Top spellers, first- and second-runners-up for each grade level recognized at annual competition
MOUNTAIN LAKE CHRISTIAN eighth-grader Kate Janzen (back to camera) faces the Spelling Bee dais featuring, from left, Rachel Knutson, cuing rounds, spellmaster/prounouncer Nordis Olson and spelling judge Sheryl Fast.
Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) Elementary held its 2015 Spelling Bee on Thursday morning, January 22, 2014, in the Cornerstone Bible Church in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Champions were crowned in grades one-through-six, along with a first-runner-up and second runner-up for each level.
Oak (grades 3 and 4) teacher Nordis Olson was the spelling master/pronouncer, with Sheryl Fast, teacher for Sycamore (kindergarten), as well as Oak, the spelling judge. The timer was Karin Stoesz, teacher for Cedar classes (grades 5 and 6) and Rachel Knutson, Acacia teacher (grades 1 and 2), cued the rounds.
Grade-level appropriate words were used for the students in each round.
The highlight of the Bee was the competition in fifth grade. It required 27 total rounds to name an eventual champ.
The champion spellers from the six grades were:
SIXTH-GRADE’S TOP spellers. From left, Seth Klassen, third-place; Sara Quiring, second-place and Zoe Smith, first-place.
FIFTH GRADE’S TOP spellers. From left, Drayton Klassen, first-place; Ian Penner, third-place and Kate Janzen, second-place.
FOURTH GRADE’S TOP spellers. From left, Aiden Penner, first-place; Jordan Linscheid, third-place and Lydia Cavanaugh, second-place.
THIRD GRADE’S TOP spellers. From left, Lydia Rete, third-place; Megan Johnson, second-place and Tyler Dick, first-place.
SECOND GRADE’S TOP spellers. From left, Bailey Meyer, third-place; Ethan Schroeder, first-place and Samuel Petersen, second-place.
FIRST GRADE’S TOP spellers. Grayson Schlabach, second-place, left and Fairlane Penner, first-place, right.
