Friday, November 21. Today's spelling quiz is #506. Click on "Daily Spelling Quiz."
Word of the day from 2009 Spell It!
croissant (krwaw-SAWNT) n. <French a rich crescent-shaped roll Mr. Johnson is riding the train with his daily newspaper, coffee and croissant.
2008 Colorado State Spelling Bee
Eight DPS students made the oral finals of the Colorado State Spelling Bee. Theyare: Alec Sarché (Hamilton, 2nd place), Will Paton (Hamilton, 3rd place), Chloe Briney (Morey, 9th place), Richard Norwood (Smiley, 14th place), Grace McCabe (Morey, 14th place), Ali Norwood (Smiley, 18th place), Brian King (Connections Academy, 21st place), and Jacob West-Roberts (Morey, 34th place). Click on "State Spelling Bee - Results."
Alec Sarché
Will Paton
Chloe Briney
Brian King
Richard Norwood
Jacob West-Roberts
Ali Norwood
Grace McCabe
DPS Semantics is a Web site for semantics teachers and students in the Denver Public Schools. The site will be gradually updated during the year.
2008 City Oral Spelling Bee
The five finalists at the 2008 "City Orals" are Chloe Briney (Morey), Jacob West-Roberts (Morey), Grace McCabe (Morey), Josh Spielman (Southmoor), and Danny Sarché (Southmoor).
Alec Sarché (Hamilton), the 2008 "City Written" champion and Chloe Briney (Morey), the 2008 "City Orals" champion.
2008 City Written Spelling Contest
Left to Right, Josh Schaffer, 5th grader from Southmoor, Jacob Durso-Sabina, 5th grader from Cory, Ty Roder, 7th grader from Hamilton, Dylan Davis from RMSEL, and Ruben Armendariz, 8th grader from Centennial.
Left to Right, Daniel Benitah, 8th grader from RMSEL, Aaron Zheng, 6th grader from Grant Ranch School, and Sahel Negash, 7th grader from Hamilton Middle School.
Left to Right, Katherine Hayes, 5th grader from Cory, Josh Spielman, 4th grader from Southmoor, Sarah Howell, 5th grader from Grant Ranch, Briana Nealey, 8th grader from RMSEL.
Left to Right, Tylor Anderson, 8th grader from Smiley, Samantha Walisundara, 6th grader from Hamilton, Melissa Barraza, 6th grader from Smiley, Samantha Lobato, from Centennial.
