Littleton 6 School District: 2022 District Spelling Bee

Littleton CO

14 February, 2022

11:31 AM

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Press release from Littleton 6 School District: 02.14.22 48 students participated in the district spelling bee on Wednesday, February 9 at Newton Middle School. Spellers invited to participate were either the spelling bee winner at their school, the written spelling bee winner from their school, or one of the top 40 spellers on the districtwide written spelling test. There were six rounds needed to determine a winner and alternates, and students had to spell words like toddler, affectionately, victimology, FLOTUS, and millennial. The final round had four students, and Euclid sixth grader Merjen Melyayev won by successfully spelling "churn" and "saddlery." Merjen will represent LPS at the state spelling bee along with the other three students from the final round: Maddie Leuenberger, a fourth grader at Sandburg; Delaney Ahl-Hinson, a fifth grader at Sandburg; and Kaveri Nagpal, a sixth grader at Powell. These students will attend the state bee as alternates.  Congratulations to all the participants, and good luck at the state bee to Merjen and the alternates! Participants Delaney Ahl-Hinson, Sandburg Elementary School Nora Arcand, Euclid Middle School Jacob Baron, Twain Elementary School Robbie Berg, Runyon Elementary School Nate Booker, Euclid Middle School Grant Brandberg, Powell Middle School Addie Brown, Littleton Academy Owen Caldwell, Goddard Middle School Cameron Carnes, Powell Middle School Ella Chase, Euclid Middle School Everley Cole, Littleton Academy Owen Cozort, Littleton Academy Truitt Eisenbrandt, Littleton Academy Cate Ferguson, Euclid Middle School Eleanor Fisher, Littleton Academy Aedan Grohe, Euclid Middle School Matt Grover, Littleton Academy Brenna Gunshore, Littleton Academy Gabriella Hammond, Euclid Middle School Grayson Hoffman, Wilder Elementary School Lochlan "Loch" Houseal, Littleton Academy Michelle Jacobo Ramirez, Goddard Middle School Ashton Jonnard, Littleton Academy Haris Jordan, Littleton Academy Logan Key, Runyon Elementary School Oliver Kubicki, Euclid Middle School Aiden Labo, Euclid Middle School Diego Lara, Euclid Middle School Lorena Lara, Highland Elementary School Maddie Leuenberger, Sandburg Elementary School Merjen Melyayev, Euclid Middle School Kate Miller, Littleton Academy Rem Morris, Highland Elementary School Kaveri Nagpal, Powell Middle School Pranav Narayanan, Littleton Academy Julia Nayak, Lenski Elementary School Tucker Nichols, Twain Elementary School Maddie Payne, Littleton Academy Sestro Pettit, Euclid Middle School Paige Pitts, Wilder Elementary School Angelica Robey, Centennial Academy Stella Ross, Littleton Academy Ash Rupel, Ralph Moody Elementary School Abigail Tedjokusumo, Newton Middle School Adam Thurmond, Powell Middle School Townes Treanor, Euclid Middle School Alison Turner, Lenski Elementary School Coleman Weaver, Littleton Academy 48 students participated in the district spelling bee on Wednesday, February 9 at Newton Middle School. Spellers invited to participate were either the spelling bee winner at their school, the written spelling bee winner from their school, or one of the top 40 spellers on the districtwide written spelling test. There were six rounds needed to determine a winner and alternates, and students had to spell words like toddler, affectionately, victimology, FLOTUS, and millennial. The final round had four students, and Euclid sixth grader Merjen Melyayev won by successfully spelling "churn" and "saddlery." Merjen will represent LPS at the state spelling bee along with the other three students from the final round: Maddie Leuenberger, a fourth grader at Sandburg; Delaney Ahl-Hinson, a fifth grader at Sandburg; and Kaveri Nagpal, a sixth grader at Powell. These students will attend the state bee as alternates.  Congratulations to all the participants, and good luck at the state bee to Merjen and the alternates! Participants Delaney Ahl-Hinson, Sandburg Elementary School Nora Arcand, Euclid Middle School Jacob Baron, Twain Elementary School Robbie Berg, Runyon Elementary School Nate Booker, Euclid Middle School Grant Brandberg, Powell Middle School Addie Brown, Littleton Academy Owen Caldwell, Goddard Middle School Cameron Carnes, Powell Middle School Ella Chase, Euclid Middle School Everley Cole, Littleton Academy Owen Cozort, Littleton Academy Truitt Eisenbrandt, Littleton Academy Cate Ferguson, Euclid Middle School Eleanor Fisher, Littleton Academy Aedan Grohe, Euclid Middle School Matt Grover, Littleton Academy Brenna Gunshore, Littleton Academy Gabriella Hammond, Euclid Middle School Grayson Hoffman, Wilder Elementary School Lochlan "Loch" Houseal, Littleton Academy Michelle Jacobo Ramirez, Goddard Middle School Ashton Jonnard, Littleton Academy Haris Jordan, Littleton Academy Logan Key, Runyon Elementary School Oliver Kubicki, Euclid Middle School Aiden Labo, Euclid Middle School Diego Lara, Euclid Middle School Lorena Lara, Highland Elementary School Maddie Leuenberger, Sandburg Elementary School Merjen Melyayev, Euclid Middle School Kate Miller, Littleton Academy Rem Morris, Highland Elementary School Kaveri Nagpal, Powell Middle School Pranav Narayanan, Littleton Academy Julia Nayak, Lenski Elementary School Tucker Nichols, Twain Elementary School Maddie Payne, Littleton Academy Sestro Pettit, Euclid Middle School Paige Pitts, Wilder Elementary School Angelica Robey, Centennial Academy Stella Ross, Littleton Academy Ash Rupel, Ralph Moody Elementary School Abigail Tedjokusumo, Newton Middle School Adam Thurmond, Powell Middle School Townes Treanor, Euclid Middle School Alison Turner, Lenski Elementary School Coleman Weaver, Littleton Academy This press release was produced by Littleton 6 School District. 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