School News: Yoon Wins Spelling Bee; Eagle Winners Recognized

Hawthorn Middle South Crowns Spelling Champ

Congratulations to Hawthorn Middle South 7th-grader Kevin Yoon, who was crowned champion of the 2013 Middle South All-School Spelling Bee, which was held on January 11. He edged out runner-up Garima Arora in the final rounds.

Congratulations to all of the home room finalists who prepared for this event, including (representing 6th grade) Rachel Liu, Grace Hong, Leo Britton, Sneha Sundaram, Ryan Pristas, Tayler Ayres, John Bilkey, Drew Laser, Matthew Faller, Charlie Newman, Kuba Stefanik, Anna Huang, Micah Kim, (representing 7th grade) Matthew Kim, Mikaelia Gerida, Priya Rao, Brandon Stern, Daniel Maskymiv, Jackie Castaneda, Kevin Yoon, Hanson Dai, (representing 8th grade) Garima Arora, Sarah Chang, Lauren Labja, Miracle Faller, Andrew Kim, Jennifer Lee, Nathan Ramanatha and Morgan Mitchell.

Hawthorn Middle North Honors Latest Group of Eagle Winners

Hawthorn Middle North is pleased to honor the latest group of Eagle Winners for their outstanding efforts in both academic achievement and commendable character.

Congratulations to Commendable Character Eagle Winners Olivia Sheldon, Carli Kaufman, Brandon Ferrera, Jessica Murguia, Patrick Dunleavy, Nicholas Mohrdieck, Calvin Wu, David Lopez, Nikki Patel, Paola Torres, Ryan Antenore, Jake Schulman, Sierra Miller, Jack Peterson, Kyle Prochotsky, Matt Kieft, Lauren Lee, Kelly Zhang and Sophia Lopez. Congratulations, also, to Academic Achievement Eagle Winners Yulia Kornikova, Dylan Cline, Sara Lenzi, Joana Torres, Annette Mathew, Luc Gudmundson, Alexa Pomerantz, Mitchell Whelan, Jorie Ryan, Nikki Flora, Abby Heinz, Jack Peterson, Kyle Prochotsky, Hayden Lau, Jake Antenore and Jisel Gomez.

—Hawthorn District 73 provided this information.