05/23/2022 -
Seventy-four students competed in the 2022 Sonoma County Elementary ‘Virtual’ Spelling Competition: Group 1, held on Tuesday, April 5, and Group 2, held on Wednesday, April 6, via Zoom hosted by the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE). This annual event brings the county’s best fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade spellers together in a competition designed to promote and acknowledge exemplary student achievement. These students previously won their school competition, which made them eligible to compete for the title of county spelling champion.
Group 1: Evelyn Quintero, a fifth grader from Sassarini School in Sonoma, won first in the competition. She broke the tie in the eighth round by spelling “Venezuela” correctly, then spelling “unconscionable” to win Group 1. Second place went to sixth grader Conor Kelley, who attends Corona Creek School in Petaluma. A couple of Conor’s words were “tyranny” and “scrumptious.”
Group 2: Irupe Eliscu-Saraza, a fifith grader from Gravenstein Elementary School in Sebastopol, won the competition. She broke the tie in the eighth-round by spelling “eupeptic” correctly, then spelling “carousel” to win Group 2. Second place went to sixth grader Eamonn McCloskey, who attends Santa Rosa French-American School in Santa Rosa. A couple of Eamonn’s words were “architect” and “antebellum.”
All spellers received a certificate of accomplishment and a participation ribbon. First place winners from both groups received a trophy and advance to the 2022 California State Elementary Spelling Championship, which were held at the San Joaquin County Office of Education in Stockton, Saturday, May 14.
Group 1 Results, Tuesday, April 5, 2022
1—Evelyn Quintero, fifth grade, Sassarini School
2—Conor Kelley, sixth grade, Corona Creek School
3—Benji Russell, fifth grade, Live Oak Charter School
4—Michael Copeland, fifth grade, Two Rock Union School
5—Phoebe Richards, fourth grade, River Montessori Charter School
6—Aarya Mishra, sixth grade, McKinley School
7—Lucy Bishop, sixth grade, Sonoma Mountain Charter School
8—Angela Diaz Sandoval, sixth grade, Miwok Valley Elementary Charter School
9—Rylan Wyckoff, fourth grade, Grant School
10—Indiana Atchley, sixth grade, Mary Collins School at Cherry Valley
11—Elliott Steinfels, fifth grade, Mary Collins School at Cherry Valley
12—Alpha Wong, fifth grade, Corona Creek School
13—Mia Kelly, sixth grade, Live Oak Charter School
14—Cassidy Whitman, fourth grade, St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School
15—Samantha Masterson, fifth grade, Sonoma Mountain Charter School
16—Hayden Prindle, fourth grade, Cinnabar Charter School
17—John Ybarrolaza, sixth grade, Meadow School
18—Adrienne Stewart, fourth grade, Flowery School
19—Elizabeth Rynning, fourth grade, St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School
20—Daisy Umana, fifth grade, Miwok Valley Elementary Charter School
21—Estela Guerrero Gonzales, fifth grade, Cinnabar Charter School
22—Elan Chandler, fourth grade, The Presentation School
23—Noah Hrovat, fifth grade, Grant School
24—Oscar Celedon Sahagun, fourth grade, McDowell School
25—Sam Fudim Beale, fifth grade, El Verano School
26—Alexandria Gantenbein, fifth grade, Liberty Elementary School
27—Emiliano Contreras, fifth grade, Sassarini School
28—Natasha Haba, sixth grade, Meadow School
29—Violet Cole, fifth grade, McKinley School
30—Nico Coleman, sixth grade, St. Francis Solano School
31—Laylony Barocio, fifth grade, Wilson School
32—Riley Fritsche, fifth grade, Liberty Elementary School
33—Savannah McGowan, sixth grade, The Presentation School
34—Adrienne Larsen, fifth grade, Wilson School
35—Andromeda Lockhart, fourth grade, Two Rock Union School
36—Karlee Hinman, fifth grade, El Verano School
Group 2 Results, Wednesday, April 6, 2022
1—Irupe Eliscu-Saraza, fifth grade, Gravenstein Elementary School
2—Eamonn McCloskey, sixth grade, Santa Rosa French-American Charter School
3—Megan Perkins, fifth grade, Strawberry School
4—Newen Eliscu-Saraza, sixth grade, Hillcrest Middle School
5—Zoe Wickum, fifth grade, Evergreen Elementary School
6—LJ Arieta, fifth grade, River Montessori Charter School
7—Kayani Torres, sixth grade, Hillcrest Middle School
8—Aaron Sambad, fifth grade, Kawana Springs Elementary School
9—Grace McAllister, sixth grade, Healdsburg Junior High School
10—Sethu Ramu, fifth grade, Evergreen Elementary School
11—Jacob Herrera, fifth grade, Monte Vista Elementary School
12—Aubrey Phipps-Parnay, sixth grade, West Side School
13—Evelyn Robinson, sixth grade, Strawberry School
14—Cora Harkey, sixth grade, Healdsburg Junior High School
15—Jack Stoumen, fifth grade, Gravenstein Elementary School
16—Maximilian Stevens, fifth grade, Albert F. Biella School
17—Nicholas Haemel, fifth grade, Sonoma Country Day School
18—Frankie Knoy, fifth grade, University Elementary at La Fiesta
19—Aurora Brown, sixth grade, St. John the Baptist Catholic School
20—Nestor Barragon, sixth grade, J.X. Wilson School
21—Emmett Deng, fourth grade, Albert F. Biella School
22—Nina DeLane, fifth grade, Pleasant Hill Christian
23—Julian Martinez, fifth grade, Douglas L. Whited Elementary School
24—John Marinace, fifth grade, Santa Rosa French-American Charter School
25—Jonathan Martinez De Leon, fifth grade, Alexander Valley School
26—Annie Villamil-Avila, fifth grade, Douglas L. Whited Elementary School
27—Devin Hann, fifth grade, Richard Crane Elementary School
28—Yihe Wang, sixth grade, Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter
29—Chloé Vajgrt, sixth grade, West Side School
30—Savannah Chevalier-Welch, fifth grade, Alexander Valley School
31—Amelia Shields, fifth grade, Geyserville Elementary School
32—Alexia Orellana, fifth grade, Richard Crane Elementary School
33—Damien Arteaga Reyes, fifth grade, Kawana Springs Elementary School
34—Indigo Miller, fifth grade, University Elementary at La Fiesta
35—Aurelia Precup, sixth grade, Pleasant Hill Christian
36—Jessie Hu, sixth grade, Santa Rosa Accelerated Charter
37—Jeremy Carter, fifth grade, Monte Vista Elementary School
38—Vadhir Cruz, fifth grade, Geyserville Elementary School
