Thursday, January 7, 2010

Spelling Bee

Today Anna competed in the Foothill Elementary Spelling Bee. She competed for the first time last year and got tripped up by the word "margarine." She knew the word, but something about being in front of some scary judges and the whole school can be a little overwhelming.

The judges were scarier this year, but Anna made it through six rounds into third place.
In the seventh round Anna was narrowly defeated by the word "syntax."
As a finalist, Anna will compete in the district event in a couple of weeks. Go Anna!






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12 comments:

  1. dixon.mary07 January, 2010 13:44

    Yay Anna!

    Now we get to practice more. Lots more. Lots. (Excitement waning)

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  2. dixon.mary07 January, 2010 13:45

    Special thanks to Mrs. Bingham (pictured with Anna) and Mrs. Roundtree (pictured with the finalists).

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  3. Julie07 January, 2010 13:46

    Anna...You go girl! I'm so proud of you. The only way I could compete is if they let me use spell check.

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  4. Julie07 January, 2010 13:47

    Not only is Anna beautiful,but she's smart too!

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  5. Ella07 January, 2010 14:13

    Syntax schmyntax! You rock Anna!

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  6. Tricia G07 January, 2010 19:35

    That's awesome! What is with you Wolfords and Margarine?!!

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  7. Suzie07 January, 2010 20:27

    good girl!! Maybe she'll run into Sean!

    Diddo on the Margerine

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  8. Heather Dixon07 January, 2010 21:11

    Fatnastic, Anna! Gud jawb! Yous rock.

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  9. Heather Dixon07 January, 2010 21:14

    PS I competed in a school-wide spelling bee in 5th grade, and lost on the third round. That wasn't so bad. The BAD part was they took a picture of me sitting on the floor with my head buried in my hands, THEN STUCK IT ON THE BILLBOARD ACROSS FROM THE CAFETERIA for the entire school to see. The word "Bummer!" was written beneath it. No one changed that board for two years. I remember.

    These pictures are much better than that one.

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  10. patti07 January, 2010 22:16

    LOL, Heather!!!

    I'm positive Anna could beat me. Syntax... S-I-N-T-A-C-K-S...syntax. :)

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  11. John Paul08 January, 2010 08:06

    You know what they say about hard words, they come in threes.

    Watch out for semantics and pragmatics.


    Good job Anna.

    Btw,
    Maybe you could mix in something like this next time

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgv_Q825Bo

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  12. Robert09 January, 2010 17:47

    Great work Anna!

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