District Spelling Bee Held at Valley Lutheran Middle
& High School
The Annual Iowa District East Spelling Bee was held at Valley Lutheran School in Cedar Falls, on March 3, 2012. Seven schools with forty-four students participated in the event. Each contestant received seventy-five words and six oral words, with the top three/four contestants from each of the three age levels moving on to an oral spell down to determine the trophy winners.
In the 3rd-4th grades, 1st place went to Lydia Armbrecht, Lutheran Interparish,
Williamsburg, 2nd place to Gabe Smith, Trinity Lutheran, Cedar Rapids, 3rd place to Cody Solberg, Lutheran Interparish, Williamsburg, and 4th place to Abigail Howe, Central Lutheran, Newhall.
The 5th -6th place winners were: 1st place Austin Papini, Lutheran Interparish, 2nd place Emma Armbrecht, Lutheran Interparish and 3rd place Inys Maness – Trinity Cedar Rapids
7th - 8th grade winners were: 1st place Dylan Lampe, Community Lutheran,
2nd place Michael Martens – Lutheran Interparish, Williamsburg and 3rd place Lauren Weimer, Valley Lutheran, 4th place Matthew Voss, Central Newhall.
A traveling plaque was presented to Lutheran Interparish, for earning 658 points in the competition. Second place in the point totals was Trinity Lutheran, and 3rd Place was Central Lutheran, Newhall.
Other schools competing were: Community Lutheran of Readlyn, Immanuel Lutheran, Waterloo, Valley Lutheran, Cedar Falls and St. Paul Lutheran, Latimer.
Sponsors of the event were: Eastern Iowa Lutheran High School Association, Quota Club International, Allstate Insurance- Scott Parsons, Blue Line Moving, Celia Simmer- Trapp Realtors, Iowa Sports Supply, Rack’Em Up Promotions, A-Line Scrap Metal, Street Smarts-Neil & Donna Jones, and Street Smarts LLC, Dan McElroy.
Pictured: Front row left to right: Gabe Smith, Abigail Howe, Cody Solberg, Lydia Armbrecht. Middle row left to right: Inys Maness, Emma Armbrecht , Austin Papini.
Back Row left to right: Lauren Weimer, Matthew Voss, Dylan Lampe , Michael Martens.
