School News Briefs Middle School News Student Spellers Excel in Bee The annual St. Johns Spelling Bee for students in Grades 5-8 took place in December, with 15 students participating. After 23 rounds in the December Grades 5-8 Spelling Bee, Grade 8 student Erik Williams came out victorious for his fourth consecutive year. Though his competition gave him a run for his money, notably Grade 7 students Wyatt Hollingsworth and Alyssa Walker, Williams will continue on to the January county-wide spelling bee with Hollingsworth as the alternate.
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Representing Grade 5:
Representing Grade 6:
Left to right: Marcus Giles (alternate), Alexandria Valencia, Dylan Voyer, Alex Pearce, Jillian Mach, Caris Morgan
Left to right: Teague Dunagan (alternate), Leo Naude, Andrew Nargundkar (on screen), Addison Kipnis, Jordan Bliffen, and Dominique Clark.
Representing Grade 7:
Representing Grade 8:
Left to right: Deayvn Coleman, William Pounds, Wyatt Hollingsworth, Sergio Lopez Diaz (alternate) Illias Mamea, Alyssa Walker (not pictured).
Left to right: Autumn Henry (alternate), Sawyer Davidson, Shane Reaves, Grayson Moody, Xavier Baez, Erik Williams.
S T. J O H N S C O U N T R Y D AY S C H O O L M A G A Z I N E
WINTER 2020