All tagged spelling bee
After winning the annual LCPS Spelling Bee for the past four years with champion spellers who eventually aged out, Woodington found a capable successor in Nikki Bellamy. The seventh grader outlasted the top spellers from the district’s elementary and middle schools on Thursday night to claim a fifth consecutive title for her school.
Wesley Vernon three-peated as winner of the LCPS Spelling Bee last week and credited his having been in the district-wide contest twice before – and having won both times – with making his third appearance a little easier.
Woodington Middle School seventh grader Wesley Vernon repeated as winner of the annual LCPS Spelling Bee winner Tuesday night, coming out on top in a contest with 13 other school spelling champs by, appropriately enough, correctly spelling the word “ouster.”
Grant Haze had been here before – the two-time spelling champ of Northwest Elementary School making his second appearance in three years at the LCPS Spelling Bee.
In an annual competition often dominated by educators, three teams representing Kinston businesses took top honors last week in the Adult Spelling Bee sponsored by the Lenoir County Education Foundation. In the end, though, schools and teachers still won big.
