Students Compete in Emery County District Spelling Bee

Fourth and eighth grade students that won the spelling bee in their class from each school in the county met on Wednesday afternoon at Emery High School to compete in the Emery District Spelling Bee.

Andie Curtis, a seventh grade student from San Rafael Jr. High, took first place with seventh grade Canyon View Jr. High student Jayce Rudd coming in second. Dani Jo Thatcher, a sixth grade student from Cleveland Elementary, rounded out the top three.

The regional spelling bee will be hosted at Grand County High School in Moab on March 2 at 1 p.m. The top three students from each district bee in Carbon, Emery, Grand, and San Juan counties as well as Pinnacle Canyon Academy will compete for an opportunity to go to Washington D.C. to compete in the National Spelling Bee.

The students who won the spelling bee in each grade are as follows:
Book Cliff Elementary: 4^th grade – Abigail Erwin, 5^th grade –  Saul Tellez and 6^th grade –  Morgan Bastian.
Castle Dale Elementary: 4^th grade – Adriane Bernard, 5^th grade – Dallin Jorgensen and 6^th grade – Natalie Chynoweth.
Cleveland Elementary: 4^th grade – Jacee Cunningham, 5^th grade –  Baylee Jacobsen and 6^th grade –  Dani Jo Thatcher.
Ferron Elementary: 4^th grade  – Haidyn Roper, 5^th grade –  Byron Christiansen and 6^th grade  – Nathan Rice.
Huntington Elementary: 4^th grade – Madilyn Simmons, 5^th grade – Daicee Ungerman and 6^th grade –  Bethany Justice.
Cottonwood Elementary: 4^th grade – Allee Sitterud, 5^th grade – Trevin Wakefield and 6^th grade – Alisa Robertson.
Canyon View Jr. High: 7^th grade – Jayce Rudd and 8^th – grade Abigail Olsen.
San Rafael Jr. High: 7^th grade – Andie Curtis and 8^th grade Ethan Anderson.
Green River: 7^th grade –  Rebecka Shaffer and 8^th grade – Prisma Mendez.