Ann MacArthur Primary School

Twelve Bayville Intermediate School students took part in the school’s spelling bee on Jan. 27. The whole student body filed into the school auditorium with colorful signs cheering on their classmates as they navigated challenging words. The 12 contestants qualified by winning their individual class spelling bees. In the end, fifth-grader Jack Kelly emerged as the school champion after correctly spelling the word “seminary.” Both Jack and runner up Meghan Lemieux will move on to a written spelling and vocabulary contest as part of the Scholar Skills Long Island Spelling Bee between February 13-17. Students with the top scores from the first round will proceed to the final round to be held in March with the winner moving on to represent Long Island in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.