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Results from the 47th Annual Calaveras County Spelling Bee
San Andreas, CA...It was an exciting night at the 47th Annual Calaveras County Spelling Bee that took place on Thursday, April 23rd at the Calaveras River Academy/Mountain Oaks gymnasium. There were 58 students that were in attendance from the following schools...
• Avery Middle School
• Calaveras High School
• Christian Family Learning Center
• Copperopolis Elementary
• Jenny Lind Elementary
• Mark Twain Elementary
• Mokelumne Hill Elementary
• Mountain Oaks School
• San Andreas Elementary
• Toyon Middle School
• Valley Springs Elementary
Superintendent Kathy Northington, the Moderator of the event, read words from the Marin County Junior High Spelling Word List. There were three levels of words containing a total of fifty words that were read to all the students. At the end of the night, the top two spellers that remained in the competition were Cleriza Estoesta and Maxwell Stickels, both 9th graders from Calaveras High School. With a rule stating that a student can only miss four words before being eliminated from the competition, Miss Estoesta and Mr. Stickels continued to spell through the fifty words, at which time an additional sixteen words had to be pulled from the Spelling Word List to continue the competition. The winning word was oneiromancy. Miss Estoesta and Mr. Stickels are the top two students moving on to the California State Junior High Spelling Bee Championship held Saturday, May 2, 2015 in San Rafael, CA.
The Calaveras County Office of Education would like to announce all the winners from the event:
• 6th Grade WINNERS – 1st Place: Jackson Oliver, Avery Middle School
• 6th Grade WINNERS – 2nd Place: Elora (Ellie) Shaw, Avery Middle School
• 6th Grade WINNERS – 3rd Place: Thornsen (Thor) Hamann, San Andreas Elementary
• 7th Grade WINNERS – 1st Place: Jodie Hall, Avery Middle School
• 7th Grade WINNERS – 2nd Place: Kinlye Apley, Christian Family Learning Center
• 7th Grade WINNERS – 3rd Place: Thomas King, Toyon Middle School
• 8th Grade WINNERS – 1st Place: Kaiya Hall, Avery Middle School
• 8th Grade WINNERS – 2nd Place: Shasta Winther, Mark Twain Elementary
• 8th Grade WINNERS – 3rd Place: Michael Rourke II, Toyon Middle School
• 9th Grade WINNERS – 1st Place: Maxwell (Max) Stickels, Calaveras High School
• 9th Grade WINNERS – 2st Place: Cleriza (Cler) Estoesta, Calaveras High School
• 9th Grade WINNERS – 3rd Place: Mollina Reth, Calaveras High School
• TOP TWO WINNERS GOING ON TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Maxwell (Max) Stickels and Cleriza (Cler) Estoesta, both from Calaveras High School
Calaveras County Office of Education wishes to congratulate the winners, as well as all the students who attend last night’s event.
For further information, please contact Sharon Ciccone at Calaveras County Office of Education at 736-6013.
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