ROTARY MID ISLE HOLDS 9TH ANNUAL SPELLING BEE
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Pictured are the five Finalists standing in front of the panel of judges (l-r with name badges) Abdiel Soto, Benae Fitzpatrick, Venndy Isaac, Skai Carty and Anaya Gillis.
SINT MAARTEN (CAY HILL) - On November 13th, 2022, the Rotary Club of Sint Maarten-Mid Isle held its 9th Annual Spelling Bee at the Belair Community Center. Present at the event was the Honorable Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Drs. Rudolph Samuel, who gave an inspirational speech to the children competing.
Rotary Club of Sint Maarten-Mid Isle’s President Quincy Lont made a speech as well and considered all of the participants already a winner because of all the difficult words they had to learn for the competition!
In the Preliminary Round there were 22 students from various schools who participated in the sit-down portion of the Spelling Bee. Of the 22 students, 10 were chosen as the Semi Finalists who were from MAC-JAG Janee Fleming, Abdiel Soto and Venndy Isaac, from 7th Day Adventist Primary Shamoya Mascoe and Ferrer Grace, from Asha Stevens Hillside Christian School Eleesa Lewis, from MAC-BFM Adrian Richardson, from St. Dominic Primary Benae Fitzpatrick and from Anguilla Anaya Gillis and Skai Carty from Morris Vanterpool and Vivien Vanterpool Primary respectively.
Spelling Bees are very beneficial for children, not only are they required to learn and spell words on stage, but they also develop self-confidence, communication, and public speaking skills.
In the second round, the 10 Semi Finalists spelt out 20 words. All of the students did a great job, and five students will move onto the Final round which will take place this Sunday, 27th November 2022 at 12:00pm at the Belair Community Center.
All of the participants are encouraged to attend the final round as each student will receive a goody bag for participating in the Spelling bee.
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