Austin crowns top spellers
Published 1:03 pm Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Fifth-grader Jackson Goetz accepts his first-place plaque after winning the district-wide spelling bee Tuesday morning at Ellis Middle School. Behind him are second-place finisher William Campbell, eighth grade, and seventh-grader Eleanor Hinchcliffe, who placed third. — Eric Johnson
I.J. Holton Intermediate School student Jackson Goetz won the Austin Public Schools District Spelling Bee Tuesday.
Pictured are the top three finishers in the Austin School District-wide spelling bee held Tuesday morning at Ellis Middle School. The champion was fifth-grader Jackson Goetz, from right, second place was eighth-grader William Campbell and third place was seventh-grader Eleanor Hinchcliffe.
Following Goetz were Ellis Middle School students William Campbell and Eleanor Hinchcliffe in second and third place, respectively. All three advance to the Regional Spelling Bee at Southeast Service Cooperative in Rochester at 9 a.m. Feb. 11.
Seventh-grader Eleanor Hinchcliffe spells “redundant” during the district-wide spelling bee Tuesday.
