Kaitlyn Tourin Crowned Babylon Spelling Bee Champ

Babylon Junior-Senior High School students cheered on 14 fellow classmates as they took part in this year’s school spelling bee in the library.

Having successfully completed their classroom bee, the linguistically talented seventh- and eighth-graders navigated challenging words derived from various countries and time periods as they worked to be named school champion. This year’s event went several rounds, before eighth-grader Kaitlyn Tourin was named the winner after correctly spelling the word dementia.

Kaitlyn will now compete against other school winners at the Long Island regional spelling bee at Hofstra University.

Photo Caption 1: Eighth-grader Kaitlyn Tourin was named the school champion of this year’s Babylon Junior-Senior High School spelling bee.

Photo Caption 2: Babylon Junior-Senior High School spelling bee contestants.

Photos provided by Babylon School District

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