Two Sebring students will go on to represent the school at the regional spelling bee in March.
B.L. Miller Elementary Spelling Bee
Fifteen students - five students each from third through fifth grades, qualified to compete in the building spelling bee through classroom competitions. On the day of the bee, thirteen of these students took the stage, spelling words from the Scripps Spelling Bee list.
By round 14, only two spellers remained. The competition intensified as third-grade participant Ava Berger and fifth-grade speller Carson Bevins went through several words. After several more rounds, Bevins was named Champion and Berger runner-up.
McKinley Jr. High Spelling Bee
Students in sixth through eighth grades competed over several days to represent their classes in the Sebring McKinley Spelling Bee. The grade-level winners then competed against each other to determine the winner - Hunter Matea, and runner-up - Brenlee Armor.
Bevins and Matea will both proceed to the regional spelling bee to represent Sebring in March.
Fifteen Sebring B.L. Miller students qualified to compete in the January 10 building spelling bee through classroom competitions.
Sebring’s Ava Berger (runner-up) and Carson Bevins (winner) congratulate each other after several rounds of back-and-forth competition.
L to R: Sebring B.L. Miller 2023 Spelling Bee runner-up Ava Burger and winner Carson Bevins.
L to R: Sebring McKinley Jr. High School 2023 Spelling Bee runner-up Brenlee Armor and winner Hunter Matea.