Garretson student crowned state spelling bee champ at USD
Henebry, who participated in the bee as a representative of the Greater Sioux Falls Home School Association, advances to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 29-June 1. In addition to transportation and accommodations for herself and one parent to participate in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., she also received a Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition, donated by Merriam-Webster; and a cash prize donated by Bank of the West.
Bailey Sejnoha of Yankton Middle School finished second at the 2012 South Dakota State Spelling Bee, which was at Aalfs Auditorium inside Slagle Hall on the USD campus. Ryder Heitz of Newell Middle School was third in the oral spelling bee. Additional participants included Danielle Gillis of Yankton Middle School, Lillie Dennis of Sioux Falls (Patrick Henry Middle School), Lexis Sherron of Brandon (Brandon Valley Middle School), Tara McEldowney of Castlewood Middle School, Max Oesterling of the South Dakota Christian Home Educators, April Will of Parkston Elementary and Jason Schnabel of Tripp (Tripp-Delmont Public).
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is administered on a not-for-profit basis by the E.W. Scripps Company and local spelling bee sponsors in the United States, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Department of Defense Schools in Europe; also, the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. The competition is open for students in first grade through the eighth grade.
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