On February 6th, nineteen ACS students, in grades 1-8, competed in the School Level Spelling Bee held in the gym. This annual event is part of the Scripps Spelling Bee program which is celebrating its 100th year anniversary in 2025.
These 19 students were the winners of the Classroom Spelling Bees held in January. Those who won their Classroom Bees were given a new list to study and had a month of coaching to prepare for the School Bee.
The contestants were:
Grade 1: Stella Tash, Roman Woods, Robby Boyer
Grade 2: Jaxon Fiorillo, Tyson Morales, Katrina Parasmo
Grade 3: Ellie Campbell, Olivia Kuchmek
Grade 4: Grisha Kagramanov, Daniel Awad
Grade 5: Sean Connolly, Rachael Eachus, Madelyn Sawyer
Grade 6: Caitlin Baron Doucett
Grade 7: Luke Sabulao, Tamara Kulov
Grade 8: Rebecca Ordonez, Vaughn Burgan, Chase Hagel
The Bee lasted for 29 rounds with over 200 words attempted. 4th Grader Daniel Awad was the winner over 8th grader Chase Hagel. Daniel’s final correctly spelled word was “television”. Rounding out the Top 5 finishers were 6th grader Caitlyn Baron Doucett (3rd), 3rd grader Olivia Kuchmek (4th) while 7th grader Tamara Kulov and 8th grader Vaughn Burgan tied for 5th.
Daniel Awad will now be representing Atlantic Christian in the Regional level of the Scripps Spelling Bee held at the WHYY Studios in Philadelphia on March 8, 2025. The winner of the Regional Bee will compete in Nationals in Washington DC this Spring.
Congratulations to Daniel and all our other members of the Spelling Team who worked so far for this event. We are proud of you!
