Jan-Feb 2016 Round Two Spelling Champs Sixth Grade Needs to Take
Jan-Feb 2016 Good luck to Joshua Musano, Trevor Harvey, Thomas Porco, Adam Apostol, and Christian Hete as they go on to represent our school at the annual Tri-State Spelling Bee on March 13. Photo by Mrs. Goldstein Round Two Spelling Champs by Matthew Hollay [grade 8] February 17th was the second round of the DDMS spelling bee. Twenty people competed, and only five could move on to the third round against four other schools. To relieve stress, the contestants participated in a practice round. In the practice round, it didn’t matter whether or not contestants spelled their word right. Fifteen out of twenty contestants spelled their word right. In round one, many contestants were nervous. Even so, most were not eliminated. Only four contestants were out with the words: sonar, granola, torrent, and worrywart. In round two, even less contestants were eliminated, and the words were only getting more and more difficult. Two contestants were defeat- ed with the words pedigree and bewilder. Just like round three, very few were eliminated as the words grew stronger and stronger. The two contestants were bested by the words hypnotic and pomposity, which obviously means to be like a possum— right. Sixth Grade Needs to Take By the end of round five, the numbers of contestants were dwindling, and the words were getting to the point where none of the contestants Care of Their Wing knew what they meant. Three of the five people eliminated between by Andre Phillips [grade 6] round four and round five were taken out by the words cartouches, ad- As a sixth grader, I think we should take hesion, and olfactory.
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