WINSTON-SALEM — In Our Lady of Mercy School’s recent spelling bee competition, the winner was sixth-grader Callum Forest, who defended his title as OLM Spelling Bee Champ for the third year in a row.
He then went on to win the Forsyth County Non-Public Schools Spelling Bee Championship for the second year in a row.
Forest’s win advances him to compete in the televised 2018 Winston-Salem Journal regional competition March 18.
He is pictured with Sister Geri Rogers, principal, and Elena Pueschel.
In addition, winners of Our Lady of Mercy School’s recent geography bee were: first place, Khoa (Kenshi) Nguyen; second place, Miller Aho; and third place, Katherine Brown.
— Katrina Capistrano
GASTONIA — Sixth-grader John Gustashaw (left) was the winner of St. Michael School’s recent National Geography Bee. Runner-up was fourth-grader Jonah Gardner (right).
Other participants included Austin Rios, Kyra Osei-Boateng, Zachary Kimmel, Allison Kimmel, Amry Rivera, Sydney Smith, Ariana Tsehaie and Carson Weaver.
In the school’s annual spelling bee, held Jan. 9, eighth-grader Nancy Rhodes (right) came in first and sixth-grader Amy Okonkwo (left) was the runner-up.
Other class representatives were Carson Weaver, fourth grade; Jean Claude Younan, fifth grade; and Ariana Tsehaie, seventh grade.
— Tammy Eason
