The Ellis County Press: 4th grader Ruby Young wins DeSoto ISD Spelling Bee

4th grader Ruby Young wins DeSoto ISD Spelling Bee
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Editor on 12/17/2009 15:12:00


It took an amazing 17 rounds of increasingly difficult words to crown the DeSoto
Independent School District Spelling Bee champion this year - but Kaylie Cooper
held on by spelling ‘scruple' to win. The proud fourth grader from Ruby Young
Elementary held off close competition by her peers including runner-up Precious
Anih, from Woodridge Elementary, during the afternoon competition Dec. 10.
The annual event, hosted by the DeSoto ISD Reading Department, includes
participants from all seven elementary schools and three middle schools which
held school competitions last week.
The event is open to all 4th through 8th graders in the district.
Kaylie will represent DeSoto ISD at the Dallas County Spelling Bee in February
to attempt to qualify for the _Dallas Morning News_ hosted Regional Spelling Bee
in March.
Regional qualifiers from across the country will then compete at the Scripts
National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. the last week of May.
DeSoto ISD School Winners: Erica Breaux - Amber Terrace Elementary; Levon Mathis
- Cockrell Hill Elementary; Justin Escarlan - Frank Moates Elementary; Zalayna
Jenkins - Northside Elementary; Kaylie Cooper - Ruby Young Elementary; Zachary
Gilstrap - The Meadows Elementary; Precious Anih - Woodridge Elementary; Larry
McGee - East Middle School; Tyler Traylor - McCowan Middle School; Erica
Burrell-Walker - West Middle School.