Congratulations to 6th grader Maddie Petrinec for winning our school-wide Spelling Bee on February 8th, placing first among 19 students from the 1st to 8th grades after 55 rounds of competition. Maddie, who also won the school Spelling Bee for the 3rd straight year, will move on to represent ACS at the Scripps South Jersey Regional Spelling Bee in Camden on Saturday, March 9th.

Coming in second place was 6th grader Joseph (Joey) Kinch, and 7th grader Brody Panetta placed third. The three students spelled 24 rounds before we progressed to words they had not studied yet. This year’s Bee was quite long going over 2 hours and 335 words.

Under the guidance of Spelling Bee coach Mrs. Jessica Martin, the students had a month to prepare for the all-school bee by studying a list of 450 words provided by the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Parents, teachers, and students were present in the gym to watch the bee and applaud between rounds. Congratulations to Maddie, Joey, and Brody, and to everyone who competed in this afternoon’s spelling bee!

The top 19 spellers who competed in the Bee, by grade level were:

1st Grade: Ezekiel Lovinsky, Katrina Parasmo, Delaney Witherow
2nd Grade: Olivia Kuchmek, Brielle Sabulao
3rd Grade: Daniel Awad, Jase Hackney, John Walley
4th Grade: Chloe Capito, Zara Thome
5th Grade: Caitlin Baron-Doucett, Ceci Torney
6th Grade: Hudson Dingmann, Joey Kinch, Madelyn Petrinec
7th Grade: Ben Kelley, Brody Panetta
8th Grade: Elijah Polynice, Billy Winkel