McCowan Student Wins 2019 Spelling Bee

McCowan Student Wins DeSoto ISD 2019 Spelling Bee Competition
Posted on 01/16/2019
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Congratulations to Curtistene S. McCowan Middle School sixth-grader Kaleb Torres who competed his way to the final spot in today’s district spelling bee competition.

After nine rounds of competition, Torres nailed the spelling of the word “cursive” to seal the win and claim the victory at this afternoon’s annual spelling bee which took place at the DeSoto Independent School District Board Room.

Torres overcame ten other finalists from DeSoto ISD elementary and middle schools in grades four through eight and will now compete in the county-level spelling bee in February in an attempt to advance to the 61st Annual Dallas Morning News Regional Bee in March.

Cockrell Hill Elementary fourth-grader Amira Meeks, will be the DeSoto ISD alternate for the county bee and finished as the second runner up in the district-level competition.  

This year’s campus Spelling Bee winners included the following students:

  • Meeks, Amira, 4th grade, Cockrell Hill Elementary School
  • Kaleb Torres, 6th grade, McCowan Middle School
  • Jayla Brown, 7th grade,  East Middle School 
  • Trinity Smith, 4th grade,  Frank D. Moates Elementary School
  • Johnny Holiday, 5th grade, Katherine Johnson Technology Magnet Academy
  • Julius Hemphill, 5th grade, Northside Elementary School
  • Jayla Johnson, 5th grade, Ruby Young Elementary School
  • Aniya Conners, 5th grade, The Meadows Elementary School
  • Williams, Deryl, 6th grade, West Middle School 
  • Temitope Akinlabi, 5th grade, Woodridge Elementary School

     

    This year’s campus Spelling Bee runners up included the following students:

  • Gordon, Darrell, 4th grade, Cockrell Hill Elementary School
  • Jayceon Massey, 6th grade, McCowan Middle School
  • Peyton Gusters, 8th grade, East Middle School 
  • Kaylen Greathouse, 4th grade, Moates Elementary School
  • Fhenix Eans, 5th grade, Katherine Johnson Technology Magnet Academy
  • Semi Sode, Jr., 4th grade, Northside Elementary School
  • Joi Howard, 4th grade, Ruby Young Elementary School
  • Braedon Lewism, 5th grade, The Meadows Elementary School
  • Smith, Antwoine,  6th grade, West Middle School
  • Jasmine Brown, 5th grade, Woodridge Elementary School

Special thank you to the DeSoto ISD campus spelling bee students, parents coordinators and district staff who collaborated to create this opportunity for academic competition and exposure for DeSoto ISD students. In addition, we would like to thank all of the judges who participated this year and Charvett Conner, DeSoto ISD Elementary ELAR Facilitator who led this year’s spelling bee efforts.