Anything But Perfidious: Escambia’s Best Spellers Take On The Bee

January 30, 2015

The 2015 Sandy Sansing Spelling Bee wrapped up Thursday night with the crowning of the very best student spellers in Escambia County.

At the high school level, winners were:

1st Place — James Henderson, 9th grade, Pensacola High/IB Program
2nd Place — Dawn Van Iderstine, 11th grade, West Florida Home School
3rd Place — Malik Blankenship, 10th grade, Booker T. Washington High School

Other North Escambia area students that took part in Thursday night’s round were: Morgan Myrick, 10th, Northview; McKenzie Fleming, 10th, Tate; Jessica Amerson, 11th, Northview; and Matthew Chavers, 12th, Northview.

The winning word was “perfidious”,  an adjective that means deceitful and untrustworthy.

Other grade level winners were:

Middle School

1st Place – Amber Lee – Jim C. Bailey (7th grade)
2nd Place -  Kneia Williams – Warrington (6th grade)
3rd Place – Justin Witter – PCA (7th grade)

5th grade

1st Place – Connor Barton – Helen Caro
2nd Place – Lauren Bisson – St. Paul
3rd Place – Colin Gold – EDS

6th Grade

1st Place – Christina Wooten – Home School
2nd Place – Kneia Williams – Warrington
3rd Place – Jeffrey Bates – Jim C. Bailey

7th Grade

1st Place – Justin Witter – PCA
2nd Place – Anna Huynh – Ransom
3rd Place – Amber Lee – Jim C. Bailey

8th Grade

1st Place – Rebecca Woodcock – GBMS
2nd Place – Andrew VanIderstine – Home School
3rd Place – Cassilyn Owens – PCA

Pictured top: Sandy Sansing Spelling Bee high school winners: (L-R first place James Henderson, 9th grade, Pensacola High/IB Program; third place Malik Blankenship, 10th grade, Booker T. Washington High School; second place Dawn Van Iderstine, 11th grade, West Florida Home School, and sponsor Sandy Sansing. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

4 Responses to “Anything But Perfidious: Escambia’s Best Spellers Take On The Bee”

  1. traumaqueen on February 2nd, 2015 7:33 am

    @BT don’t forget your and you’re

  2. FLA GIRL on February 1st, 2015 6:40 am

    Proud to see several homeschoolers made the cut! :)

  3. BT on January 30th, 2015 2:59 pm

    I bet these kids even know the difference between there, their, they’re, and thar. They’s some smart kids nowadays.

  4. CONGRATS on January 30th, 2015 8:50 am

    That’s awesome! Keep up the good work!

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