Jefferson
Parkway
Elementary
School
fifth
grade
student
Katherine
Griggers
is
officially
Coweta
County’s
best
speller,
after
winning
first
place in
this
year’s
county
Spelling
Bee,
held at
7 p.m.
Monday
at the
Centre
for
Performing
and
Visual
Arts.
Griggers
and
Atkinson
Elementary
student
Emily
Finger
competed
as
finalists
after 15
rounds
of
competition
in this
year’s
bee,
which
began
with 25
spellers
in all.
Griggers
won the
bee
after
spelling
the word
“collation"
and then
"Philadelphia.”
Kayla
Falvo
from
Evans
Middle
School
was this
year’s
third
place
speller,
and each
of the
three
students
were
awarded
ribbons
and gift
certificates
from
Scott's
Bookstore.
The
annual
spelling
bee is
open to
students
in
graders
4
through
8.
Falvo,
Finger
and
Griggers
are
eligible
to
attend
the
District
5
Georgia
Association
of
Educators
Spelling
Bee on
February
24.
Winners
and
alternates
from
each
Coweta
County
elementary
and
middle
school
attended
Monday’s
bee,
with 1st
place
winners
from
each
school
competing
in the
bee. The
winners
and
alternates
were
(1st
place
winners
listed
first):
Arbor
Springs
- Molly
McCoy,
Nancy
Cervantes;
Arnall -
William
Snyder,
Brian
Luebben;
Arnco-Sargent
- Bryce
Griffiths,
Cody
Lee;
Atkinson
- Emily
Finger,
Jordan
Lynch;
Canongate
- Suzy
Jones,
Nathan
Potter;
East
Coweta
Middle -
Marissa
Medina,
Carl
Dann;
Eastside
-
Remetia
Brooks,
Zach
Wallace;
Elm
Street -
Sam
Thomas,
Candice
Tate;
Evans -
Kayla
Falvo,
Lewis
Steele;
Grantville
- Hunter
Segraves,
Amy
Devlin;
Jefferson
Parkway
–
Jennifer
Griggers,
Amari
Winston;
Lee -
Ella
Taylor,
Taylor
Richards;
Madras -
Tyler
Hinesley,
Chynna
Kuras;
Moreland
- Connor
France,
Ashley
Henderson;
Newnan
Crossing,
Madelyn
Reaves,
Brooke
Ingalls;
Northside,
Lauren
Keller,
Caleb
McElwaney;
Odyssey
- Kevin
Geeter,
Sara
Prescott;
Poplar
Road -
Andrew
Brown,
Aerin
Dalman;
Ruth
Hill -
Brycen
Buchanan,
Tiffany
Adan;
Smokey
Road -
Olivia
Brown,
Olivia
Colomb;
Thomas
Crossroads
-
Patrice
Johnson,
Tatum
Allen;
Welch -
Tanner
Glenn,
Paramveer
Bolina;
White
Oak -
Jennifer
Osono,
Brittney
Stilwell;
Willis
Road -
Marie
Miller,
Lewis
Powers;
Western
-
Lakeidra
Keith,
Loren
Wells.
The
annual
Coweta
County
spelling
bee is
sponsored
by the
Coweta
Association
of
Educators-Certified.
Newnan
High
School
art
teacher
Jodie
Hobbs
coordinated
the
event,
which
was
hosted
by
school
system
elementary
curriculum
director
Nancy
Royal
and
CAE-C
president
Nancy
Sizemore.
Dr.
David
Gregory,
director
of
preschool
and
federal
programs
for the
school
system;
Rosemary
McCoy,
media
specialist
at
Arnco-Sargent
Elementary;
and
Leigh
Munson,
assistant
principal
at
Moreland
Elementary,
served
as
judges.
Dean
Jackson
served
as this
year’s
caller.
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