The bee lasted for 27 rounds, with Stephen Willy taking 1st place, Ezra Lee taking 2nd and Vivian Xie placing 3rd. Stephen is homeschooled and in 3rd grade. Ezra is in Ms. Swensen's 3rd grade classroom at Mead and Vivian is in Mr. Olsen's 4th grade class. Stephen will go on to represent Mead at the Regional Spelling Bee in Bellevue on March 2. School grade spelling winners are as follows:
Way to go Mead Mustangs! |