Pacelli names spelling winner
Published 8:42 am Sunday, January 22, 2017
- Grade level finalists, from left, Neha Thawani Nanda Madison Rysavy, Gaige Hardwick, Iris Rodriguez, Kylee Christopherson, Grace Schara, Nathan Schmidt, Isaac Nelsen, Addy Olson and Young Achuoth.
Pacelli spelling bee winners, from left, Madison Rysavy, second; Jennifer Lawhead (Austin Aspires), and Neha Thawani Nanda, first. Photos provided
Neha Thawani Nanda, a sixth grader, won this year’s fourth-eighth grade spelling bee at Pacelli. It marks the second time Naha has placed in the event and will represent Pacelli at regional competition.
In second was eighth grader Madison Rysavy.
Two students were chosen from each grade to participate. They were: Yong Achuoth and Grace Schara, fourth; Addy Olson and Isaac Nelsen, fifth; Nathan Schmidt and Neha Thawani Nandam sixth; Iris Rodriguez and Gaige Hardwick, seventh; and Kylee Christopherson and Madison Rysavy, eighth.
Nanda and Rysavy will represent Pacelli on Feb. 7 at the Southeast Regional Spelling Bee in Rochester. The top six will then attend a Feb. 21 Southeast Final Spelling Bee, also in Rochester. The winner attends the national bee in Washington D. C., May 27-June 2.
