Congratulations to our Finalists!

Congratulations to these 30 student-spellers who will compete in the 24th annual St. Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling Bee Finals at
10 a.m. on Saturday, March 13, at Maryville University.

 

The winner of the St. Louis area finals will advance to the national finals at the 83rd annual Scripps Howard Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

Our finalists are listed in alphabetical order, by school.

(These spellers all scored a perfect 25 out of 25 words!)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Riley Kloostra

Albert Cassens Elementary

 

Katrina John

Andrews Academy

 

Michael Wu

Ballwin Elementary

 

Gokul Venkatachalam

Claymont Elementary

 

Olivia Long

Forsyth School

 

Ryan Fine

Frontier Middle School

 

Kristy Hindman-Cook

Grantfork Upper Elementary

 

Alison Wuensch

Hixson Middle School

 

Souradip Ghosh

Highcroft Ridge Elementary

 

Matt Schneider

Hollenbeck Middle School

 

Balaji Cherupalla

Kennard Classical Jr. Academy

 

Abigail Moss

Ladue Middle School

 

Scott Steinbrenner

MICDS

 

Elaine Reichert

Parkway Central Middle School

 

Venkatesh Sivaraman

Parkway Northeast Middle School

 

 

 

 

 

Nikhita Kichili

Pheasant Point Elementary

 

Jacob Cytron

Reed Elementary

 

Jessica Castellanos

Rogers Middle School

 

Emily Novak

St. Francis of Assisi

 

Eleanor Marsh

St. Angela Merici School

 

Roopal Goel

Selvidge Middle School

 

Helena Schmidt

S.H.A.R.E. Home School

 

Nathan Collins

Truman Elementary

 

Sylvia Shrader

Vineland Elementary

 

Courtney Jost

Waterloo Junior High

 

Scott Campbell

Washington Middle School

 

Carly Leigraf

West Co. Christian Home Educators

 

Jennie Albertson

Westminster Christian Academy

 

Asa Royal

Wildwood Middle School

 

Emily Zhao

Wydown Middle School