BLUE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Ready, set, S-P-E-L-L On Thursday, March 5, 74 elementary and middle school students will compete in the 33rd annual Loudoun County Spelling Bee at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn. The spelling bee is sponsored by Leesburg Today and Loudoun County Public Schools. Participants qualified for the county spelling bee by winning spelling bees held at their individual schools.
The bee is open to public and private schools throughout Loudoun County, as well as home-schooled students. The winner of the county spelling bee qualifies for a trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held at National Harbor in May, courtesy of Leesburg Today, along with prizes from Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica.
33rd Annual Loudoun County Spelling Bee Thursday, March 5, at 6:30 p.m. Stone Bridge High School 43100 Hay Road Ashburn
Mei Gilhousen Grade: 8 | Age: 13 City: Purcellville Winning Word: insignificant ALTERNATE
Priyanka Mosur
BUFFALO TRAIL ELEMENTARY
Justin Kim Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Chantilly Winning Word: constellation ALTERNATE
Kristen Koh
BALL'S BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALDIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Riley Huston Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Aldie Winning Word: waddle ALTERNATE
Ryden Cornelius
ALGONKIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Sam Shumaker Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Sterling Winning Word: agenda ALTERNATE
Dakota Haywood
Thomas Karen Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Aldie
Saniya Rawat Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Chantilly Winning Word: ipso facto ALTERNATE
CATOCTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Mac McKinley
Miriam Cowan
Grade: 5 | Age: 11
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
City: Bluemont
City: Leesburg
Winning Word: visual
Winning Word: sesame
ALTERNATE
David Atherton
BELMONT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Liliya Petrosyan Grade: 8 | Age: 14
CEDAR LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Ashley Ganey Grade: 5 | Age: 10
City: Leesburg ALTERNATE
Atticus Sagilir Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Ashburn Winning Word: sheathing ALTERNATE Meagan Donadoni and Mya Nicholas
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ALTERNATE
Colleen Choi
City: Ashburn Winning Word: epicurean ALTERNATE
John Austin
ASHBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Dyaa Ravichandran
BANNEKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Winning Word: quagmire
Winning Word: salamander ALTERNATE
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Leesburg Winning word: bandanna ALTERNATE Caroline Lunt
CARDINAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELMONT STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Angelique Caboteja Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Ashburn Winning Word: stalwart ALTERNATE —
Sarah Doan
COOL SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Saurav Banerjee Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Leesburg Winning Word: emporium ALTERNATE
Reese Borden
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33rd Annual Loudoun County Spelling Bee
ARCOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Lyndsay Madison Shavers
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COUNTRYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Carter Sweazie Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Sterling Winning Word: habitat ALTERNATE
Jailyn Alston
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Leesburg Winning Word: butterscotch ALTERNATE —
Mikayla Morroni Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Hamilton Winning Word: novelist Maxwell Olechna
ALTERNATE
FARMWELL STATION MIDDLE SCHOOL
HARMONY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Maya Shah
Geona Jaimon
Sydney Mason
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
Grade: 7 | Age: 12
Grade: 6 | Age: 11
City: Ashburn
City: Ashburn
City: Round Hill
ALTERNATE
Vinay Gundu
Winning Word: hybridize ALTERNATE
Michelle Chen
Winning Word: circumflex Ryan Smith
ALTERNATE
DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARPER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
Anoosha Thumma
Lily DeBell
Avijeet Dhaliwal
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
Grade: 8 | Age: 14
City: Ashburn
City: Sterling
City: Leesburg
Winning Word: misfortune
Winning Word: limelight
Winning Word: ionic
ALTERNATE
33rd Annual Loudoun County Spelling Bee
Sophia Kuzminski
HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CREIGHTON'S CORNER ELEMENTARY
Winning Word: quartz
Aidan O’Mara
ALTERNATE
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DOMINION TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FRANCES HAZEL REID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Sam Berman
Kenneth Nguyen
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Ashburn Winning Word: stalwart ALTERNATE Sarah Jakubowski
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Leesburg Winning Word: comparable ALTERNATE Alfred Chavis
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY
Ayush Sood Grade: 6 | Age: 11 City: Ashburn Winning Word: totalitarian ALTERNATE
Ikhlaas Bhat
Jillian Cook Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Leesburg Winning Word: celestial ALTERNATE Ryan Hunter
Anshula Panvalkar
ALTERNATE
HILLSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Adam Rosa Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Purcellville Winning Word: zipper —
ALTERNATE
HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Megan Woody Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Ashburn Winning Word: whippoorwill ALTERNATE
Benjamin Yan
EMERICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GUILFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Afia Paracha
June Hee Lee
Maya Natour
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
Grade: 5 | Age: 11
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
City: Purcellville
City: Sterling
City: Sterling
Winning Word: jocularity
Winning Word: mosquito
ALTERNATE
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EVERGREEN MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Joseph Magoffin
ALTERNATE
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Winning Word: brocade ALTERNATE
Lareina Allred
HUTCHISON FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MERCER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Sebastian Jung
Wassim Bouhsane
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
Grade: 6 | Age: 11
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: South Riding Winning Word: explosive ALTERNATE Briana Ausgotharp
City: Purcellville
City: Aldie
Winning Word: remedies
Winning Word: truncheoned
J LUPTON SIMPSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
LITTLE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Govind Molakalapalli
Amelia Magee Grade: 6 | Age: 11 City: Leesburg Winning Word: juniper ALTERNATE
Bria Sledjeski
J. MICHAEL LUNSFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Shruthi Nyshadham Grade: 8 | Age: 13 City: Chantilly Winning Word: scientific ALTERNATE Jonah Kress
ALTERNATE
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Namit Potharaju Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: South Riding Winning Word: palliative ALTERNATE Nathan Chen
LOUDOUN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
Cooper Brown Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Leesburg Winning Word: devotee ALTERNATE
Brandon Hare
LOUDOUN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
ALTERNATE
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MILL RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Roma Joglekar Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Ashburn Winning Word: aardvark ALTERNATE
Aarya Walvekar
MOOREFIELD STATION ELEMENTARY
Tryphena Pilli Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Ashburn Winning Word: exclusive ALTERNATE Meghana Srinivasaiah
JOHN W TOLBERT JUNIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Shiv Lamba
MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Denna Tadayon
Grade: 8 | Age: 13
Logan Johnson
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Leesburg Winning Word: explosive ALTERNATE Darren Chen
KENNETH W. CULBERT ELEMENTARY
Catherine Kelly Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Purcellville Winning Word: circumflex ALTERNATE —
City: Centreville Winning Word: gluttonous ALTERNATE
Avi Lamba
LOVETTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
George Zach Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Lovettsville Winning Word: edification ALTERNATE Rachel Schneeberg
LOWES ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Peyton Voorheis
Emma Virtue
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Great Falls Winning Word: counterfeit ALTERNATE Lars Nyman
City: Leesburg Winning Word: university ALTERNATE
Trevor Green
LEGACY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Hriday Unadkat Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Ashburn Winning Word: neophyte ALTERNATE
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LIBERTY ELEMENTARY
Rebecca Cherian Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Chantilly Winning Word: orchestra ALTERNATE
Harish Viswanathan
LUCKETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Benjamin Ellis Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Leesburg Winning Word: optional ALTERNATE
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MEADOWLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEWTON-LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Aleesha Khurram Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Ashburn Winning Word: bhangra ALTERNATE
Shreya Paliwal
PINEBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Manav Kakulamarri Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Aldie Winning Word: aquarium ALTERNATE Krisha Chichili
POTOWMACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Joseph Swarm Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Sterling Winning Word: visual ALTERNATE
Carris Morris
RIVER BEND MIDDLE SCHOOL
Breanna Patterson
Jean Paul Staelens
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Sterling Winning Word: appendicitis ALTERNATE Theresa Tran
City: Sterling
Grade: 7 | Age: 12
33rd Annual Loudoun County Spelling Bee
LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Purcellville Winning Word: duvet ALTERNATE Karishma Ruhnke
Winning Word: epidemiology ALTERNATE
Joanna Tan
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ROLLING RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Lukas Jordana Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Sterling Winning Word: billabong ALTERNATE Sharlene Silvestre
ROSA LEE CARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Annika Duneja Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Ashburn Winning Word: sorcerer ALTERNATE Kunal Saxena
33rd Annual Loudoun County Spelling Bee
Nicole Seman Grade: 8 | Age: 13 City: Leesburg Winning Word: flagellatory ALTERNATE
Rohan Bajpai
ST. THERESA SCHOOL
Hayden Baron Grade: 8 | Age: City: Ashburn Winning Word:
STERLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUGARLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
James Tan
Ivette Gutierrez
Grade: 5 | Age: 11
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
City: Sterling
City: Sterling
Winning Word: emporium ALTERNATE
Erin Chan
Winning Word: emporium ALTERNATE
Owen Jacoby
ROUND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STERLING MIDDLE SCHOOL
SULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Alessia Jones
Rhea Vidyababu
Melanie Garcia
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
Grade: 6 | Age: 11
Grade: 5 | Age: 10
City: Round Hill
City: Sterling
City: Sterling
Winning Word: sabbatical
Winning Word: imprudent
ALTERNATE
Jack Hughes
ALTERNATE
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Winning Word: suspenders ALTERNATE
Angel Henriquez
SYCOLIN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDERS CORNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STEUART W. WELLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Lilly Mondy
Ryan Goudjil
Avery Abramson
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Ashburn Winning Word: ukulele ALTERNATE Brett Wilson
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 City: Ashburn Winning Word: aardvark ALTERNATE Delaney Due
Grade: 5 | Age: 11
SELDENS LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STONE HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
TRAILSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Devanshi Radadiya
Anjana Rao
Grade: 7 | Age: 12
Grade: 8 | Age: 13
City: Ashburn
City: Ashburn
Winning Word: apocalypse
Winning Word: rorschach
Lauren Kost Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Leesburg Winning Word: edification ALTERNATE Aidan Fox
ALTERNATE
Ananya Penugonda
SENECA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Rishubh Kaushal Grade: 6 | Age: 11 City: Sterling Winning Word: balletic ALTERNATE
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SMART'S MILL MIDDLE SCHOOL
Ayumi Tsuyaki
City: Leesburg Winning Word: catalyst ALTERNATE
ALTERNATE
Jefferson Cummings
Anisha Jain
WATERFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST. THERESA SCHOOL
Marc Boyer Grade: 5 | Age: City: Ashburn Winning Word:
Charlotte Catterton Grade: 5 | Age: 11 City: Waterford Winning Word: full-fledged ALTERNATE
Tommy Thompson