STRONG – At the end of the evening on Wednesday, Feb. 9, one student speller would move on to the State Spelling Bee.
Before an audience of about 100 in the Strong School gym, 16 student spellers from Franklin County gave their best. Gaynor Norcott, a student at Kingfield Elementary School spelled “plantigrade”correctly in Round 7 and moved to Round 8 by himself to spell “sabotage”correctly to take First Place in the Franklin County Spelling Bee.
Second Place went to Duncan Grant, a Stratton Elementary School student and Third Place went to Brittney Hamilton, a student at Mt. Blue Middle School.
Spellers competing were from schools in Rangeley, Jay, Mt. Blue RSU 9 and MSAD 58. Good luck to Gaynor who will now represent Franklin County in the State Spelling Bee, which will be held on Saturday, March 19, at the University of Southern Maine.
