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Spelling isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but for some LCPS students, it comes naturally. On the evening of February 4th, the winners of each school’s spelling bee came together at Northwest Elementary to see who would be crowned as this year’s district spelling bee champion.

Director of Elementary Education, Stacy Cauley, kicked off the event, welcoming families and recognizing each student one by one for winning their school’s spelling bee. LCPS Superintendent, Brent Williams, spoke on the importance of highlighting the success of our students, as well as celebrating the parents and teachers who are helping their students succeed. He also had a message for the students about who were about to compete: take a deep breath, relax and have fun.

One by one, Assistant Superintendent Nick Harvey called students up to spell a word. Judged by E.B. Frink Principal Dr. Michael Moon, Beginning Teacher Coordinator Lynn Morris, and Beginning Teacher Specialist Jennifer Sutton, all of the students passed through the first round with flying colors. After seven rounds of spelling words like ‘tsunami’, ‘onyx’ and ‘gargoyles’, two students were left. Jaxson James from Banks Elementary, and Horatio Nute from Contentnea-Savannah K-8 were going to face off in the final round.

In the final round, the rules changed. If a word is spelled incorrectly, the other student will have the opportunity to correctly spell the same word. If that student is correct, then they get a new word. If they also spell that word correctly, they win the spelling bee. James incorrectly spelled ‘barista’, and after Nute successfully spelled it, he went on to win the competition with the word ‘algebraic.’

Horatio Nute will now go on to represent LCPS at the Carolina Panthers Regional Spelling Bee at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on March 9th.