2013 School Spelling Bee Champions Advance To March 9 Regional Bee At UMES

Thirty Wicomico County students who were named school spelling bee champions will advance to compete in the Maryland Eastern Shore Spelling Bee at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne on Saturday, March 9.
UMES is sponsoring and hosting the regional bee, which will involve almost 50 students from public schools in Wicomico and Somerset counties and St. Francis de Sales Catholic School. The bee was open to students in grades 3 through 8. The winner of the March 9 bee will win a spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee held in the Washington area in May.
The bee at UMES will begin at 10 a.m. and will be held in the Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center (PAC). The bee is open to the public to attend. Ample parking is available in the parking lots adjacent to the Fitzgerald PAC.
All Wicomico schools with students in grades 3-8 held classroom or team contests and then a school spelling bee, at the end of which the top two winners were named school champions. Congratulations to the spelling champions listed below; all of them will compete in the March 9 bee at UMES.
Delmar Elementary: McKenzie Hearn, Kody Jones
East Salisbury Elementary: Justin White, Alyssa Schoolman
Fruitland Intermediate: Macy Nesmith, Katelyn Nesmith
Glen Avenue Elementary: Matthew Waggoner, Alexia Phillips
North Salisbury Elementary: Madison Palmer, Osman Yaya
Northwestern Elementary: Jacob Long, Colton Lanham
Pemberton Elementary: Josh Kwak, Riya Mehta
Pinehurst Elementary: James Rhinvil, Sarah Augustin
Prince Street Elementary: Adrian Travers, Gabrielle Hunt
Westside Intermediate: Cameron Horner, Zora Nichols
Pittsville Elementary and Middle: Allyson Morris, Grace Perdue
Bennett Middle: Saige Oechsli, Khaled Mohamed
Salisbury Middle: Matthew Phillips, Yesenia Casique
Wicomico Middle: Gia Bautista, Jeffrey Dumpson
Mardela Middle : Alyssa Price, Grace Drehmer