Students from Brazosport ISD have been working diligently in preparation for the 2021 Zone 1 Brazoria County Regional Spelling Bee. BISD has hosted the Regional Bee for the past eleven years under the direction of Cheryl Wood, LJI Librarian. This year the competition will be held on Tuesday, February 9 starting at 5:30 pm in the Lake Jackson Intermediate Forum.
The top two spellers from participating campuses will face off for the opportunity to advance to the Scripps Houston Public Media Spelling Bee that will be held virtually this year on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The winner of that bee will then go to Washington DC to contend for the national championship.
BISD will be represented by nine campuses including A.P. Beutel, Bess Brannen, Madge Griffith, T.W. Ogg, Velasco, Lanier Middle, Rasco Middle, Clute Intermediate, and Freeport Intermediate. Below is a list of campus winners and sponsor:
AP Beutel Elementary
Audrey Mills
Bryson Llamas
Sponsors: Kelli Montgomery and Ashley Reifel
Bess Brannen Elementary
Leila Chashmawala
Logan Wilbanks
Sponsor: Tracy Kesseler
Madge Griffith Elementary
Michaela Riggle
Alexis Simmons
Sponsor: Rowena Lopez
TW Ogg Elementary
Chance Jendel
Andrew Cruz
Sponsors: Christine Kappmeyer and Sean Rice
Velasco Elementary
Mathew Ingles
Isabella Nunez
Sponsor: Perri Weaks
Lanier Middle School
Elias Rios
Francisco Marquez
Sponsor: Liz Fambrough
Rasco Middle School
William Spencer
Emerson Montgomery
Sponsor: Staci Woodall
Clute Intermediate
Lane Lemaster
Jorge Rodriguez
Sponsor: Darren Tidwell
Freeport Intermediate
Savianna Gutierrez
Miranda Zepeda
Sponsor: Stacy Peppers
Lake Jackson Intermediate
Kennedy Unger
Michelle Ebey
Sponsor: Cheryl Woods