03/16/2018 -
Twenty students competed in the 2018 Sonoma County Elementary Spelling Competition held on Monday, March 12, at the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE). These students previously won school and regional spelling competitions, which made them eligible to compete for the title of county spelling champion.
Heyman Luong, a sixth-grader from Hidden Valley School in Santa Rosa, won first in the competition. He broke the tie in the thirteenth-round by spelling hypochondriac correctly, then spelling excursion to win the event. Second place went to fifth-grader Tristan Jordan, who attends Binkley Charter School in Santa Rosa. A couple of Tristan’s words were cantankerous and obstreperous.
First and second place winners received a trophy and advance to the 2018 California State Elementary Spelling Championship, which will be held at the San Joaquin County Office of Education on Saturday, May 12.
County Spelling Bee Participants
1. Heyman Luong, grade 6, Hidden Valley School
2. Tristan Jordan, grade 5, Binkley Charter School
3. Jack Stoufer, grade 6, Guerneville School
4. Linden Gen, grade 6, Loma Vista Immersion Academy
5. Trey Hansen, grade 5, Miwok Valley Language Academy
6. Andy Phuong, grade 5, Sonoma Mountain Charter School
7. Alexander Schoell, grade 5, Kenwood School
8. Flynn Shoop, grade 6, Liberty Elementary School
9. Madilyn Jones, grade 5, Marguerite Hahn Elementary School
10. Luke Negri, grade 6, Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter School
11. Will Arents, grade 5, Hidden Valley School
12. Sam Anderson, grade 6, Austin Creek Elementary School
13. Rose Schafer, grade 6, St. Francis Solano School
14. Sydney Ramirez, grade 6, Binkley Charter School
15. Derek Nguyen, grade 6, Meadow View School
16. Riley Haskins, grade 5, Windsor Christian Academy
17. Caleb Swaby Pierce, grade 6, Mark West Elementary School
18. Catherine Rousche, grade 5, The Healdsburg School
19. Bethany Garrick, grade 6, Olivet Elementary Charter School
20. Jasper Tindall, grade 6, Mary Collins at Cherry Valley
