TROY, N.Y. >> Students from throughout the Troy City School District took part in the 11th annual district-wide spelling bee Thursday morning.
Students in grades 4-8 from all five elementary schools and Troy Middle School advanced to the event by winning building-level competitions. More than 20 students participated in the hour-long spelling bee in the auditorium at Troy Middle School, with their teachers, family and friends cheering them on.
School 14 student Satya Groff took first place Thursday morning and received a $100 gift card to Market Block Books in downtown Troy. Elisabeth McDonald from School 18 finished second and received at $60 gift card to Market Block Books, while Troy Middle School student Angela Munao placed third and received a $40 Market Block Books gift card. The gift cards were donated by the Troy Teachers Association.
Those three also move on to compete Feb. 7 in the Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctors in Schenectady. The winner of that competition will earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the Washington, D.C., to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
– Nicholas Buonanno
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