Elementary Spelling Bee Results Are In

04/01/2019 -

Twenty students competed in the 2019 Sonoma County Elementary Spelling Competition held on Monday, April 1, at the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE). This annual event brings the county’s best fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade spellers together in a competition designed to promote and acknowledge exemplary student achievement. These students previously won school and regional spelling competitions, which made them eligible to compete for the title of county spelling champion.

Katie Thomas, a sixth-grader at Strawberry School in Bennett Valley Union School District, won first in the competition. The winning word was belligerent. Second place went to fifth-grader Siddharth Kohli, who attends the Healdsburg School in Healdsburg. They are eligible to advance to the 2019 California State Elementary Spelling Championship, which will be held in Stockton on Saturday, May 11.

Spelling Bee Participants

Katie Thomas, Strawberry School
Siddharth Kohli, The Healdsburg School
Stella Por, Forestville Academy Charter School
Andy Phuong, Sonoma Mountain Charter School
Will Arents, Hidden Valley School
Diego Asencio, Douglas L. Whited School Charter
Maxwell Cook, Kenwood School
Samantha Richmond, Hillcrest Middle School
Jeffery Dale, Windsor Christian Academy
Zachary March, Albert F. Biella School
Laney Cardenas, La Tercera Elementary School
Madelynn Kheung, Albert F. Biella School
Lincoln Rueter, St. John the Baptist Catholic School
Kellan Stiles, J.X. Wilson School
Grace Sedillo, Washington School
Rogen O'Connor, Olivet Charter School
Jameson Malvesta, St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School
Jasmine Paun, Corona Creek School
Teddy Belove, McKinley School
Benjamin Hegedus, Park Side School