Northside student ties for third in N. Idaho regional spelling bee

Northside Elementary sixth-grader Kirby Abad tied for third in the 1fourth annual North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee March 18 at North Idaho College.

Claiming top honors was fifth-grade NIHEA student Joseph Moran of Hayden, who out-spelled 39 other fourth- through eighth-graders from the five northern counties of Idaho to become the champion speller in the regional spelling bee.

Moran is the recipient of an all-expense paid trip to the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee the end of May near Washington, D.C., courtesy of event sponsor Hagadone Newspapers. He also received a Samuel Louis Sugarman Award Certificate, a one-year membership to Britannica Online Premium edition, a one-year membership to Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online, a $25 Amazon Gift Card, a plaque, a medallion and a North Idaho College events pass for the 2017-2018 school year.

“It was evident that this year’s participants had spent a lot of time studying and were ready to compete,” said North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee Coordinator Mindy Patterson.

Each of the 39 participants from 47 schools in 10 districts across North Idaho, including private school and home school divisions, received medallions and NIC events passes.

The event was sponsored by Hagadone Newspapers and coordinated/hosted by NIC.

North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee placings were as follows (placing, eliminated, participant, grade, district, school):

1. Joseph Moran, fifth grade, Home, NIHEA Home School;

2. (Round 14), Maria Aguiar, eighth, Charter, Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy;

3. (Round 10), Elisabeth Edmonds, seventh, Coeur d’Alene, Lakes Magnet Middle School; Kirby Abad, sixth, Lake Pend Oreille, Northside Elementary;

4. (Round 7), Hayden Levy, eighth, Coeur d’Alene, Canfield Middle School;

5. (Round 5), Grace Priest, fifth, Private, North Idaho Christian School;

6. (Round 4), Conner Erickson, sixth, Private, House of the Lord Christian Academy; Joshua Bobbitt, eighth, Home, INCH Home School; Regina Claphan, eighth, Boundary County, Boundary County Middle School; Calvin Schenkenberger, eighth, Lakeland, Lakeland Junior School; Riley Peite, sixth, Coeur d’Alene, Woodland Middle School;

7. (Round 3), Marcus Pugh, seventh, Kellogg, Kellogg Middle School; Matthew Rodgers, seventh, Kootenai, Kootenai Jr./Sr. High School; Trevor Davis, fifth, Lakeland, Garwood Elementary; Aurora Miller, fifth, Lake Pend Oreille, Northside Elementar;

8. (Round 2), Kylen Claridge, seventh, Private, North Idaho Christian School; Ana Chase, fifth, Boundary County, Mt. Hall Elementary; Isaac Hines, fourth, Coeur d’Alene, Skyway Elementary; Zoe Brooks, fifth, Kellogg, Pinehurst Elementary; Fifer Bernhardt, seventh, Lakeland, Timberlake Junior High School; Andrew Mangini, seventh, Charter, Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy; Allie Krug, fourth, Kellogg, Pinehurst Elementary; Chase Tedder, seventh, Home, NIHEA Home School; Gabe Anderson, fourth, Wallace, Silver Hills Elementary;

9. (Round 1), Evelyn Sutton, fourth, Private, LAM Christian Academy; Camille Ussher, seventh, Boundary County, Boundary Co. Middle School; Stryker Vestal, fourth, Lakeland, John Brown Elementary; Avery Little, fifth, Kootenai, Harrison Elementary ; Jaycee Forell, eighth, Lake Pend Oreille, Sandpoint Middle School; JJ Vrooman, sixth, Lakeland, Betty Kiefer Elementary; Devin Goodson, eighth, Kootenai, Kootenai Jr./Sr. High School; Sebastian Baker, fifth, Coeur d’Alene, Dalton Elementary; Fisher Dail, fourth, Lake Pend Oreille, Farmin Stidwell Elementary; Faith Osborn, fourth, Home, NIHEA Home School; Abby McEwan, sixth, Home, INCH Home School; Izzabella Davis, fourth, Kootenai, Harrison Elementary; Sienna Hepworth, sixth, Charter, Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy; Serenity Delgado, sixth, Kellogg, Kellogg Middle School; Jaxon Card, eighth, Kellogg, Kellogg Middle School.