Twenty-four students from Wellwood and Eagle Hill middle schools put their spelling skills to the test during the Fayetteville-Manlius Oral Spelling Bee on Nov. 6 in the Wellwood auditorium.
Wellwood’s Feiyang Wen earned first place, followed by Eagle Hill’s Erin Monarch in second and Amelia Lundi in third. Wellwood’s Andrew Cheng placed fourth.
Students qualified for the oral competition through an earlier written spelling bee. The next stage in the competition process is an online regional qualifier, scheduled for Feb. 5-11, 2027. The regional oral spelling bee is scheduled for March 20 at Syracuse University.
In addition to the four top finishers, participants included Amina Alemic, Emily Brown, Ethan Chen, Jackson Davin, Loralei Derschang, Sophia Deshmukh, Roan Doherty, Selin Gursoy, Neha Jasti, Kabir Kapoor, Verity Lee, Viola Lin, Emelia Petryssyn, Owen Ringwood, Joey Rosenberg, Pierce Rubenstein, Lauren Stock, Lydia Tang and Kevin Zheng.
Congratulations to all participants!