Grade 7 student wins spelling Bee

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — (L to R) Spelling bee runner-up, Grade 6 student Tunde Hemperge; winner, Grade 7 student Breanne Jackson; and runner-up, Grade 7 student Jordan Sample.

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Sitting together at the Tofield School Spelling Bee held Friday, Dec. 15 are, from left: spelling bee runner-up, Grade 6 student Tunde Hemperge; winner, Grade 7 student Breanne Jackson; and runner-up, Grade 7 student Jordan Sample.

Breanne won by correctly spelling the word “literate.”

She must now write a regional qualifier test of 60 words which will be marked.

If she is one of the top 50 in this qualifying test, she goes on to compete in the Edmonton Journal Northern Alberta Regional Spelling Bee in Edmonton on Feb. 18.

More see the Jan. 10/12 issue of the Tofield Mercury