Are you able to spell “arteriosclerosis”? Me neither, but Hidden Valley Elementary School fourth grader Varnika Kailish nailed it.
Kailish spelled both arteriosclerosis and vacillate to win the Sonoma County Elementary School Spelling Bee earlier this month. Second place went to Olivet Charter School sixth grader Ellie Radmore. Third place was Maki Mizutani, a sixth grader from Brook Haven School in Sebastopol and fourth place was Isabella Smithson, a fifth grader from Proctor Terrace Elementary in Santa Rosa.
In the junior high competition (for seventh through ninth graders), Ellie Packard from Sonoma Country Day School won by spelling “laureate” and “dissertation” correctly. Second place went to Moses Ost of Orchard View Charter School in Sebastopol. Third place was Lillian Aff from Guerneville School and Cicero Faur de Oliveira from Hillcrest Middle School in Sebastopol took fourth.
The top two spellers in each division are eligible to advance to the state competition at their grade level. The elementary competition is April 20 in Stockton and the junior high contest is May 11 in San Rafael.
The competitors in the competitions were:
Results
Sonoma County Elementary Spelling Championship
Place Student School
1 Varnika Kailish Hidden Valley School
2 Ellie Radmore Olivet Charter School
3 Maki Mizutani Brook Haven School
4 Isabella Smithson Proctor Terrace School
5 Elias Sisneros Dunham Charter School
6 Priscilla Yi Windsor Christian Academy
7 Alex Margand Grant School
8 Alessi Beeson Alexander Valley School
9 Andrea Villegas Douglas L. Whited School
10 Camille Flynn Grant School
11 Devin Hoopes Miwok Valley School
12 Rebekah Pehur Waldo Rohnert School
13 Brodi Harris Morrice Schaefer Charter School
14 Julie Cao Sheppard Accelerated School
15 Nathaniel Merhav Orchard View Charter School
16 Lillian Ling Altimira Middle School
17 Justin Scannell Miwok Valley School
18 Jonah Hatt Guerneville School
19 Dana Colvin Washington School
Results
Sonoma County Junior High Spelling Championship
Place Student School
1 Ellie Packard Sonoma Country Day School
2 Moses Ost Orchard View Charter School
3 Lillian Aff Guerneville School
4 Cicero Faur de Oliveira Hillcrest Middle School
5 James Henderson Rincon Valley Middle School
6 Eve Kruger St. Luke Lutheran Elementary School
7 Enzio Schoffer Brook Haven School
8 Jamie Park Rincon Valley Middle School
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9 Miles Vinson Brook Haven School
10 Julian Avila Roseland Collegiate Prep
11 Cassie Martinez Mary Collins at Cherry Valley Charter School
12 Taylor Curtis Altimira Middle School
13 Josef Chanin-Meiers Hillcrest Middle School
14 Marlon Morrell Brush Creek Montessori School
15 Zachary McGunagle Harvest Christian School
16 Ryan O’Toole Orchard View Charter School
17 Ramon Santiago Roseland Accelerate Middle School
18 Emma Donoho Windsor Christian Academy
19 Acacia Mueller Salmon Creek: A Charter School
20 Cole Dexter Sonoma Country Day School
21 Ross Thorsen Santa Rosa Charter School
22 Bailey Coffey Guerneville School
23 Robert Kramer Windsor Christian Academy
24 Daniel Downey Mary Collins at Cherry Valley Charter School
25 Jack Roney The Healdsburg School
26 Noelle Heron Salmon Creek: A Charter School
27 Zack Welch Healdsburg Junior High School
28 Edgar Reyes Washington School
29 Anthony Vega Roseland Accelerate Middle School
30 Jocelyn Magner Forestville Academy
31 Rene Rodriguez Altimira Middle School
32 David Soriano Washington School
33 Carlos Cervantes Healdsburg Junior High School
34 Hannah Young Forestville Academy