Spelling Bee students display erudition

Students establish new record of 32 spelling rounds

  • Three of Giltner’s best spellers competed in the Hamilton County Spelling Bee last Tuesday at the fairgrounds. From left are, Jaxyn Eastman (eighth grade), Jack Nuss (seventh grade) and Tanner Schelkopf (eighth grade).
    Three of Giltner’s best spellers competed in the Hamilton County Spelling Bee last Tuesday at the fairgrounds. From left are, Jaxyn Eastman (eighth grade), Jack Nuss (seventh grade) and Tanner Schelkopf (eighth grade).
  • Winning first place in eighth grade and first overall was Wyatt Heiss from Aurora Middle School. Presenting the award is Spelling Bee Coordinator Beth Andrews.
    Winning first place in eighth grade and first overall was Wyatt Heiss from Aurora Middle School. Presenting the award is Spelling Bee Coordinator Beth Andrews.
The excitement mounted round after round as 30 fifth through eighth grade students competed in the annual Hamilton County’s Spelling Bee Feb. 20. The top spellers from schools in Aurora, Giltner, Hampton and Immanuel Lutheran School in Polk as well as the Hamilton County Homeschool Association put pencils to paper to compete for the title of Champion Speller. The students exceeded the…

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