Winners of the Bedford County Schools (BCS) Inaugural Districtwide Spelling Bee were announced Thursday evening for three grade bands. Finn Carter, grades K-2, Southside Elementary School; Sahara Biswa, Grades 3-5, Learning Way Elementary School; and Bella Minix, Grades 6-8, Cascade Middle School were all declared word champions for the district.
Joining them on the stage, hosted at Harris Middle School, were 18 other school-level winners participating in the competition: (Grade Band K-2) Ollie O’Brien, Cascade Elementary; Paisley Winton, Community Elementary; Ryleigh Richardson, Eakin Elementary; Hannah Person, East Side Elementary; Emily Reyes, Learning Way Elementary; Remi Foster, Liberty School; and Anna Marsh, Thomas Magnet; (Grade Band 3-5) Gabriel Shibayama, Cascade Elementary; Lucas Walker, Community Elementary; Santos Lopez, Eakin Elementary; Jesse Harris, East Side Elementary; Amy Vitervo, Liberty School; Floyd Powers, Southside Elementary; and Lyla Victory, Thomas Magnet; (Grade Band 6-8) Isabella Manire, Community Middle; Michael Bailey, Harris Middle; Tatiana Clark, Liberty School; and Piper Hambrick, Thomas Magnet.
“We congratulate these amazing students and spellers for their achievement at their respective schools and for advancing to the district competition,” commented Director of Instruction Dr. Kim Germany.
“The competition was really tough – so many impressive students – so a big shout out to our district champs!”
Germany further stated that the evening was such a success the district plans to make this district bee an annual tradition.
“Thank you to our sponsors, First Community Bank and New Covenant Christian Bookstore, for making this event possible. Thank you to our judges for their hard job of verifying the results. And to all the BCS team that helped put this together, you were the key to our success,” said Germany.
