Austin Patton Wins Spelling Bee
St. Francis sixth grader Austin Patton won the 2010 Cheyenne County Spelling Bee. Austin spelled the words "quarantine" and "hysterical" in the final round to claim the championship. This was not the first time that Austin has demonstrated his spelling prowess; he won the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee last year also. St. Francis 8th grader Eric Hart placed second.
Thirty Cheyenne County students participated in the Spelling Bee held at St. Francis Elementary School on Wednesday, February 3rd. Three 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students from each of the county schools participated.
Some of the words the students spelled were: accurate, article, affiliation, agricultural, apology, applause, apprentice, cabbage, calories, casserole, celebration, commentary, competitive, condemn, consonant, continent, denominator, dynamite, guidance, faucet, luxury, mildew, monarch, monopolize, octopus, ounce, pharmacy, piano, pigeon, punctuation, scholarship, scruple, sculpture, significant, solemn, specialty, suburban, tutor, and velocity. The students spelled these words and many more throughout the competition. All participants did a great job!
Representing the St. Francis Schools were: Fourth Grade--Zoe Sundstrum, Madison Tice, and Tate Busse; Fifth Grade--Quinton Cravens, Makayla Rogers, and Joel Hill; Sixth Grade--Jude Faulkender, Austin Patton, and Jakob Church; Seventh Grade--McKayla Taylor, Jon Hoard, and Aby Fernandez; Eighth Grade--Erik Hart, Scott Warren, and Derek Queen.
