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District Hosts Regional Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Odom Academy eighth-grader Aiden Ma who won the 2023 Zone 4 Regional Spelling Bee. 

Spellers from Jefferson, Orange and Liberty Counties gathered at the Beaumont ISD boardroom to compete on February 17, 2023. Atticus Hillin, fifth-grader from Regina-Howell was the runner up. 

The winning word was SYMMETRICAL.

Ma advances to the Scripps Regional Spelling Bee, hosted by Houston Community College, March 25, 2023.

Congratulations to the following BISD campus spelling bee winners that competed.

Robert Gage - 5th Grade - Amelia

Samantha Newman - 4th Grade - Blanchette

Luis Mendoza - 5th Grade - Caldwood

Cung Nguyen - 5th Grade - Charlton-Pollard

Nathaniel Soldevilla - 4th Grade - Curtis

Saanvi Patel - 5th Grade - Dishman

Genesis Joubert - 2nd Grade - Fehl-Price

Milan Francis - 5th Grade - Fletcher

Jayden Wycoff - 5th Grade - Guess

Lacorey Lovett - 4th Grade - Homer Drive

Cedric Corbin - 4th Grade - Jones-Clark

Reagan Balka - 7th Grade - King

Ansley Derry - 5th Grade - Martin

Aiden Ma - 8th Grade - Odom Academy

Daisy Galvan - 5th Grade - Pietzsch-MacArthur

Atticus Hillin - 5th Grade - Regina-Howell

Brooklyn Sostand - 6th Grade - Smith