Education

Wells, Pope Students Place 1st, 2nd in Elementary Spelling Bee

February 10 2023

Wells Elementary School fifth grade student Edelynn Tang won first place by correctly spelling the word pituitary in the 10th round of the annual CFISD Elementary Spelling Bee, held Feb. 1 at the Berry Center.

Wells Elementary School fifth grade student Edelynn Tang correctly spelled the word pituitary in the 10th round to win the CFISD Elementary Spelling Bee on Feb. 1.

Pope Elementary School fifth grade student Srihita Tadepalli was the runner-up. Both Tang and Tadepalli will represent CFISD at the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee, scheduled for March.

Holmsley Elementary School fifth grade student Noah Murillo participates in the annual CFISD Elementary Spelling Bee. Murillo, along with 55 other campus representatives, were named champions of their respective campus spelling bees.

“Each of our campus spelling bee champions shined brightly at the district spelling bee,” said Gaye Stuchly, CFISD Elementary Spelling Bee coordinator. “Their preparation, hard work and determination were obvious as they spelled one challenging word after another. They should all be extremely proud of their accomplishments.”

The top two spellers from the regional bee will qualify for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Md., May 30-June 1.

Andre’ Elementary School fifth grade student Jourdain Kormah participates in the annual CFISD Elementary Spelling Bee. Kormah, along with 55 other campus representatives, were named champions of their respective campus spelling bees.

The following campus spelling bee champions represented their elementary schools at the district competition:

Campus	Name	Grade
Adam	Anika Bhat	4
Andre’	Jourdain Kormah	5
Ault	Mahek Ibraheem	4
Bane	Nirvana Zefina Vasquez	3
Bang	Isabella Thompson	5
Birkes	Carly Vaughn	5
Black	Connor Singer	5
Copeland	Jose Montoya	5
Danish	Paul Robertson	5
Duryea	Kennedy Phillips	3
Emery	Noah Fernandez	4
Emmott	Starlette Becker	5
Farney	Terrel Shepherd	5
Fiest	Saina Reva	3
Francone	Rosalie Chen	4
Frazier	Lexi Clinton	5
Gleason	Sahasra Chaturvedula	4
Hairgrove	Xin-Yue (Alicia) Lee	5
Hamilton	Shuyao Chen	5
Hancock	Gilad Scott	4
Hemmenway	Dulcie Orebajo	4
Holbrook	Taylor Tran	3
Holmsley	Noah Murillo	5
Horne	Emma Tran	5
Jowell	Angelina Lee	5
Keith	Cannon West	5
Kirk	Hannah Shin	4
Lamkin	Kaleb Greyberg	5
Lee	Sydney Nguyen	5
Lieder	Addison Chaney	5
Lowery	Tanya Baraya	4
A. Robison	Ashish Belani	5
M. Robinson	Toni Odenwenwa	5
Matzke	Luke Kurday	4
McFee	Umair Shaikh	4
McGown	Eli Lindholm	4
Metcalf	Abdul Abejide	5
Millsap	Jonah Hosten	5
Moore	Ritu Parayitham	5
Owens	Natalie Ho	4
Pope	Srihita Tadepalli	5
Post	Aaron Trevino	5
Postma	Ameena Issaka	4
Reed	Kacy Ho	4
Rennell	Aryan Eamani	4
Sampson	Vansh Pradeep	3
Sheridan	Naomi Okosun	3
Swenke	Kerman Togar	4
Tipps	Angel Nguyen	4
Walker	Adrian Marin	3
Warner	Alexandra Manapsal	5
Wells	Edelynn Tang	5
Willbern	Aland Ngo	4
Wilson	Ivy Baird	4
Woodard	Aldo Herrera	3
Yeager	Alyse Bosch	3