GENESEE ISD CONGRATULATES WINNERS OF 2019 SPELLING BEE

The Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Countywide Spelling Bee Championship. This year, 226 students from schools across Genesee County put their spelling skills to the test. There were first, second and third place winners for each round of the grade level competitions. Then, the top two winners from each grade/division faced off for the big championship round.

GISD congratulates all the students who participated in the championship. Below are the names of the top 2019 Spelling Bee Championship Winners and those who placed in their division: 

5^th – 8^th Grade Championship Winners

1^st Place:  Aurora Akinpeloye
Grand Blanc East Middle School

2^nd Place:  Joshua Tewolde
Grand Blanc West Middle School

3^rd Place:  Kamaria Carter-Ryan
Woodland Park Academy

9^th – 12^th Grade Championship Winners

1^st Place:  Lily Zuber
Flushing High School

2^nd Place: Connor Davenport
Flushing High School

3^rd Place:  Danielle Vallieve
Bentley High School

Grade Level Winners:

Grade 4

1^st – Rachel Moore
St. John Vianney

2^nd – Hady Alouh
Genesee Academy

3^rd – Rosemary Stacey
Holy Rosary

Grade 5

1^st – Kamaria Carter-Ryan
Woodland Park Academy

2^nd – Dylan Arntzen
Flushing Elementary
3^rd – Cheyanne Creel
Rankin Elementary – Carman

Grade 6

1^st – Aurora Akinpeloye
East MS – Grand Blanc
2^nd – Joshua Tewolde
West MS – Grand Blanc
3^rd – Carter Reynolds
Woodland Park Academy

Grade 7
1^st – Brendan Lavery
West MS – Grand Blanc

2^nd – Aloni Baker
Carman Ainsworth MS – Carman

3^rd – Jack Weichel
St. Paul Lutheran

Grade 8

1^st – Edward Huang
West MS – Grand Blanc

2^nd – Grace Polcik
Carter MS – Clio

3^rd – Eli Richey
Flushing MS

Grade 9

1^st – Alayna Alvarado
Lake Fenton HS
2^nd – Danielle Valliere

Bentley HS
3^rd – Lukas Glomson

Flushing HS

Grade 10

1^st – Connor Davenport

Flushing HS

2^nd – Tamiah Redwine

1. A. Johnson HS – Mt. Morris

3^rd – Isaac Tift
Flushing HS

Grade 11

1^st – Lily Zuber
Flushing HS

2^nd – Madison Griffin
Flushing HS

3^rd – Gabriella Smith

Lake Fenton HS

Grade 12

1^st – Jacob Castles

Flushing HS

2^nd – Dominic Shiel

1. A. Johnson HS – Mt. Morris

3^rd – Jessenia Cranfill

1. A. Johnson HS – Mt. Morris