Frankfort High School Auxiliary Gymnasium will be the site of the 28th Annual Scripps Regional Spelling Bee starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 3.
A total of 40 individuals in grades 4-8 from surrounding schools will compete for the regional championship where the winner and a parent or legal guardian earn a paid trip to Washington D.C. to represent our region in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The winner also receives a new Third New International Dictionary donated by Merriam-Webster.
The following individuals were school champions and will compete at the spelling bee: Tyson Mitchell, Battle Ground Elementary; Isaac Jackson, Dayton Elementary School; Josias Laborin, Klondike Middle School; Autumn Blacklidge, South Newton Middle School; Jashun Paluru, Battle Ground Middle School; Evan Toby, Delphi Community Middle; Luis Ojeda, Lafayette Tecumseh Junior High; Autumn Payne, Southeast Fountain Elementary; Duncan Yandell, Benton Central Jr.-Sr. High School; Maria Aboujaoude, East Tipp Middle School.
Gabrielle Requierme, Mayflower Mill Elementary School; Kaia Webb, Southwestern Middle School; Ezekiel Bennett, Boswell Elementary School; Brenton Wood, Frankfort Middle School; Mason Istre, Meadowlawn Elementary; Audley Eggold, St. James Lutheran Elementary; Yashodara Udawatte, Burnett Creek Elementary; Charli McMillin, Frontier Elementary School; Hutton Haas, Mollie B. Hoover Elementary; Noah Martin, St. Lawrence Elementary.
Haley Kelly, Carroll Elementary School; Emma Bartlett, Frontier Jr.-Sr. High School; Lily Butzke, Otterbein Elementary School; Liberty Coyle-Paddack, Sugar Creek Academy; Megan Ashby, Carroll Jr.-Sr. High School; Shloka Shriram, Happy Hollow Elementary; Jacob Brouillette, Prairie Crossing Elementary; Julieta Stephens, Suncrest Elementary School; Nathan Hardenburg, Central Catholic Jr.-Sr. High School, Luke Baker, Hershey Elementary School.
Elizabeth Clingham, Roosvelt Middle School; Bryce Freeman, Van Rensselaer Elementary; Grace Wright, Covington Middle School; Alexandra Estes, Kankakee Valley Middle School; Zachary Wainscott, Rossville Elementary School; Emma Townsend, Wea Ridge Middle School; Kazziah Hayes, Crawfordsville Middle School; Clara Sands, Klondike Elementary School; Sarah Gick, Sacred Heart Elementary School, Kreesha Saha, West Lafayette Jr.-Sr. High School.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. followed by introductions with Master of Ceremonies Steve Wittenauer at 8:50 a.m.