Saratoga students will attend state spelling bee
From left to right: Cooper Smith (6th grader) - 1st Place; Ryan Follum (5th grader) - 2nd Place; Stetson Patzer (5th grader) -3rd Place
On Friday, January 20, Saratoga students participated in the Scripp's Spelling Bee, which was held at the Platte Valley Community Center. There were 46 contestants in the Bee from grades 2-8.
Cooper Smith, a 6th grader, won the competition by spelling "configuration" correctly. Ryan Follum, a 5th grader, took 2nd place and Stetson Patzer, also a 5th grader, took 3rd after competing in a spell-off with 4 other students.
All participants received a certificate of participation and a candy bar. The top three were also presented medals and a dictionary/thesaurus.
There will not be a "Carbon County Spelling Bee" in Rawlins this year, therefore, the winners will move on to the State Spelling Bee which will be held at Western Wyoming College in Rock Springs on March 31 and April 1. Shelly Larson, Levi Goodwin, Cody Sewell and Snowdon Williams all competed in the spell-off for 3rd place. They will also be invited to attend the State Bee.
Judges for the Bee were: Joe Elder - director of the PVCC, Kassy Westring - school board chairwoman & Debbie Riker - former Special Education Director at CCSD#2. The pronouncer was Luke Spiering. The Bee was coordinated by Valerie Larscheid .
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