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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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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