Three months of spelling bee competitions at both school and group levels during the months of have produced 12 talented spellers who will contend for the title of Aiken County’s Scripps Spelling Bee Champion at 7 p.m. Monday Feb. 7 at the Amentum Center for the Performing Arts.
“The county spelling bee is always a great event and we are looking forward to an outstanding competition to determine the top speller in Aiken County,” stated Christin Sosa-Gaston, who serves as an IPS Coordinator in the department of Federal Programs and as District Spelling Bee Director for Aiken County Public Schools. “Our county bee contestants have shown they have what it takes to emerge as the county champion, so we anticipate having a terrific competition.”
Participants in this year’s Aiken County Public School District Spelling Bee represent students from fifth grade to eighth grade. Each student advanced to the county bee after winning first place or finishing in second place in six group competitions around the county.
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This year’s spelling bee participants include the following students, representing 12 schools: Kaitlyn Grace Toole, Byrd Elementary School; Elliana Smith, Schofield Middle School; Ayla Holmes, Paul Knox Middle School; Jackson Beach, North Augusta Middle School;
Selicia Logan, Gloverville Elementary School; Tyler Deyton, Langley-Bath-Clearwater Middle School; Wright Fowler, Aiken Intermediate School; Connor McKinney, Ridge Spring-Monetta Middle School; Steven McVey, Jackson STEM Middle Magnet School); Kaydee Croom, New Ellenton Middle STEAM Magnet School; Alexis Lynn Green, Millbrook Elementary School; and Aidan Mikale Bravo, Oakwood-Windsor Elementary School.
This winner of Monday night’s spelling bee will compete in the Regional Spelling Bee March 12 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The winner of the Regional Bee will advance to the national finals later this year.
