New Albany Middle School seventh grade student Bhagee Ganesan won the district Spelling Bee on Monday, January 23. She competed against nine other New Albany-Plain Local Schools students, two each from grades four to eight:
Fourth Grade:
- Renna Semertsidis
- Joseph Steel
Fifth Grade:
- Hannah Kappes
- Sidharth Suravarapu
Sixth Grade:
- Anjali Gopalakrishnan
- Rohith Paidikondala
Seventh Grade:
- Bhagee Ganesan
- Brandon Damante
Eighth Grade:
- Mehek Sheikh
- Andrew Altschuld
The two final spellers were Bhagee and Rohith. Rohith got fractured by “conchoidal” and Bhagee won that round by correctly spelling “silhouette.” She sealed her victory by spelling “pharmaceutical” in the final round.
Next, registered district champions (Bhagee) must take an online test administered by Ohio University. The top 70 spellers will be invited to the Regional Bee, held at Ohio University.
Congratulations Bhagee!