Participants ready for Wayne County Spelling Bee on Tuesday

Emma Weahry, Chippewa Jr./Sr. High, competes in last year's Wayne County Spelling Bee. Weahry, who finished second last year, will be competing for top honors this year at Orrville High School on Tuesday.
Emma Weahry, Chippewa Jr./Sr. High, competes in last year's Wayne County Spelling Bee. Weahry, who finished second last year, will be competing for top honors this year at Orrville High School on Tuesday.

ORRVILLE − Area sixth, seventh and eighth graders will compete Tuesday in the annual Wayne County Spelling Bee starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Orrville High School’s Auditorium.

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

The pronouncer for this year’s competition is Victoria Birk, International Baccalaureate Program coordinator, with the Tri-County Educational Service Center. Judges will be Andrew Johnson, gifted and talented consultant, Tri-County ESC; Kris Pipes-Perone, director of curriculum and instruction/special education, Tri-County ESC; and Beth Gaubatz, career connections consultant, Tri-County ESC.

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Student participants are:

  • Quinten Steiner, Central Christian School

  • Zachary Yeager Chippewa Intermediate School

  • Emma Weahry, Chippewa Jr./Sr. High School

  • Elizabeth Pauli, Dalton Middle School

  • Ava Gonzalez, Green Middle School

  • Gabriel Marshall, Kingsway Christian School

  • Olivia Humphrey Northwestern Middle School

  • Mason Steiner, Norwayne Middle School

  • Ryan Baldwin, Orrville Middle School

  • Kaleb Labo, Rittman Middle School

  • Aiden Austin Apple Creek Elementary School

  • Zabian Cutright, Fredericksburg Elementary School

  • Sheila Petersheim, Holmesville Elementary School

  • Makena Conrad, John R. Lea Middle School

  • Aleah Beachy, Mount Eaton Elementary School

  • Malachi Slabaugh, Triway Middle School

  • Madison Clow, Wooster Christian School

  • Noah Greene, Edgewood Middle School in Wooster

  • Nicholas Kakanuru, Wooster High School

Bee participants are eligible to participate in the Akron Beacon Journal Regional Bee that will be held at noon March 11 at the Akron-Summit County Public Library.

The Wayne County Bee is coordinated by Jennifer Marrah, consultant, and Debbie Stoler, administrative assistant; of the Tri-County ESC.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Wayne Spelling Bee students prepped for Tuesday's competition