INDIANAPOLIS — Owen Norwalk (7th Grade, Center for Inquiry School 84), Aryan Sant (4th Grade, Sidener Academy for High Ability Students) and Makenzie Swindle (6th Grade, George Washington Carver School 87) walked away as the first- second- and third-place winners, respectively, in the 2019 IPS District Spelling Bee on Friday, January 25.
They, along with 15 other IPS students in Grades 4-8, are preparing for the next round of competition: the 2019 Marion County Regional Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 16, at the IUPUI Campus Center Theater.
The ultimate goal is a seat on the national stage during this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in May.
More than 40 IPS students participated in the districtwide bee inside Anderson Auditorium on the campus of Arsenal Technical High School.
A total of eighteen IPS students will be moving on to the regional bee including Norwalk, Sant and Swindle.
