said North Idaho Regional
Spelling Bee Coordinator Mindy Patterson.
“Congratulations to those who qualified for the
regional bee this year—it’s an amazing
accomplishment.”
At the Regional level, the competition gets a
little tougher. For one thing all speller
compete against each other, regardless of grade
level, so fourth grade students are thrown right
into the mix trying to outspell eighth graders.
The competition will begin Saturday, March 19 at
9:00 a.m. in Boswell Hall Schuler Performing
Arts Center on NIC’s main campus. Registration
for participants will begin at 8:30 a.m.
The event is sponsored by Hagadone Newspapers
and hosted by NIC. |
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