IN Bethel Park Summer 2014 | Page 58

Winning the Second Annual Bethel Park School District Third Grade Spelling Bee was Memorial Elementary School Third Grader Samantha Wolf (front row, far right). Joining her for the awards presentation are (front row, left to right) Penn Third Grader Josh Pfister (Third Place), Penn Third Grader Nora Bell (Second Place) and (back row, left to right): Bethel Park Rotary Club member Bonnie Pierce, Bethel Park Director of Elementary Education Dr. Dee Stark and Rotary District Governor Walt Sickles. BE TH EL PARK S CHO OL DIS TR IC T ethel Park SAMANTHA WOLF WINS THIRD GRADE SPELLING BEE M emorial Elementary School Third Grader Samantha Wolf was the Winner of the Second Annual Bethel Park School District Third Grade Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bethel Park. This year, 77 third graders participated in the Bee, which was held in the Independence Middle School auditorium in February. The students had several weeks to prepare for the Bee by practicing with the study lists provided to them by the District. It was obvious the students were wellprepared for the Bee, because it took seven rounds of spelling to whittle the field down to the top 25 spellers, who then took a seat on the IMS stage as Finalists. Three rounds later, the final two spellers were standing—Memorial Third Grader 56 Bethel Park Samantha Wolf and William Penn Third Grader Nora