Serena Yeddu and Rachel Seo, grades 7 and 8, respectively, are the school-level winners of the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee at C. J. Hooker Middle School.

Seventh and eighth grader students recently participated in the school-level bee after advancing from classroom-level bees held during English Language Arts classes. Both Serena and Rachel will advance to the county bee in March.

This year’s participants include:

Grade 8:

• Bridgette Bennis
• Jackson Diglio
• Aaron Gay
• Zachary Jessup
• Brianna Kimmel
• Ysa Paneto
• Lilibeth Pawliczak
• Emily Peden
• Rachel Seo
• Allison Tegnander

Grade 7:

• Zahyre Allen
• Brian Caplicki
• Jolina Dong
• Halle Glasgow
• Maria Mathew
• Abigail Meyer
• Hailey Meyers
• Julisa Posada
• Camryn  Roundtree
• Serena Yeddu