Smithtown's Top Spellers Advance

All three Smithtown School District middle schools recently conducted their school-wide rounds of the national Scripps Spelling Bee.

Following several in-school rounds, three champs were crowned– one from each building– with each advancing to the Long Island regional round at Hofstra University on Feb. 8. Congratulations and good luck to:

Accompsett Middle School’s Euryale Yuri Cain Jr.

Great Hollow Middle School’s Jordynn Bozzo.

Nesaquake Middle School’s Rileigh Dowling

The Scripps Spelling Bee is the nation’s largest and longest-running educational promotion. It’s purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives. Students prepare for the local rounds using a variety of materials provided by Scripps and Merriam-Webster, with the goal of advancing to the Scripps National Spelling Bee to be held in Washington, D.C. this May.

Photos courtesy of the Smithtown Central School District:

Photo 1: AMS spelling champ Euryale Yuri Cain Jr. was congratulated by school bee coordinators/judges Graceann LaRussa (left) and Gena Augustino.

Photo 2: GHMS Jordynn Bozzo was the school’s top speller for 2015.

Photo 3: NMS spelling champ Rileigh Dowling displayed her championship award.

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