Students to compete in district spelling bee
The Aiken County Spelling Bee will be held at the URS Center for the Arts Monday at 7 p.m.
The contest will feature 10 first- and second-place winners from each of the five attendance areas within the Aiken County School District. The event is open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
The area competitions were open to public, private and for the first time, home-school students fifth through eighth grade.
"It's good to have the whole community involved," said Michele Conner, the event coordinator and a school district executive. "It's going to be a good competition."
The sponsors are URS and Savannah River Remediation, the school district and the Aiken Standard. The newspaper is providing plaques for the top two finishers, while URS and SRR are donating financial support for the reception and prizes for the participants.
The contestants are as follows, with the first-place winner in each area listed first.
* Area 1 - Ashlee Kay, St. Mary Help of Christians School; Stella Rounsefell, Schofield Middle School.
* Area 2 - Matthew Nash, Paul Knox Middle School; Tommy Touch Carroll, Our Lady of Peace School.
* Area 3 - Savannah Gossett, Midland Valley Prep; Mikal Creech, Leavelle McCampbell Middle School.
* Area 4 - Tialeisha Corley, Busbee/Corbett Elementary/Middle School; Matthew Layton, Ridge Spring-Monetta Elementary/Middle School.
* Area 5 - Nicholas Clevenger, New Ellenton Middle School; Ashley Partin, Jackson Middle School.
The alternates for the spelling bee are Sarah Grace Heaton, Mead Hall; Christopher Wells, North Augusta Middle School; Amanda Bates, Byrd Elementary School; David Snipes, Busbee/Corbett; Eric Walters, New Ellenton Middle School.
The host will be Tim O'Briant, Aiken Standard executive editor. The word pronouncer will be Amelia Ligon, an Aiken High School English teacher. The judges are Rosa Ishmal, the school district's adult education director; Sharon Kahl, division of instruction and accountability; and Jeff Wallace, retired editor of the Aiken Standard.
Contact Rob Novit at rnovit@aikenstandard.com.
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