Over the past two weeks, 260 Newton school children have participated in the 4th annual All Newton Spelling Bees. The children were often asked to spell words that were higher than their grade level! They should all be commended for the tremendous poise they showed, and courage for getting on a stage and spelling a difficult word in front of an
audience. Congratulations to all the participants! The following is the list of winners:

Kindergarten
1st prize(tie)
Alexander Lee – Ward
Harold Purcell – Lincoln-Eliot
3rd prize
Neel Scherfke – Memorial Spaulding

1st Grade
(a)
1st prize
Fitch Perkins – Atrium
2nd prize (tie)
Hannah Khorshidi – Countryside
Sophia Bacanurschi – Lincoln-Eliot

(b)
1st prize
Ryan Aghazadeh – Countryside
2nd prize (tie)
Arielle Ma – Burr
Lily Renneker – Horace Mann

2nd Grade
1st prize (tie)
Emma Ball – Cabot
Olivia Dubin – Zervas
Nick Mahoney – Countryside
Shulin Rudra – Countryside
Carrie Ryter – Mason-Rice
2nd prize
Aidan Leonard – Countryside
3rd prize
Kayla Leon – Memorial-Spaulding
Ellie Wang – Williams
Damien Matthews – Mason Rice

(c)
1st prize
Collin Holson – Mason Rice
2nd prize
Emily Lundberg – Mason Rice
3rd prize(tie)
Maxwell Kreppein – Ward

3rd Grade
(a)
1st prize
Evan Hsu – Bowen
2nd prize (tie)
Hazel Purcell – Lincoln-Eliot
Brianna Spiegel – Horace Mann

(b)
1st prize (tie)
Wilder Perkins – Atrium
Anshul Sukhlecha – Williams
2nd prize (tie)
Kathryn Rhatigan – Zervas
Iris Wang – Lincoln-Eliot

(c)
1st prize
Anabel Marre – Ward
2nd prize
Charlotte Salkever – Peirce
3rd prize
Hannah Kim – Countryside

4th Grade
(a)
1st prize – (tie)
Connor Daley – Horace Mann
Rachel Glickman – Memorial-Spaulding
Amita Santosh – Horace Mann
Alex Tesson – Park School

(b)
1st prize
Matthew Leonard – Countryside
2nd prize
Kaveri Bhargava – Bowen

(c)
1st prize
Soham Dave – Memorial Spaulding
2nd prize
Erica Reilley – Burr
3rd prize
Ashli Black – Countryside
Alastair Poole – Peirce

5th Grade
(a)
1st prize
Sophie Magidson – Peirce
2nd prize
Hannah Cole – Countryside
3rd prize
Olivia Amicangioli – Countryside

(b)
1st prize
Cameron Miller – Zervas
2nd prize
Andrew Pollock – Angier
3rd prize
Kristen Miquel – Zervas

6th Grade
1st prize
Henry Walsh – Oak Hill
2nd prize
Noah Kopf – Oak Hill
3rd prize
Zachariah Bianchi – Jackson