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
