LAPS District Spelling Bee winners are, from left, Julia Zou, 1st place; Rebekah Scott, 2nd place; and Gianna Rolfe, 3rd place. Julia and Rebekah will represent LAPS at the New Mexico State Qualifying Spelling Bee at the end of February. Photo Courtesy LAPS
The audience listens as a spelling bee participant spells a word. This year’s LAPS District Spelling Bee was held in the LAHS Speech Theater. Photo Courtesy LAPS
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Julia Zou, a 7th grader at Los Alamos Middle School, won first place at the Los Alamos Public Schools District Spelling Bee. Aspen Elementary School 6th graders Rebekah Scott and Gianna Rolfe, placed second and third, respectively.
The winning word was “exaggerate.”
Julia and Rebekah will participate in the New Mexico State Qualifying Spelling Bee on February 28. The top 25 qualifiers will compete in the New Mexico State Spelling Bee on April 1.
Last year Julia was a runner up in the Piñon Elementary Spelling Bee; Rebekah placed third in the Aspen Elementary Spelling Bee.
Seventeen students representing Aspen Elementary, Barranca Mesa Elementary, Chamisa Elementary, Mountain Elementary, Piñon Elementary and Los Alamos Middle School participated in the District Spelling Bee held Wednesday evening in the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater. In addition, two students from Alcalde Elementary School also participated. Nancy Brugh served as emcee and recordkeeper. Judy Crocker was the pronouncer, Tammy Hinckley was the timekeeper, and Debbie Grothaus, Oliver Morris and Morrie Pongratz were the judges.
Hosts for the District Spelling Bee included the LAHS Activities department; Acting Superintendent Jennifer Guy; Dr. Sharon Fogle, LAPS Director of Curriculum; and Curriculum Specialist Kaela Jacobson.
School site sponsors include Skyeanne Webb, Aspen Elementary; Pam Miller, Barranca Elementary; Nancy Brugh, Chamisa Elementary; Shanda Moore, Mountain Elementary; Tera Deines, Piñon Elementary; and
Julia Zou, a 7th grader at Los Alamos Middle School, won first place at the Los Alamos Public Schools District Spelling Bee. Aspen Elementary School 6th graders Rebekah Scott and Gianna Rolfe, placed second and third, respectively.
The winning word was “exaggerate.”
Julia and Rebekah will participate in the New Mexico State Qualifying Spelling Bee on February 28. The top 25 qualifiers will compete in the New Mexico State Spelling Bee on April 1.
Last year Julia was a runner up in the Piñon Elementary Spelling Bee; Rebekah placed third in the Aspen Elementary Spelling Bee.
Seventeen students representing Aspen Elementary, Barranca Mesa Elementary, Chamisa Elementary, Mountain Elementary, Piñon Elementary and Los Alamos Middle School participated in the District Spelling Bee held Wednesday evening in the Los Alamos High School Speech Theater. In addition, two students from Alcalde Elementary School also participated. Nancy Brugh served as emcee and recordkeeper. Judy Crocker was the pronouncer, Tammy Hinckley was the timekeeper, and Debbie Grothaus, Oliver Morris and Morrie Pongratz were the judges.
Hosts for the District Spelling Bee included the LAHS Activities department; Acting Superintendent Jennifer Guy; Dr. Sharon Fogle, LAPS Director of Curriculum; and Curriculum Specialist Kaela Jacobson.
School site sponsors include Skyeanne Webb, Aspen Elementary; Pam Miller, Barranca Elementary; Nancy Brugh, Chamisa Elementary; Shanda Moore, Mountain Elementary; Tera Deines, Piñon Elementary; and Sherri Bublitz, Los Alamos Middle School.