BRES Spelling Bee 2013

Blue Ridge Spelling Bee winners from left to right – Ryan Mills-first place, Breanna Post-second place, Sierra Bross-third place

            Blue Ridge Elementary held its annual oral spelling bee for fourth and fifth grade students on Thursday, May 30th.  Eighty-nine fourth and fifth graders chose to take the written qualifying test that was held on May 23^rd.  After the qualifying round, 13 fourth graders and 11 fifth graders, placed to compete in the oral bee.  At the conclusion of 11 rounds, the final three contestants remained.  Those three students completed another 10 rounds until a winner was declared. The winners were Sierra Bross- third place, Breanna Post-second place, and Ryan Mills- first place.  Congratulations to the winners and also to all of the fourth and fifth grade students who competed.