Fourth grader Nikhil Ganta is the 2024 champion of the ±«Óãtv Spelling Bee. The Traut Elementary School student successfully spelled "fluoride" to win the title after competing through 17 rounds with second place winner Ellie Dunigan-Atlee, an eighth grader at Ridgeview Classical Middle School. During the district bee, participants were asked to spell words such as: campanology, doldrums. cauterize, coiffure, dysgraphia, Halifax, and tercentenary.
Congratulations to these 11 students moving on to the Colorado State Spelling Bee:
- First place: Nikhil Ganta, Traut Elementary School
- Second place: Ellie Dunigan-Atlee, Ridgeview Classical Middle School
- Third place: Olivia MacLeod, Bethke Elementary School
- Enora Zhang, Bamford Elementary School
- Zoe Cornman, Beattie Elementary School
- Calvin Hunter, Harris Elementary School
- Devika Nair, Kinard Middle School
- Evelyn Hodge, Kruse Elementary School
- Sophia Spink, Lesher Middle School
- Oliver Ellis, Liberty Common Elementary School
- Bruce Zhou, Liberty Common High School
The written spelling and vocabulary State Spelling Bee will be held Thursday, Feb. 22, followed by the in-person State Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 9 at Sturm Hall at the University of Denver.
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First place winner Nikhil Ganta with his parents. -
Second place winner Ellie Dunigan-Atlee with her parents. -
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