DMS Annual Spelling Bee Results!

Congratulations to all our students who participated in our annual spelling bee sponsored by Scripps.  This year we had 17 students qualify to participate in the Oral Spelldown after taking the written round on the 10th of November.  Our participants were: Nate Sonnacchio, Ryan Moses, Matt Green, Brooke Speath, George West, Noah Brown, Sebastine LaVine, Aubrey Fraher, Deanna Gannon, Connor Reagan, Kade DeMarle, Jeffry Shi, Colin Arnett, Jim Manard, Carley Frajda and Amy Francesconi,  We had one 4th grade, one 5th grade, eleven 6th graders, two 7th graders and one 8th grader compete.  After 11 rounds of spelling our DMS Champion was declared!  Congratulations Sebastian LaVine for becoming the 2014-2014 School Champion.  Second place finisher was Brooke Speath.  Brooke and Sebastian will move on in the Bee.  The next step will be a written test taken Regional at OCC.  The top 25 in that round move on to the televised bee at WCNY studios.  We wish Sebastian and Brooke good luck in the next round!