eighth grader Jonah Hirsch correctly spelled epithet Thursday to become his school’s spelling champion.
Hirsch won the Spelling Bee in the 20th round in what turned out to be a two-day competition with over 250 words spelled by Shepard students. Jean Kim finished second. Hirsch will now compete in the Regional Spelling Bee Feb. 22 at .
The event was organized by Literacy Coach Bonni Solomon. The judges were Principal Michael Shapiro, Karen Davis and Susan Grinnel.
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On Wednesday, fifth grader Elana Charlson won her school’s Spelling Bee with fourth grader Matthew Seltzer second and Lexie Kolson, another fourth grader, third
and South Park hold their competition next week.
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