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38002.com theview theview December 2013 Page 11 arlington middle school AMS Spelling Bee Champion Selected Arlington Middle School held its Spelling Bee on Friday, November 1. Forty-eight students, chosen in classroom bees, participated. Mary Dunlap, a retired AMS teacher, was the pronouncer. AMS teachers served as judges. The top speller was sixth grader Gabriel Carson with Zachary Perry, seventh grader, as runner-up. Both students received trophies. Gabriel will advance to the Shelby County Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Commercial Appeal, in February. The Spelling Bee is sponsored at AMS by the National Junior Honor Society and is part of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Winner Gabriel Carson, left; Runner-up Zachary Perry, right. AMS Student Receives State Recognition SPECIAL TO THE VIEW 38002 A bookmark drawn by Chelsea Hodgson has been selected as Honorable Mention, Middle School Division in the first inaugural bookmark contest sponsored by the Tennessee Association of School Librarians (TASL). Students from around the state were invited to participate in Chelsea Hodgson and Mrs. Haggard the contest, which opened in August 2013. Entries were to be hand drawn or digitally created art illustrating the theme “Picture This @ Your Library”. Contest committee chairperson Paige Eisemann said the committee was thrilled with the number of applicants received for this first year of the contest. “It has been so exciting to see what our students really see in our libraries. What better illustr