Ashland County Spelling Bee is Tuesday at Career Center

Area sixth, seventh and eighth graders will compete at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the annual Ashland County Spelling Bee, which will be held at the Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center.

In case of inclement weather, the Bee will be Thursday.

Student participants are:

Ashland Middle School - Raylon Cooper, Reagan Dove, Lacey Gable, Olive Knowlton, Denver Kruty, Jonah Wilson, Evan Young.

Ashland Christian School - Dylan Deer, Michael Bell.

Hillsdale District – Cooper Baker, Gage Barcus, Talley Neff, Nick Wiltrout.

Loudonville District - Alexis Oswald, Mackenna Whipple, Owen Baker, Daniel Caruthers, Amelia Ashley.

Mapleton District - Emelie Ferrari, Jack Gove.

St. Edwards School - Solomon Prigozen, Mary Hamilton.

The pronouncer is Victoria Birk, International Baccalaureate program coordinator, with the Tri-County ESC.

The judges are Andrew Johnson, Gifted and Talented consultant, Tri-County ESC; Kris Pipes-Perone, director of Curriculum & Instruction/Special Education, Tri-County ESC; and Doug Marrah, executive director, Tri-County Computer Services.

The 2024 SNSB Region 2 Bee participants are selected by the Scripps National Spelling Bee via results of an online administered spelling/vocabulary test to building champions, organized by the Scripps National Spelling.

The Ashland Times Gazette will provide trophies to the champion and runner-up for the Ashland County Spelling Bee.

The Bee is coordinated by Jennifer Marrah, consultant, and Debbie Stoler, administrative assistant, of the Tri-County Educational Service Center.

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