Graham Middle School hosted the school-wide Spelling Bee on January 5th. This year, 7th grader Jozee Sloan came out on top of a record breaking 79 participants, far exceeding last year’s 46 students participating, in a spelling bee that took over 3 hours to complete! In order to participate, students must pass a qualifying exam in their language arts classes, but then also muster up the courage to stand in front of the entire student body for the event.
Our champion, Jozee Sloan, will now take a qualifying test at the end of the month/first part of February to see if she qualifies for the Regional Spelling Bee.
We had a group tie in second place (based on how the rules are established) which included Mason Burrall (8th), Mason Law (7th), and Chloe Wilson (8th).
Thanks go out to our staff for allowing flexibility in scheduling for qualification and for the event. Special thanks go out to our Spelling Bee coordinator Mrs. Black
6th grade participants: Nicole Algren, Talon Bird, Carly Birchfield, Liam Borders, Sawyer Breslin, Eli Channels, Mackenzie Crooks, Madilyn Donaghey, Miriam Dunn, Brynne Edwards, Michael Ehrle, Jacob Ekey, Lucy Ervin, Jackson Espich, Chase Gibbs, Adelyn Guidera, Kayde Harris, Victor Haro, Noah Hill, Jenna Johnston, Henry Kamper, Cece Mockbee, Lily Parke, Shane Pearson, Brantly Phillips, Alice Rogers, Nolan Rutherford, Sophia Snyder, Carolyn Taylor, Hayden Underwood, Myles Wilson
7th grade participants: Bailee Baker, Shayla Billheimer, Sam Bodey, Maria Boling, Aubrie Campbell, Carper Charley, Ryan Edwards, Tucker Fenton, Elizabeth Fries, Noah George, Ana Grove, Maritza Hernandez, Yandel Hernandez, Easton Kermode, Mason Key, Audrey Krieger, Mason Law , Kendall Nicholls, Jacob Pelfrey, Gunner Perkins, Jonah Rutherford, Zach Sells, Mariah Sizemore, Jozee Sloan, Beau Snapp, Aden Snyder, Ava Tudor, Evan York
8th grade participants: Leland Adams, Travis Beedy, Cooper Breslin, Mason Burrall, Hunter Dingus, Asher Fernander, Mia Haro, Bella Hernandez, Andon Hill, Jonas Mannier, Jay Miller, Prestyn Russell, Logan Souders, Morgan Spitler, Serenity Trapp, Avery Wolf, Chloe Wilson