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Annie Nealon Wins 2010 Spelling Bee
Rockingham County Public School Division Congratulates Its Students Competing at Regional Spelling Bee on March 6
Nine students will represent Rockingham County Public Schools as they compete in the Regional Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 6 at WVPT-TV studios. The Regional Bee will be broadcast live by WVPT at 11 a.m. (March 20 is the planned snow date.) Students from Rockingham County, Harrisonburg City, Page County, Highland County, Eastern Mennonite Elementary, Blue Ridge Christian, Cornerstone and Classical Redeemer schools will compete at the Regional Bee.
Annie Nealon - J. Frank Hillyard Middle School |
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In addition to the nine who move on to further compete, 18 other students competed at the county-wide spelling bee held by Rockingham County Public Schools on Feb. 17 at Cub Run Elementary School.
Sana Aga, Pleasant Valley Elementary
Austin Baugher, South River Elementary
Troy Cline, Elkton Middle
Matthew Curry, Ottobine Elementary
Bryton Dean, Elkton Elementary
Tonya Delawder, Plains Elementary
Sarah Figgatt, Montevideo Middle
Dana Jones, Mountain View Elementary
Tyler Miller, Lacey Spring Elementary
Victoria Munoz, Elkton Middle
Jeffrey Noble, J. Frank Hillyard Middle
Morgan Reardon, Cub Run Elementary
John Spicer, McGaheysville Elementary
Logan Stum, Montevideo Middle
Alexandra Webb, Montevideo Middle
Claire Whetzel, John C. Myers Elem.
Allison Wilson, Fulks Run Elementary
Emily Wimer, Linville-Edom Elementary
School Spelling Bee Coordinators held spelling bees at their schools as part of the process. They served as bee officials and helped prepare students for the bees. Janet Wendelken, Director of Instructional Programs for RCPS, expressed her thanks to them for their work.
Cub Run Elementary – Elizabeth Harding
Elkton Elementary – Megan Mlinarchik
Fulks Run Elementary – Amy Ruebke
John C. Myers Elementary – Carol Getz
John Wayland Elementary – Pam Dowrey
Lacey Spring Elementary – Jessica Phillips
Linville-Edom Elementary – Karen Thomsen
McGaheysville Elementary – Donna Slye
Mountain View Elementary – Sheila Haaland, Peggy Simpson
Ottobine Elementary – Susan Pollard
Peak View Elementary – Mary Lanoue, Jackie Dinsmore
Plains Elementary – John Guengerich
Pleasant Valley Elementary – Melissa Fox
River Bend Elementary – Patty Burchill
South River Elementary – Sarah Hayward
Elkton Middle – Martha Taylor
J. Frank Hillyard Middle – Christopher Clymer-Kurtz
Montevideo Middle – Cheryl Reynolds
Wilbur S. Pence Middle – Stephanie Hutchinson, Stacie Holzberger, Amy McAvoy
Thanks to the following sponsors for their support of the County and Regional Spelling Bees:
Rockingham County Public Schools
Rockingham Educational Foundation, Inc.
Rockingham County Council of PTAs
Rockingham District Ruritans
Daily News-Record
Shenandoah Valley Educational Television (WVPT-TV)
Andrew Logsdon, an 8th grader at Wilbur S. Pence Middle School, competed and won the Regional Spelling Bee in 2009. He represented this region at the 2009 Scripps National Bee in Washington, D.C. in May. He is now at student at Turner Ashby High School.
Good luck spellers at the Regional Spelling Bee on March 6!
11 a.m. broadcast on WVPT-TV
Info provided by Janet Wendelken