SPELLING BEE FACTS:

Lots of work goes into creating the protocols neccessary for the event. This includes selecting the words, conjugating, meanings, origin, etc. After several years of laboring this on a local level, Scripps recognized the Prince William County Spelling Bee for the national program. The official Scripps Spelling Bee rules are now used.

By the late eighteenth century, bee had become commonly associated with the British dialect form referring to the joining of neighbors to work on a single activity to help a neighbor in need: sewing bee, quilting bee, etc. This derivation counters a long held belief that bee refers to the buzzing insect and the social nature of a beehive. The earliest printed reference to spelling bee dates back to 1825. However, children had been engaged in competitive wordplay for years beforehand.

PWC Spelling Bee Sponsorship provided by: The Waters Foundation - Julie and Buck Waters

GRAHAM PARK MIDDLE

Ashley AttahGrade: 6 | Age: 11City: DumfriesWinning word: Tergiversation

Alternate Justin Appiagyei

HERBERT J. SAUNDERS

MIDDLE

BenjaminAcostaGrade: 8 | Age: 14City: MontclairWinning word: Heliocentric

Alternate Hailey Brimhall

HOME ORGANIZATION OF

PARENT EDUCATORS

EthanKirschGrade: 8 | Age: 13City: BristowWinning word: Kaleidoscope

J.W. ALVEY

ELEMENTARY

Lily LuGrade: 2 | Age: 7City: HaymarketWinning word: Pennant

Alternate Lucy Lu

JENNIE DEAN

ELEMENTARY

Uzair AkhtarGrade: 4 | Age: 10City: ManassasWinning word: Squishy

Alternate AlejandroGuevara Vasquez

LAKE RIDGE MIDDLE

SkyeAugerGrade: 7 | Age: 11City: WoodbridgeWinning word: Extricate

Alternate Niveda Mahesh

LOCH LOMOND

ELEMENTARY

NathanielWilsonGrade: 4 | Age: 9City: ManassasWinning word: Gravity

Alternate Ricky Tangiri

LOUISE A. BENTON MIDDLE

Jenna MeinkGrade: 7 | Age: 13City: ManassasWinning word: Humdinger

Alternate Ayaan Siddiqui

MANASSAS

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

DevanWaghrayGrade: 7 | Age: 12City: CentervilleWinning word: Xanadu

Alternate Keona Thomas

MANASSAS PARK MIDDLE

AshleyGyawaliGrade: 6 | Age: 12City: Manassas ParkWinning word: Haberdashery

Alternate Alia Marzyie

MARTIN LUTHER

KING JR. ELEMENTARY

AaleyahAhadGrade: 5 | Age: 10City: ManassasWinning word: Youthful

Alternate Adrienne Anderson

MAYFIELD

INTERMEDIATE

WajidAkhtarGrade: 6 | Age: 12City: ManassasWinning word: Lobelia

Alternate Aarushi Chakravorty

MINNIEVILLE

ELEMENTARY

Jairus Appiah Jr.Grade: 3 | Age: 8City: WoodbridgeWinning word: Capably

Alternate Emma Ramirez

MONTCLAIR

ELEMENTARY

AbheekBhandariGrade: 5 | Age: 11City: WoodbridgeWinning word: Irked

Alternate Veronica Nary

OLD BRIDGE

ELEMENTARY

AhmareBrooksGrade: 4 | Age: 10City: WoodbridgeWinning word: Garret

Alternate Leila Trigger

PARKSIDE MIDDLE

SadafHashemiGrade: 6 | Age: 12City: ManassasWinning word: Flauta

Alternate Alekhya Vadiala

PENNINGTON SCHOOL

AminaHaqGrade: 8 | Age: 13City: ManassasWinning word: Riviera

Alternate Rylee Nussbaum

RICHARD C.

HAYDON ELEMENTARY

JarrettManalansanGrade: 3 | Age: 8City: ManassasWinning word: Relinquish

Alternate Lawrence Lodronio

RIPPON MIDDLE

William KerrGrade: 7 | Age: 13City: Dumfries

Alternate Nathaniel Sealy

ROCKLEDGE

ELEMENTARY

Brendan Amoah-DanielsGrade: 4 | Age: 9City: WoodbridgeWinning word: Acclamations

Alternate Aashaz Ahmad

SAMUEL L.

GRAVELY ELEMENTARY

Levi KoutsGrade: 2 | Age: 8City: HaymarketWinning word: Dismissal

SETON SCHOOL

Rudy GasserGrade: 8 | Age: 14City: NokesvilleWinning word: Dissertation

Alternate Emma Reynolds

SONNIE PENN ELEMENTARY

RaymondBaumannGrade: 4 | Age: 10City: WoodbridgeWinning word: Maturity

Alternate Hadia Zahid

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

REGIONAL SCHOOL

BethelleLanquayeGrade: 8 | Age: 14

City: Woodbridge

Winning word: Espionage

STONEWALL MIDDLE

NachiketChodankarGrade: 6 | Age: 11

City: Manassas

Winning word: Clavicle

Alternate Madison Simpson

STUART M.

BEVILLE MIDDLE

MehmoodShajihGrade: 8 | Age: 14

City: Woodbridge

Winning word: Haberdashery

Alternate Michael Gutierrez

T. CLAY WOOD

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

DiegoWheatleyDiazGrade: 5 | Age: 10

City: Bristow

Winning word: Widespread

Alternate Bhuvan Vijay

THURGOOD

MARSHALL ELEMENTARY

IsraelPetersonGrade: 4 | Age: 10

City: Manassas

Winning word: Grenadier

Alternate Tori Masters

WEEMS ELEMENTARY

SoumiaJaidaneGrade: 4 | Age: 9

City: Manassas

Winning word: Disco

Alternate Alex Rivas

WEST GATE ELEMENTARY

AlanaMolinaGrade: 5 | Age: 11

City: Manassas

Winning word: Champion

Alternate Ashley Benavides

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