Congratulations to all of the Class Winners and Competitors in the Grady School-Wide Spelling Bee:  Erin Dougill from Ms. Doremus’ class; Nicholas DeVoe from Ms. Bird’s class; Emily Azevedo from Ms. Coppes and Ms. Weather’s class; Connor Pawelek from Ms. Trupp’s class; Daniel Kumm from Ms. Dickens’  class; Ally Colon from Ms. Ritter’s class; Tessa Morrison from Ms. Webber’s class; Joey Mhawej from Ms. Reyher’s class; Veronika Prospal from Mr. Lanier’s class; Javier Alvarez from Ms. Moon’s class; and Elena Walters from Ms. LeVan and Ms. Underwood’s class.  Thank you also to Spelling Bee Moderator, Lynn Bennett, Judges Ms. Sandoval and Ms. Baxter, and Timekeeper, Ms. Barra.  Thank you very much to Spelling Bee Coordinator Suzan Kumm. We are the only Hillsborough County public elementary school to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 

The winners of the school-wide Grady Elementary Spelling Bee are Nicholas DeVoe who won First Place, Daniel Kumm who won Second Place and Emily Azevedo who won Third Place.  Congratulations to all three winners!  Nicholas DeVoe will proceed to the regional competition and we wish him luck. 

See more pictures from the Spelling Bee at http://gradytigers.org/grady-spelling-bee-2014.