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PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Scotiabank Bright Future Rotary-Rotaract Spelling Bee 2015 qualification round was held on October 18th at the Belair Community Center.
Eleven schools, including two from Anguilla, participated with 26 students in this event.
In the qualification round, students were asked to write a total of 30 words. The top ten students with the most correct words, move on to the semi-finals.
This year there was a three-way tie for 10th place. Those three students were given five additional words as a tiebreaker to determine the 10 finalist.
The finalists are:
St. Joseph’s Primary School – Saheli Kirpalani and Akarsh Bhatia
St. Dominic’s Primary School – Addiena Whyte, Bhavesh Lakhwan and Diya Agnani
Asha Stevens’ Primary School - Zanzi Brook
Seventh Day Adventists’ Primary School – Varsha Ghanash
The Valley Primary School of Anguila – Frankajha Fleming
Adrian T Hazell Primary School of Anguilla – Saunjae Conner and Reba Stott
The Spelling Bee continues this Sunday October 25 at 1 pm at the Belair Community Center with the semi-finals where 5 finalists will secure a spot for the final Spelling Bee showdown on November 1st at 1 pm in the Belair Community Center.
Rotary Club of St. Maarten Mid Isle thanks all the participating schools for making this, our 5th annual Scotia Bank Bright Future Rotary Rotaract Spelling Bee, a success.
We thank our main sponsor Scotia Bank Bright Future, our Gold Sponsor Meijburg & Co Caribbean Tax attorneys and our Silver Sponsor Nagico for making this all possible as well as the numerous other corporate sponsors who have contributed to this spelling bee and are featured in our Spelling Bee booklet.
Congratulations to the ten semi-finalists and we wish them much success.
The community is invited to come to the Spelling Bee. They can bring their children to see other children excel in an academic competition. There are drinks and snacks available during the event. Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/rotarysxmmidisle for more information about our club and upcoming events.
