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J.W. ALVEY ELEM.
Lily Lu
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Grade: 3 | Age: 8 Winning Word: stamina Alternate Sakshi Gowda JENNIE DEAN ELEM.
Top spellers square off at regional bee March 10 Nearly 50 young spellers representing Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park will compete Tuesday, March 10, for the right to represent the community at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this spring. The spellers, pictured on these two pages, all won elementary or middle school spelling bees or home-school association bees to advance to the regional bee, presented by InsideNoVa/Prince William and the Bel-Air Woman’s Club. Additional sponsors of this year’s bee are Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Burke ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Robert Gasser
‘Bee’ there
What: The 42nd annual Prince William Regional Spelling Bee When: Tuesday, March 10, 6:45 p.m. Where: George Hampton Middle School, 14800 Darbydale Ave., Dale City
& Herbert Bank, and SPARK, the Prince William Public Schools Education Foundation. This year’s participants include defending champion Devan Waghray, 13, an eighth-grader from Manassas Christian School. Waghray will be competing in BRISTOW RUN ELEM.
Jaxson Daniel
Grade: 6 | Age: 12 City: Nokesville Winning word: salary Alternate Anna Downes
Grade: 3 | Age: 8 Winning Word: anemometer Alternate Annie Graves
ANTIETAM ELEM.
BUCKLAND MILLS ELEM.
Meredith Allen
Grade: 4 | Age: 10 Winning Word: strain Alternate Timothy Stepanus BALDWIN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Joseph Lara
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 Winning Word: colonist Alternate Brynna Thaxter BELMONT ELEM.
Hana Ozuna
Grade: 3 | Age: 8 Winning Word: assembly Alternate Manju Kaba
Luke DeMichele
Grade: 4 | Age: 9 Winning Word: glitch Alternate Peyton DeMichele BULL RUN MIDDLE
Nithya Kasiraman
Grade: 6 | Age: 11 Winning Word: factotum Alternate Patrick Hooper CHRIS YUNG ELEMENTARY
Kaden Colquhoun
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 Winning Word: assembly Alternate Harshi Jawla
his fourth regional bee. After winning the Prince William Bee last year, he did not misspell a word on stage at the national bee but was eliminated based on results of written tests. Also participating this year are seven third-grade students, with the youngest being Jaxson Daniel, 8, of Bristow Run Elementary School. The competition is open to students through eighth grade. The winner of the Prince William Regional Spelling Bee will advance to the national spelling bee, May 24-29 at Gaylord National Harbor in Washington.
GEORGE CARR ROUND ELEM.
Daniel Switzer
Grade: 3 | Age: 9 Winning Word: Chalk Alternate Connor Jackson GEORGE G. TYLER ELEM.
Sajid Parvez
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 Winning Word: hsaingwaing Alternate Nicolas Haziri GEORGE HAMPTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
E.H. MARSTELLER MIDDLE
Dania Flores
Logan Lee
Grade: 8 | Age: 13 Winning Word: fearsome Alternate Alana Molina
Grade: 8 | Age: 13 Winning Word: squadron Alternate Varsha Palaniyandy GEORGE P. MULLEN ELEM.
Sophia Gutierrez
ELIZABETH VAUGHAN ELEM.
Fatima Ali
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 Winning Word: pulse Alternate Isabella Franco
Grade: 3 | Age: 9 Winning Word: plaid Alternate Justin Guox Villagran HERBERT J. SAUNDERS MIDDLE
Haylie Brimhall
FEATHERSTONE ELEM.
Sadn Hameed
Grade: 4 | Age: 9 Winning Word: prospect Alternate Meheret Duressa GAINESVILLE MIDDLE
Joshua Apedo
Grade: 7 | Age: 12 Winning Word: elucidate
Grade: 8 | Age: 13 Winning Word: derogatory Alternate Natalie Chu HOME ORGANIZATION OF PARENT EDUCATORS
Kamari Manderson
Grade: 8 | Age: 13 Winning Word: multiplication Alternate Kassidy Bingel
Ricky Garcia Acosta
Grade: 4 | Age: 10 Winning Word: puppets Alternate Julianna Cordova-Richardson JOHN D. JENKINS ELEMENTARY
David Ruiz
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 Winning Word: Concentrate Alternate Tahsan Hossain LAKE RIDGE MIDDLE
Nicholas Coleman
Grade: 6 | Age: 11 Winning Word: proclamation Alternate Stephanie Lin LOUISE A. BENTON MIDDLE
Katelyn Monti
Grade: 8 | Age: 13 Winning Word: folklorist Alternate Layla Moussavi MANASSAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
Devan Waghray
Grade: 8 | Age: 13 Winning Word: burlap Alternate Summer Davis MANASSAS PARK MIDDLE
Ashley Gyawali
Grade: 7 | Age: 13 Winning Word: patrilocal Alternate Alia Marzyie MARCH
Mikayla Tellado
Grade: 8 | Age: 13 Winning Word: apprentice Alternate Maria Burkhalter
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ELEM.
PENNINGTON SCHOOL
Wahiba Rafiah
Ram Mylavarapu
Grade: 4 | Age: 9 Winning Word: contaminated Alternate Fatima Noor MAYFIELD INTERMEDIATE
Uzair Akhtar
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 Winning Word: contaminated Alternate Aminata Conteh
STONEWALL MIDDLE
Madison Simpson
Grade: 7 | Age: 13 Winning Word: contaminated Alternate Nachiket Shyamkant Chodankar
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 Winning Word: curtail Alternate Michael Crupi RICHARD C. HAYDON ELEM.
SUELLA G. ELLIS ELEMENTARY
Jarrett Manalansan
Lana Wahdan
Grade: 4 | Age: 10 Winning Word: shepherd Alternate Elena Reyes
Grade: 4 | Age: 9 Winning Word: disinfectant Alternate Justin Quang
T. CLAY WOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Jack Meehan
ROCKLEDGE ELEM. MINNIEVILLE ELEM.
Ethan Witt
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 Winning Word: disturbance Alternate Valiyah Ijaz MONTCLAIR ELEM.
Sage Miller
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 Winning Word: buckle Alternate Danielle Awanu NOKESVILLE ELEMENTARY
Alyanna Estenor
Tahmid Dawan
Grade: 4 | Age: 9 Winning Word: reductive Alternate Lucas Ciorcila
Grade: 3 | Age: 8 Winning Word: profile Alternate Olivia Olson
Erick Morales
Grade: 4 | Age: 10 Winning Word: accelerates Alternate Manuela Quao
Alexis Ventre
SONNIE PENN ELEM.
Ahmare Brooks
Kendal Whitaker
Grade: 7 | Age: 12 Winning Word: absurdist Alternate Sadaf Hashemi
WEEMS ELEM.
SETON SCHOOL
OLD BRIDGE ELEM.
Elaina Mullins
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 Winning Word: withers Alternate Kyle Gumtow
Tyler Kim
Grade: 8 | Age: 14 Winning Word: hokum Alternate Annalise Dean
PARKSIDE MIDDLE
THURGOOD MARSHALL ELEM.
Gardner Voth
SAMUEL L. GRAVELY JR. ELEM. SCHOOL
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 Winning Word: folklorist Alternate Dominic Franey
Grade: 5 | Age: 11 Winning Word: fiddlefaddle Alternate Shayaan Pervez
Grade: 5 | Age: 10 Winning Word: lightning Alternate Nihan Mehadi
WEST GATE ELEM.
Anibal Godoy Soto
Grade: 3 | Age: 9 Winning Word: blustery Alternate Sasha Diepa WOODBRIDGE AREA CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS
Grade: 4 | Age: 10 Winning Word: scandal Alternate Peulee Ghosh
Isaac Long
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS REGIONAL SCHOOL
Winning Word: aquafer
Myles Carley
Grade: 7 | Age: 13
WOODBRIDGE MIDDLE
Grade: 8 | Age: 13 Winning Word: guanine Alternate Marianne D’Sa
Ayman Hossain
Grade: 8 | Age: 14 Winning Word: assuasive Alternate Jami Manneh
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