The Telegram Spelling Bee 2013

There was some buzzing around Macdonald Drive Junior High school on Saturday afternoon March 9, 2013. Fifty-six young students were stung from the competition at The Telegram Spelling Bee at the east end St. John’s school. The competition featured junior high school students from all across the province, from St. John’s to Labrador City, giving their best at spelling their respective words. — Photos by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram

The Top 3 spellers in the first annual Telegram Spelling Bee at Macdonald Drive Junior High School on Saturday afternoon are (from left) Claire MacLeod, 13, a Grade 8 student at
St. Bonaventure’s College; winner Cassandra Clowe-Coish, 12, a Grade 7 student at Holy Cross Junior High, and Matthew Williams, 13, a Grade 8 student at St. Paul’s Intermediate school in Gander.
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1 width:500px;height:332px Cassandra Clowe-Coish, 12, a Grade 7 student at Holy Cross Junior High in St. John’s, is shown with her personal keepsake trophy and school trophy for winning the first annual Telegram Spelling Bee at Macdonald Drive Junior High School on Saturday afternoon. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 2 width:500px;height:332px Joshua Simon, 10, a Grade 5 student at St. Augustine’s, spells his word. 3 width:500px;height:331px Ryan Pickard, 11, a Grade 6 student at Vanier Elementary,
receives his Spelling Bee medallion from Telegram publisher
and general manager Charlie Stacey.
4 height:500px;width:332px From left, spelling bee participants, Christopher Edwards (1), Cassandra Pynn (11), Erin McDonald (2) and Kisanet Andom
Kebedom (3), await their turn to spell.
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Samantha Situ, 11, a Grade 6 student at
Bishop Feild School, spells her sixthround
word
6 height:500px;width:332px Aaron Sarkar, 10, a Grade 5 student at
St. Andrew’s Elementary School, spells
his eighth-round word.
7 height:500px;width:332px Nicholas Edwards, 9, a Grade 4 student at St. Mary’s Elementary
School, reads through the program during a break.
8 height:500px;width:332px One of the Top 5 spellers, Juan Carlos Hiedra
Primera, 11, a Grade 6 student at Macdonald
Drive Elementary, spells his word.
9 height:500px;width:332px Telegram Publisher Charlie Stacey with Kaitlin Dillon-Paul, 14, a Grade 8 student at Holy Cross Junior High 10 height:500px;width:332px
From left, spelling bee participants, Christopher Edwards (1), Cassandra Pynn (11), Erin McDonald (2) and Kisanet Andom
Kebedom (3), await their turn to spell.
11 width:500px;height:331px Samantha Situ, 11, a Grade 6 student at
Bishop Feild School, spells her sixthround
word
12 height:500px;width:332px Aaron Sarkar, 10, a Grade 5 student at
St. Andrew’s Elementary School, spells
his eighth-round word.
13 height:500px;width:332px Nicholas Edwards, 9, a Grade 4 student at St. Mary’s Elementary
School, reads through the program during a break.
14 height:500px;width:332px One of the Top 5 spellers, Juan Carlos Hiedra
Primera, 11, a Grade 6 student at Macdonald
Drive Elementary, spells his word.
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Shannon Patrick Sullivan (right) lecturer, department of mathematics and statistics,
Memorial University, was the pronouncer at the event. At left is Kerry Hann, managing
editor of The Telegram, who was a judge.
16 height:332px;width:369px Katrina-lynn Picco, 12, a Grade 7 student at St. Paul’s Junior High School, gets a photo
taken with her parents Lisa and James Picco.
17 width:500px;height:331px Evan O’Bryan, 13, a Grade 8 student at
GC Rowe Junior High School in Corner
Brook, spells his third-round word.
18 height:500px;width:332px After being eliminated from the competition, speller Chelsea-Jean Woodfine, 13, a
Grade 8 student at Menihek High School in Labrador City, got a chance to bond and
spend some time with her lifelong friends, from left, Gabrielle Williams, Lexie Watson
and Megan Stanley, students at Mount Pearl Intermediate.
19 width:500px;height:331px Telegram business reporter and columnist Dan MacEachern hosted and emceed the
first annual Telegram Spelling Bee.
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Adam Hillman Coxworthy, 10, a Grade 5
student at Mary Queen of Peace School,
reacts after spelling his third-round
word.
21 height:500px;width:332px Daniel Burke, 13, a Grade 7 student at St. Matthew’s School, looks towards the judges as they give him his third-round word to
spell in Saturday’s first annual Telegram Spelling Bee at Macdonald Drive Junior High School on Saturday afternoon.
— Photos by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram
22 width:500px;height:331px Cassandra accepts a Webster’s Third New International Dictionary from The Telegram’s publisher and general manager Charlie Stacey.
— Photos by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram
23 width:500px;height:332px Christopher Edwards, 11, Grade 6 from St. Francis of Assisi. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 24 height:500px;width:332px Erin McDonald, 12, Grade 7 from St. Paul's Intermediate, Gander. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 25 height:500px;width:332px
Kisanet Andom Kebedom, 12, Grade 7 from Mount Pearl Intermediate. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 26 height:500px;width:332px Nicholas Smith, 12, Grade 7 from Amalgamated Academy. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 27 width:500px;height:331px Jakiera Rideout, 13, Grade 8 from Villa Nova Junior High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 28 width:500px;height:331px Katie McDonald, 10, Grade 5 from Gander Academy. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 29 width:500px;height:331px Juan Carlos Hiedra Primera, 11, Grade 6 from Macdonald Drive Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 30 height:500px;width:332px
Zachary Crocker, 11, Grade 6 from Whitbourne Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 31 height:500px;width:332px Kamrin Nicholas Murphy, 11, Grade 6 from St. Mary's Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 32 height:500px;width:332px Cassandra Pynn, 12, Grade 7 from Macdonald Drive Junior High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 33 width:500px;height:331px Emily Eagles, 13, Grade 8 from St. Paul's Junior High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 34 height:500px;width:332px Caleb Mercer, 9, Grade 4 from St. Peter's Elementary, Upper Island Cove. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 35 height:500px;width:332px
Chelsea-Jean Woodfine, 13, Grade 8 from Menihek High School, Labrador City. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 36 height:500px;width:332px Jacob Griffiths, 13, Grade 7 from St. Matthew's School. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 37 height:500px;width:332px Cassandra Clowe-Coish, 12, Grade 7 from Holy Cross Junior High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 38 height:500px;width:332px Ryan Keith Hobbs, 12, Grade 7 from GC Rowe Junior High, Corner Brook. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 39 width:500px;height:331px Haley Tucker, 11, Grade 6 from Vanier Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 40 height:500px;width:332px
Samantha Situ, 11, Grade 6 from Bishop Feild. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 41 height:500px;width:332px Olivia Critch, 11, Grade 5 from Acreman Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 42 width:500px;height:331px Rachel Burry, 12, Grade 6 from Woodland Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 43 height:500px;width:332px Andrew Butler, 9, Grade 4 from All Hallows Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 44 height:500px;width:332px Colby Gill, 12, Grade 6 from Holy Trinity Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 45 width:500px;height:331px
Keshia Noseworthy, 13, Grade 8 from St. Michael's Regional High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 46 height:500px;width:332px Joshua Simon, 10, Grade 5 from St. Augustine's. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 47 height:500px;width:332px Luesma Fully, 9, Grade 4 from St. Andrew's Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 48 height:500px;width:332px Claire MacLeod, 13, Grade 8 from St. Bonaventure's College. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 49 height:500px;width:332px Ben Olivero, 10, Grade 5 from Holy Cross Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 50 height:500px;width:332px
David Rowe, 11, Grade 6 from Mary Queen of Peace. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 51 height:500px;width:332px Anna Edwards, 11, Grade 6 of St. Francis of Assisi. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 52 width:500px;height:331px Matthew Williams, 13, Grade 8 from St. Paul's Intermediate, Gander. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 53 height:500px;width:332px Geoffrey Winsor, 14, Grade 8 from Mount Pearl Intermediate. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 54 width:500px;height:331px Taylor Smith, 12, Grade 7 from Amalgamated Academy. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 55 width:500px;height:331px
Erica Pike, 9, Grade 4 from St. Catherine's Academy. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 56 height:500px;width:332px Ewan MacLean, 10, Grade 5 from Gander Academy. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 57 height:500px;width:332px Abigail Schwartz, 11, Grade 6 from Macdonald Drive Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 58 width:500px;height:331px Cameron Reid, 9, Grade 4 from Whitbourne Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 59 width:500px;height:331px Nicholas Edwards, 9, Grade 4 from St. Mary's Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 60 height:500px;width:332px
Mark Dawe, 13, Grade 8 from Macdonald Drive Junior High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 61 height:500px;width:332px Katrina-lynn Picco, 12, Grade 7 from St. Paul's Junior High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 62 width:500px;height:331px Isaac Crane, 10, Grade 5 from St. Peter's Elementary, Upper Island Cove. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 63 height:500px;width:332px Kelsi Fry, 13, Grade 8 from Menihek High School, Labrador City. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 64 height:500px;width:332px Daniel Burke, 13, Grade 7 from St. Matthew's School. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 65 width:500px;height:331px
Kaitlin Dillon-Paul, 14, Grade 8 from Holy Cross Junior High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 66 height:500px;width:332px Evan O'Bryan, 13, Grade 8 from GC Rowe Junior High, Corner Brook. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 67 height:500px;width:332px Ryan Pickard, 11, Grade 6 from Vanier Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 68 width:500px;height:331px Tingzhi Zhang, 11, Grade 5 from Bishop Feild. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 69 height:500px;width:332px Hailey Hunt-Alward, 10, Grade 5 from Acreman Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 70 width:500px;height:331px
Anna Lee Philpott, 10, Grade 5 from Woodland Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 71 height:500px;width:332px Jenna Ryan, 12, Grade 6 from All Hallows Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 72 height:500px;width:332px Sarah Hawkins, 10, Grade 5 from Holy Trinity Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 73 height:500px;width:332px Hailey Temple, 10, Grade 5 from Holy Family Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 74 height:500px;width:332px Kiana Clarke, 12, Grade 7 from St. Michael's Regional High. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 75 height:500px;width:332px
Bailey Hawco, 11, Grade 5 from St. Augustine's. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 76 width:500px;height:331px Aaron Sarkar, 10, Grade 5 from St. Andrew's Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 77 height:500px;width:332px Samuel Martino, 9, Grade 4 from St. Bonaventure's College. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 78 height:500px;width:332px Emily Crowely, 11, Grade 6 from Holy Cross Elementary. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 79 height:500px;width:332px Adam Hillman Coxworthy, 10, Grade 5 from Mary Queen of Peace. — Photo by Joe Gibbons/The Telegram 80 height:500px;width:332px
Samantha Situ, 11, a Grade 6 student at Bishop Field with Publisher Charlie Stacey 81 height:500px;width:332px
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Published on March 11, 2013

The Top 3 spellers in the first annual Telegram Spelling Bee at Macdonald Drive Junior High School on Saturday afternoon are (from left) Claire MacLeod, 13, a Grade 8 student at
St. Bonaventure’s College; winner Cassandra Clowe-Coish, 12, a Grade 7 student at Holy Cross Junior High, and Matthew Williams, 13, a Grade 8 student at St. Paul’s Intermediate school in Gander.
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