The Banks County School System held the 2016 Banks County Schools Spelling Bee today. Congratulations to Banks County Middle School 7th grade student Matthew Zohoranacky for winning the Bee. The winning word for the Spelling Bee was L-E-O-T-A-R-D. The Runner-up was Danielle Stephens, an 8th grader at BCMS. The spelling bee, part of the Scripts National Spelling Bee process, was held at Banks County Elementary School and consisted of 21 rounds of spelling words, coupled with a round of vocabulary words.
Banks County Middle School will retain the “Kathy Cash” Spelling Bee trophy, which is named in honor of long time educator Kathy Cash, at Banks County Middle School. Zohoranacky will advance to the District Bee, which will be held at the Barrow County Schools Central Office on February 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Congratulations to all participants!
Banks County Middle School will retain the “Kathy Cash” Spelling Bee trophy, which is named in honor of long time educator Kathy Cash, at Banks County Middle School. Zohoranacky will advance to the District Bee, which will be held at the Barrow County Schools Central Office on February 27, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Congratulations to all participants!
Pictured L-R are Joy Edwards, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Matthew Zohoranacky (winner), Landis Johnson (5th grade), Morgan Mathis (6thgrade), Danielle Stephens (Runner-up), and Zuleydi Walker (4th grade).