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Winston Campus Student Wins District 15 Spelling Bee
Niki Patel, a seventh-grade student at Winston Campus, was the winner of the District 15 Spelling Bee held February 13. Niki’s win makes her eligible to compete in the suburban Cook County final on February 24 at Lincoln School in Brookfield.
The District 15 competitors, ranging from fifth grade to eighth grade, were winners of the spelling bees at their schools. They fielded 80 words in nine rounds. Niki bested two other finalists by correctly spelling the word “pungent.”
In addition to Niki, winners from other schools were:
Taimoor Baig, sixth grade, Stuart R. Paddock School
Analyse Cinquegrani, fifth grade, Kimball Hill School
Meghan Clark, fifth grade, Virginia Lake School
Jennifer Haare, sixth grade, Lake Louise School
Jessica Holfeld, fifth grade, Thomas Jefferson School
Kristen Kiehl, sixth grade, Marion Jordan School
Chaitra Kishore, sixth grade, Jane Addams School
Steven Mayer, fifth grade, Gray M. Sanborn School
Kevin Mejia, fifth grade, Lincoln School
Jonathan Rosenthal, seventh grade, Carl Sandburg Jr. High School
Michael Rumps, fifth grade, Central Road School
Kevin Tao, eighth grade, Walter R. Sundling Jr. High School
Robert Tauchman, sixth grade, Pleasant Hill School
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