聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 It was an exciting evening as kids eagerly awaited the first spelling bee hosted at the White Bear Education Complex.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A fun way to learn, compete, and build confidence as they stand in front of an audience ready to spell. The spelling bee is a great new addition to the White Bear Education Complex.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The competition included three age categories including Primary (ages six to eight), Junior (9 to 11), and intermediate (12 to 14), which includes youth in grades three to nine.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The top three in each category have earned their way to Provincials in North Battleford on April 8. There they will compete with the top three spellers in each category will go on to compete in Nationals in Toronto on May 15.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 With difficult words thrown at them, it was a challenge, but one the kids rose to. Spelling words included yawn, enzyme, solicit, medallion, impromptu, narcoleptic, intermittent, bereavement, silhouette, and Mesopotamian. Some words the crowd watching commented they didn鈥檛 know how to spell, after all Mesopotamian isn鈥檛 a commonly used word.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A total of two youth were participating in Primary, eight were competing in Junior, and five challenged each other at the intermediate level.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Winning first place at the Primary level was Isaiah McMann-Ross, with Mercedez Littlechief finishing second. Both did an extremely good job at tackling tough words including tricky words like yawn.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Junior winners (from first to third) were Delilah Littlechief, Katie Desjarlais, and Taya Lavallee. This group too had tricky words including solicit, which doesn鈥檛 follow the typical rules of the English language where a 鈥渃鈥� needs an 鈥渆鈥� following it to sound like an 鈥渟.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It was then time for the Intermediate group to challenge each other resulting in Mystique Bigstone earning first, Taryn Cappo taking second, and River Lavallee-Whitebear earning third place.
