Brown takes first at Greenville District Spelling Bee
By Bob Robinson

GREENVILLE – Fourth time is a charm. After three postponements due to inclement weather, the 2014 Greenville District Spelling Bee finally happened Jan. 30. The winners were Landon Brown, Greenville Junior High School, first; Natalie Milligan, Montesori School, second; and Caleb Coppess, South School, third. Schools participating were Greenville Junior High, South and East schools, Montesori School and Greenville St. Mary’s School.

Greenville Junior High Principal Chris Mortensen welcomed the 12 students, noting they were the “Best of the Best of the District.” It took several rounds to eliminate all but the last two students, Landon and Natalie. Landon took home the honors by correctly spelling “anticipatory.”

Edwinna Thomas, East School Literacy Coach, read off the words to the students. She acknowledged their difficulty.

“These are tough words,” she said. “They’re given to us by Scripps National Spelling Bee.” She added they do spelling bees in the classroom, then the school holds a spelling bee. The top two go to the District competition at Memorial Hall. Landon’s next step will be the Regional Competition.

“We give them a complete list of the words the National uses to study… they have a lot of words,” Thomas added.

In addition to the winners, the top students in their respective schools are Hunter Class, Hunter Cuyler, Isabelle Rammel, Landen Kreusch, Jake Barr, Ashley Strosnider, Connor Kerns, Emily Marchal and Mariah Nicholas.

Published courtesy of the Early Bird