Delaware Valley Elementary holds annual Spelling Bee
Milford. The overall winner was Eddie Arias.
Milford /
| 11 Jan 2024 | 11:24
Fifth grader Eddie Arias after spelling the winning word, “knowingly,” besting fourth grader Mackenzie McAdam, who got tripped up on “shoddiest.” (
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A total of 32 DVES students participated in this year’s Spelling Bee. (
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Victoria McNeely, Dr. Jayson Pope, and Dr. Brian Blaum oversaw the competition. (
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Mackenzie McAdam waits as Eddie Arias spells out the last word of the Bee. (
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DVES Principal Mary Ann Olsommer congratulates Eddie Arias on his first-place finish in the Spelling Bee. (
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32 contestants, from second through fifth grade, qualified for the school-wide bee by coming in first or second in their classroom bees. By the 10th round, the field had been winnowed down to five spellers. (
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Aayushi Patel. (
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Nicholas Montevechi at the mic. The school does the bee annually, but this year’s had more official trappings than ever before - held in the auditorium with microphones and a bell that dinged for incorrect words. (
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Rachel Pelanz cogitating. (
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Mila Gonzalez pondering her word. (
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Sanvi Patel thinking hard. (
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The cheering section. Spellers clapped for each other and were good sports all around. (
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Eddie gets a congratulatory hugs from a peer. (
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Delaware Valley Elementary School recently held its annual Spelling Bee competition. This year, Delaware Valley School Superintendent Dr. Brian Blaum acted as the announcement/producer and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Jayson Pope and Victoria McNeely, the director of elementary education/technology, were the judges.
A total of 32 students participated in the spelling bee at DVES. They include Anthony Antolino, Eduardo Arias, Grayson Barry, Scarlett Boyle, Rudra Desai, Devlen Dorcas, William Gallagher, Juno Gara, Aria Gonzalez, Mila Gonzalez, Jodie Harrison, Scarlett Homer, Norah Jaludi, Cameron Mady, Richard Mai, Mackenzie McAdam, Avery McNeely, Nicholas Montevechi, Kate Montgomery, Jameson Morgan, Aayushi Patel, Sanvi Patel, Owen Pavinich, Stephon Petrakian, Rachel Phlanz, Sarina Santini, Ashlyn Schuller, Layla Snyder, Jason Stierle, Bailey Sweeney, Jovey Thiele, and Colton Voelker.
The overall winner was Eddie Arias, with second place going to Mackenzie McAdam.