Happy July 4! Next new spelling quiz, #654, will be posted on Monday, July 6.
2009 Colorado State Spelling Bee
On Saturday morning, March 14, 265 students took the Colorado State Written Test and 33 of them qualified for the afternoon spelling bee. Eleven of our DPS spellers made the finals! Click on "State Spelling Bee - Results."
Jacob Durso-Sabina , 3rd place.
Grace McCabe, 28th place.
Danny Sarché, 21st place.
Brian King, 5th place.
Aubin Fefley, 16th place.
Chloe Briney, 8th place.
Will Paton, 13th place.
Linda Schiller, 16th place.
Josh Spielman, 16th place.
Evan Shigaya, 16th place.
Three of these great spellers are moving on to high school next year. We recognize their outstanding accomplishments over the last five years and wish them the best of success in the future. Good luck Evan Shigaya, Chloe Briney, and Alec Sarché.
Alec Sarché, 8th place.
2009 "City Orals" Spelling Bee
Championship round spellers at City Orals are Adam McSweeney (Smiley, 8th grade), Will Paton (Hamilton, 7th grade), Mali Garret-Mills (Smiley 7th grade), Aubin Fefley (Hamilton, 7th grade), Raphael Lawrence (Morey, 6th grade), Brian King (Connections Academy, 7th grade), Chloe Briney (Morey, 8th grade), and Evan Shigaya (Hamilton, 8th grade.)
After 250 words and 25 rounds, Raphael Lawrence and Chloe Briney were declared co-champions at the 2009 City orals Spelling Bee.
2009 City Written Spelling Contest
Linda Schiller is the 2009 City Written spelling champion. She is in 6th grade at Morey Middle School.
Brian King of Connections Academy finished in 2nd place on the City Written Spelling Test.
Lino Casillas and Josh Valdez, both 5th graders from Barnum.
