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Don’t Play Bad, Play Badminton Beacon Bee Zubin Amar, Year 6 Beacon Academy’s Inter-House Badminton racketed everyone away, with amazing scores, players and so much more! It began with the students crowding around the walls trying to get a glimpse of the players. At precisely 8:15 AM, Mr. John announced the start of what would turn out to be an amazing play-off. “I feel awesome and I have confidence that Earth will win,” said sports fan Abigail J. Sandoval. The action-packed games began, each grade in a different area. Players struck hard, desperate to win. As Mr. John shouted out into the crowd: “Who do you think will win?” Every student yelled out his or her house with faith. The crowd goes wild as Rohit (Air) and Yash (Earth) entered the gym for the Middle School. It was very hard to predict who would win from the two amazing players but in the end, Rohit won! Next up was Marc (Water) and Shenaz (Fire) and they faced off as the other competitors practised behind-the-scenes. Fire started off with winning but Water rapidly caught up. It went from, Shenaz=8pts and Marc=11pts, to Shenaz= 15pts and Marc=14pts! It surprised everyone as Shenaz started with 1pt and Marc with 7pts! On Friday, the 17th of February 2014, Beacon Academy held its spelling bee tournament in the senior library. Parents, Students and Teachers piled in to the senior library to watch the upcoming event. When everyone was settled the rules were explained and there were special shout outs to the spelling be committee, the judges and students participating. Exciting rounds from all the years went by and seven people left the competition victorious. One victor was from fire, two from Water, two from Air and another two from Earth. One student said “the Spelling bee was awesome and it was great how everyone tried their bests”. We would like to congratulate the overall national winners: Aditya Kelvakar from year 5 and Krish Mahtani from year 3. Both incredibly won first place. Next was Michelle (Fire) and Karisha (Water). “I feel that Michelle is a very good player, I am confident she will win,” said Fire House Captain, Melfinna Tjugito. To predict who would win was impossible, but in the end, as Melfinna predicted, Michelle won! When Owen (from Earth) and Jayesh (from Air) strutted out into to the stadium, Pallavi B. and Angelique pulled out a sign that read ‘Earth Is Dynamite!’ “I wanted to give confidence to my fellow Earthians” said Angelique Sutanto, former school captain. The shuttlecock flew high between them but, as if Angie had predicted it, Earth won! After that, the finals were played. First, it was Michelle versus Rohit. Both players were amazingly talented but Rohit claimed the title of ‘the Year 7-8 Badminton Champion’. After that, it was Owen versus Shenaz. Both were also supremely talented but Angie’s wish came true, Owen won! And Earth Dominated! The Inter-House Badminton turned out to be a good treat for the whole school! Video