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Students Advance to the 2011 Duval County Spelling Bee | Schools
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Twenty-one elementary and middle school students have been selected to represent Duval County in the county Spelling Bee on Tuesday, January 25, at 6 p.m. at Mandarin Middle School.
The following students were selected from amongst all school champions participating in the Duval County Preliminary Spelling Bee on January 11 at Mandarin Oaks Elementary:
FINALIST
SCHOOL
GRADE
Cailah Bailey
Mandarin Oaks Elementary
5th
Ashley Barron
James Weldon Johnson Middle
8th
Teagan Belloit
Atlantic Beach Elementary
5th
Allie Brown
Fletcher Middle
8th
Laura Dzubay
Mayport Middle
8th
Abigail Farah
San Jose Elementary
5th
Brendan Farrell
San Jose Catholic School
6th
Kyla Hlubek
Twin Lakes Academy Middle
7th
Alicia Hou
Jacksonville Beach Elementary
5th
Zachary Knecht
Sacred Heart Catholic School
6th
Ashlie Malone
Julia Landon College Prep.
6th
Jack McCormack
St. Matthews Catholic
8th
Walker Miller
Susie Tolbert Elementary
5th
Christopher Norris
Joseph Stilwell Middle
7th
Maeghan Pettus
Assumption Catholic School
8th
Julia Sessions
San Jose Episcopal Day
5th
Manija Sidiqi
JEB Stuart Middle
7th
Karl Singletary
LaVilla School of the Arts
8th
Ariel Szoychen
Kirby-Smith Middle
8th
Matthew Tan
Harvest Community School
8th
Collin York
Jacksonville Country Day
6th
*The students' names are listed in alphabetical order, not according to test score ranking.
Jill Lively, a Duval County Public Schools' (DCPS) teacher from Mandarin Oaks Elementary, is serving as the spelling bee coordinator. The pronouncer will be Robyn White, a teacher at Chimney Lakes Elementary, and the head judge is Tim Ballentine, DCPS' executive director of instructional research and accountability. Tom Scott, DCPS' director of testing, is acting as the round judge, Angela Fuller, the principal of Assumption Catholic School, is the recording judge and Christina Knopf, DCPS’ coordinator of student data and analysis, is the dictionary judge.
The winner of the Duval County Spelling Bee will compete against other regional winners at The Florida Times-Union Regional Spelling Bee on Saturday, February 19, at the Main Branch of the Jacksonville Public Library. The winner of the regional bee will compete in the national spelling bee, scheduled at the end of May in Washington, D.C.
The Duval County Spelling Bee is sponsored by The Florida Times-Union, and is conducted according to the contest rules of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee.
Duval County Public Schools operates 172 schools and serves approximately 123,000 students. The school district is committed to providing high quality educational opportunities that will inspire all students to acquire and use the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in a global economy, and culturally diverse world.