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5th grader a top-speller

Published 9:32 pm Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Emma Sulczynski, second from left, is West Homer Elementary School’s spelling bee winner. With her are, from left, word caller Gary Thomas, alternate Tristyn Romeril and bee coordinator Holly Alston.-Photo Provided
Emma Sulczynski, second from left, is West Homer Elementary School’s spelling bee winner. With her are, from left, word caller Gary Thomas, alternate Tristyn Romeril and bee coordinator Holly Alston.-Photo Provided

There were some tough words going into the final round of the West Homer Elementary School spelling Bee on Feb. 4. Word caller Gary Thomas challenged the youngsters with words like ipso facto, edification and skirmish for example. It was a seven-letter word that boosted fifth-grader Emma Sulczynski into first place: berserk. Tristyn Romeril, a sixth-grader, is the runner up. Should something prevent Emma from participating in the Alaska State Spelling Bee in Anchorage, March 5, Tristyn will take her place. The WHES spelling bee was coordinated by Holly Alston. 

 

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