Cunningham Grade School
CGS Spelling Bee
by Darlene Oeding
January 28, 2010
The A division spelling bee was held on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010. Students in grades 6 through 8 participated. After two practice rounds the spellers were ready to go for the gold.
The 6th grade class was proud to have Chris take 5th place, while Blake, a 7th grade student received 4th place. Cody, also a 7th grade student received the 3rd place trophy. Tim and Annika, both in sixth grade, battled to the end to see who would take home the 1st and 2nd place trophies. Annika spelled the word “conquer” correctly to take 1st place. Annika, Tim, Andrea, Cody, Blake, and Christopher will represent Cunningham at the county spelling bee in the A Division.
The B division spelling bee was held on Thursday, January 28th, 2010. Students in grades 1 through 5 participated in this division. Jenna a fourth grader, took first place in this division by spelling the word “babies” correctly. Paige, another fourth grade student won 2nd place and Travis, fifth grader at CGS won 3rd place. Brother and sister, Blake, 5th grade, and Cambry, 3rd grade placed 4th and 5th. Jenna, Paige, Travis, Blake and Cambry will be representing CGS at the county spelling bee in the B Division.
The Kingman County Spelling Bee will be held at the Kingman High School Auditorium on Saturday, February 6, 2010. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. for both Divisions. Division B contest will begin at 9:00 a.m. with Division A following immediately after.
Good luck to all our students representing Cunningham Grade School.
We would like to “thank” Mrs. Jeree Fitzsimmons for all her hard work in helping to organize our spelling bees. Also, “thank you” to Mr. Chris Moore and Mrs. Jannell Garten for being our pronouncers, Mrs. Ingrid Ricke and Mrs. Linda Kerschen for being our judges, and Mrs. Liz Miller for helping with the dictionary.
